Home telehealth for chronic disease management: Selected findings of a narrative synthesis

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 346-380

  Jones, Alison ^a   Hedges Chou, Jessica ^a   Bates, Joanna ^a   Loyola, Margarita ^b   Lear, Scott A ^c   Jarvis Selinger, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER ISLAND HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^c Division of Cardiology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiology cardiovascular disease; E health; Home health monitoring; Telehealth; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; RESEARCH; TELEMEDICINE;

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS; CARDIOLOGY/CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EHEALTH; HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; HOME HEALTH MONITORING; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; TELEHEALTH;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; TELEMEDICINE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84897423575     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2013.0249     Document Type: Review

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