Barriers for delivering telehealth in rural Australia: A review based on Australian trials and studies

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 496-504

  Jang Jaccard, Julian ^a   Nepal, Surya ^a   Alem, Leila ^a   Li, Jane ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; rural and remote areas; telehealth; telehealth barriers; telehealth enablers

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; HEALTH CARE;

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; HEALTH SERVICES DELIVERIES; LITERATURE REVIEWS; RURAL AND REMOTE AREAS; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT; TELEHEALTH; TELEHEALTH SERVICES;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELECONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84900017024     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2013.0189     Document Type: Review

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