Home care and technology: A case study

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 182, Issue , 2012, Pages 142-152

  Stroulia, Eleni ^a   Nikolaidis, Ioanis ^a   Liua, Lili ^a   King, Sharla ^a   Lessard, Lysanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electronic health record; Home care; Mobile apps; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL COMPUTING; SCHEDULING; TELEMEDICINE;

CHRONIC CONDITIONS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY; FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES; HOME CARE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; MOBILE APPS; TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTION;

HOME HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84872538045     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-152-6-142     Document Type: Conference Paper

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