Role of telemedicine in providing tertiary neurological care

Current Treatment Options in Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 567-582

  Rubin, Mark N ^a   Wellik, Kay E ^b   Channer, Dwight D ^b   Demaerschalk, Bart M ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Audio visual; Behavioral; Brain injury; Critical care; Epilepsy; Headache; Infectious disease; Movement disorder; Multiple sclerosis; Neuro oncology; Neuro ophthalmology; Neuro otology; Neurodegenerative; Neurohospitalist; Neurorehabilitation; Pain; Pediatric neurology; Remote consultation; Sleep; Systematic review; Teleconference; Telemedicine; Teleneurology; Telestroke; Videoconference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; EPILEPSY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INVESTMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL CARE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PAIN; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REHABILITATION; SLEEP DISORDER; TELEMEDICINE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84885187295     PISSN: 10928480     EISSN: 15343138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11940-013-0247-4     Document Type: Article

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