Program evaluation of a telepsychiatry service for older adults connecting a university-affiliated geriatric center to a rural psychogeriatric outreach service in Northwest Ontario, Canada

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1795-1800

  Conn, David K ^a,b   Madan, Robert ^a,b   Lam, Jenny ^a   Patterson, Tim ^a   Skirten, Sandy ^c,d  

^a BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Northwest Ontario   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

community outreach; program evaluation; telehealth; telepsychiatry

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; DONEPEZIL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; TRAZODONE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; RURAL AREA; TELEPSYCHIATRY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; ONTARIO; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84885641864     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161021300118X     Document Type: Article

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