Federal efforts to define and advance telehealth - A work in progress

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 409-418

  Doarn, Charles R ^a,b   Pruitt, Sherilyn ^c   Jacobs, Jessica ^c,d   Harris, Yael ^c   Bott, David M ^e   Riley, William ^f   Lamer, Christopher ^g   Oliver, Anthony L ^c  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d AETNA   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

healthcare reform; telehealth; telemedicine; U.S. Government

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS; TELEMEDICINE; TERMINOLOGY;

CURRENT PRACTICES; DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTHCARE ACCESS; HEALTHCARE REFORMS; SERVICE DELIVERY; TELEHEALTH; U.S. GOVERNMENT;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES;

EID: 84900007242     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2013.0336     Document Type: Article

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