Principles and framework for eHealth strategy development

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Scott, Richard E ^a,b   Mars, Maurice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

E learning; EHealth; EHealth strategy; EHealth strategy development framework; Telehealth; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; E-LEARNING; EHEALTH STRATEGY; EHEALTH STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TELEHEALTH; TELEMEDICINE;

E-LEARNING; EHEALTH; EHEALTH STRATEGY; EHEALTH STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK; TELEHEALTH; TELEMEDICINE;

PLANNING TECHNIQUES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84883330971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2250     Document Type: Review

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