Spanning boundaries into remote communities: An exploration of experiences with telehealth chronic disease self-management programs in rural Northern Ontario, Canada

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 904-909

  Guilcher, Sara J T ^a,b,c   Bereket, Tarik ^a,c   Voth, Jennifer ^d   Haroun, Vinita A ^e   Jaglal, Susan B ^a,b,c,d  

^a WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

policy; telehealth; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DISEASES; PUBLIC POLICY; TELEMEDICINE;

CHRONIC CONDITIONS; EDUCATION PROGRAMS; GROUP IDENTITIES; HEALTHCARE SERVICES; ISOLATED COMMUNITY; POSITIVE EXPERIENCES; REMOTE COMMUNITIES; TELEHEALTH;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

EID: 84889688641     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2013.0057     Document Type: Article

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