Legal and organizational aspects of remote cardiac monitoring: The example of implantable cardioverter defibrillators

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1230-1235

  Vinck, Imgard ^a   De Laet, Chris ^a   Stroobandt, Serge ^a   Van Brabandt, Hans ^a,b  

^a BELGIAN HEALTH CARE KNOWLEDGE CENTRE KCE   (Belgium)

^b Belgian Center for Evidence Based Medicine   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Implantable cardiac defibrillator; Legal; Liability; Remote monitoring

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DEFIBRILLATOR; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MONITORING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; REIMBURSEMENT; REMOTE CARDIAC MONITORING; REVIEW;

BELGIUM; CONFIDENTIALITY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84864542564     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus004     Document Type: Review

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