Telemedicine spirometry training and quality assurance program in primary care centers of a public health system

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 388-392

  Marina Malanda, Nuria ^a   López De Santa María, Elena ^a   Gutiérrez, Asunción ^b   Bayón, Juan Carlos ^b   Garcia, Larraitz ^a   Gáldiz, Juan B ^a,c,d  

^a HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^b Osteba Basque Office for HTA   (Spain)

^c Network Research Center of Respiratory Diseases   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distance learning; Telehealth; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE EDUCATION; MEDICAL COMPUTING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TELEMEDICINE; TESTING;

CLINICAL GUIDELINE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS; PILOT STUDIES; PRIMARY CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; TELEHEALTH;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPAIN; SPIROMETRY; STANDARDS; TELEMEDICINE;

HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOFTWARE; SPAIN; SPIROMETRY; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84897456575     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2013.0111     Document Type: Article

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