Telemonitoring for chronic heart failure: The views of patients and healthcare professionals - a qualitative study

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 132-144

  Fairbrother, Peter ^a   Ure, Jenny ^b   Hanley, Janet ^b   Mccloughan, Lucy ^a   Denvir, Martin ^c   Sheikh, Aziz ^a   Mckinstry, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Primary care; Qualitative research; Telehealth

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TELEMEDICINE;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84889668320     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12137     Document Type: Article

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