Primary care provider and imaging technician satisfaction with a teledermatology project in rural veterans health administration clinics

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 815-825

  McFarland, Lynne V ^a,b   Raugi, Gregory J ^a,c   Reiber, Gayle E ^a,b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality improvement; Satisfaction; Teledermatology; Veterans Affairs

Indexed keywords

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; PRIMARY-CARE PROVIDERS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SATISFACTION; STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNIQUES; TELEDERMATOLOGY; VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATIONS;

DERMATOLOGY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL COMPUTING; PATIENT TREATMENT; SURVEYS;

TELEMEDICINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DERMATOLOGY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; TELECONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84887343182     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2012.0327     Document Type: Article

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