U-health service for managing chronic disease: A case study on managing metabolic syndrome in a health center in South Korea

Healthcare Informatics Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 260-266

  Song, Tae Min ^a   Ryu, Seewon ^b   Ho Lee, Sang ^c  

^a Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs   (South Korea)

^b Inje Institute of Advanced Studies   (South Korea)

^c IMS Health   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Disease management; Effectiveness; Metabolic syndrome; U health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878724833     PISSN: 20933681     EISSN: 2093369X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4258/hir.2011.17.4.260     Document Type: Article

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