H_pe for mHealth: More " y" or " o" on the horizon?

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 467-469

  Labrique, Alain ^a   Vasudevan, Lavanya ^a   Chang, Larry William ^b   Mehl, Garrett ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Evidence; mHealth

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; EVIDENCE; EVIDENCE-BASED; FUNDING AGENCIES; INTERVENTIONAL; MHEALTH; RANDOMIZED TRIAL; RIGOROUS EVALUATION;

BIOINFORMATICS;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FUNDING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOBILE HEALTH; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCIENTIST; TELECOMMUNICATION; TEXT MESSAGING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; TELEMEDICINE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84876972299     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.11.016     Document Type: Letter

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