Tablet computers in support of rural and frontier clinical practice

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1046-1058

  Anderson, Chad ^a   Henner, Terry ^b   Burkey, Jake ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Nevada School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Handheld computers; Health services accessibility; Mental health; Mobile health; Rural health; Technology acceptance models; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL HEALTH; MOBILE HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL;

FELT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; TELEMEDICINE; TOOLS; VIDEO RECORDING;

HAND HELD COMPUTERS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MACHINE LEARNING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

HANDHELD COMPUTERS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; MENTAL HEALTH; MOBILE HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODELS; TELEMEDICINE;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MICROCOMPUTERS; NEVADA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84886799183     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2013.08.006     Document Type: Article

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