Just-in-time cost-effective off-the-shelf remote telementoring of paramedical personnel in bedside lung sonography-a technical case study

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 807-809

  Biegler, Nancy ^a   McBeth, Paul B ^a   Tevez Molina, Martha C ^a   McMillan, Janelle ^a   Crawford, Innes ^b,c   Hamilton, Douglas R ^a   Kirkpatrick, Andrew W ^a  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

critical care; education; pneumothorax; telemedicine; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CHEST RADIOGRAPHS; CLINICAL UTILITY; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; CRITICAL CARE; FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HANDHELD ULTRASOUND; HEALTHCARE DELIVERY; INFORMATICS; INFORMATION CONTENTS; INTERNET CONNECTIVITY; JUST IN TIME; NOVICE USER; PLEURAL SPACE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PORTABLE ULTRASOUND; TELEMENTORING; ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASOUND PROBES; VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL; WEB CAMERA;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; EDUCATION; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NURSING; TELEMEDICINE; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VISUAL COMMUNICATION; VOICE/DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEST TUBE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; TELEMETRY; THORAX DRAINAGE;

AGED; CHEST TUBES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; TELEMETRY; THORACOSTOMY;

EID: 84871296583     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2012.0038     Document Type: Article

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