Center for Telehealth and Cybermedicine Research, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center: A model of a Telehealth program within an academic medical center

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 368-372

  Alverson, Dale C ^a   Dion, Denise ^a   Migliorati, Margaret ^a   Rodriguez, Adrian ^a   Byun, Hannah W ^a   Effertz, Glen ^a   Duffy, Veronica ^a   Monge, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cybermedicine research; health information exchange; health information technology; health sciences center; telehealth; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; TELEMEDICINE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGES; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES; HEALTH SCIENCE; INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM; TELEHEALTH; UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN; UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TELEMEDICINE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEW MEXICO; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84893111524     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2012.0295     Document Type: Article

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