High-intensity telemedicine-enhanced acute care for older adults: An innovative healthcare delivery model

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2000-2007

  Shah, Manish N ^a   Gillespie, Suzanne M ^a   Wood, Nancy ^a   Wasserman, Erin B ^a   Nelson, Dallas L ^a   Dozier, Ann ^a   McConnochie, Kenneth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency care; geriatrics; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTOSCOPE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRINTING; PULSE OXIMETER; STETHOSCOPE; TELEMEDICINE;

EMERGENCY CARE; GERIATRICS; TELEMEDICINE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84887616559     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12523     Document Type: Article

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