A retrospective study on patient characteristics and Telehealth alerts indicative of key medical events for heart failure patients at a home health agency

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 664-670

  Radhakrishnan, Kavita ^a   Bowles, Kathryn ^b   Hanlon, Alexandra ^b   Topaz, Maxim ^b   Chittams, Jesse ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiology cardiovascular disease; home health monitoring; telehealth

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY/CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ELECTRONIC PATIENT RECORD; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATIONS; HOME HEALTH AGENCIES; HOME HEALTH MONITORING; TELEHEALTH; TELEHEALTH SERVICES;

CARDIOLOGY; DISEASES; MEDICAL COMPUTING;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

AGED; ALARM MONITOR; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL ALARMS; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE AGENCIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL AUDIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84883803685     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2012.0307     Document Type: Article

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