The role of emerging information technologies in frailty assessment

Research in Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 216-228

  Zaslavsky, Oleg ^a   Thompson, Hilaire ^a   Demiris, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864744951     PISSN: 19404921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/19404921-20120410-02     Document Type: Review

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