A Human Centered GeoVisualization framework to facilitate visual exploration of telehealth data: A case study

Technology and Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 457-471

  Joshi, Ashish ^a,b   De Araujo Novaes, Magdala ^a   MacHiavelli, Josiane ^c   Iyengar, Sriram ^c   Vogler, Robert ^b   Johnson, Craig ^b   Zhang, Jiajie ^b   Hsu, Chiehwen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

cognitive fit theory; GeoVisualization; Human Centered; public health; telehealth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84874375019     PISSN: 09287329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/THC-2012-0683     Document Type: Article

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