Comparative performance of seven long-running telemedicine networks delivering humanitarian services

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 305-311

  Wootton, Richard ^a,b   Geissbuhler, Antoine ^c   Jethwani, Kamal ^d   Kovarik, Carrie ^e   Person, Donald A ^f   Vladzymyrskyy, Anton ^g   Zanaboni, Paolo ^a   Zolfo, Maria ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g DONETSK NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^h INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVALUATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ALTRUISM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84865810869     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jtt.2012.120315     Document Type: Article

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