Potential of telemedicine to provide acute medical care for adults in senior living communities

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 162-168

  Shah, Manish N ^a   McDermott, Ryan ^a   Gillespie, Suzanne M ^a   Philbrick, Erin B ^a   Nelson, Dallas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY LIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC CARE; GROUP PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL HISTORY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84873915147     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12075     Document Type: Review

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