A usability study of patients setting up a cardiac event loop recorder and BlackBerry gateway for remote monitoring at home

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 484-490

  Sparkes, Jane ^a   Valaitis, Ruta ^a   McKibbon, Ann ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cardiology cardiovascular disease; commercial telemedicine; e health; home health monitoring; telehealth

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC TESTING; EHEALTH; GERMANY; HOME HEALTH MONITORING; MANNHEIM; MOBILE HEALTH CARE; NONINVASIVE CARDIAC DIAGNOSTICS; REMOTE MONITORING; TELEHEALTH; THINK ALOUD; USABILITY STUDIES;

DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL COMPUTING; SIGNAL ENCODING; SMARTPHONES; VIDEO RECORDING;

RESEARCH;

AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; TELEMEDICINE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; CANADA; CELLULAR PHONE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84864249147     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2011.0230     Document Type: Article

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