Rural patients' access to mobile phones and willingness to receive mobile phone-based pharmacy and other health Technology services: A pilot Study

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 182-185

  Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri ^a,b   Sallach, Rory E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

access; mobile health; mobile phone; pharmacy; rural patients; willingness to give time

Indexed keywords

ACCESS; MOBILE HEALTH; PHARMACY; RURAL PATIENTS; WILLINGNESS TO GIVE TIME;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; HEALTH; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; SURVEYS;

TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84893728923     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2013.0150     Document Type: Article

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