MCare: Using secure mobile technology to support soldier reintegration and rehabilitation

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 563-569

  Poropatich, Ronald K ^a   Pavliscsak, Holly H ^b   Tong, James C ^c   Little, Jeanette R ^b   McVeigh, Francis L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b U S ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND MATERIEL COMMAND   (United States)

^c Beijing PricewaterhouseCoopers Management Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

health; information management; military medicine; rehabilitation; telecommunications

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; HEALTH INSURANCE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REHABILITATION; TELECOMMUNICATION;

APPOINTMENT REMINDERS; COORDINATION OF CARES; HEALTH AND WELLNESS; INFORMATION EXCHANGES; METHODS AND MATERIALS; MILITARY HEALTHCARE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MOBILE HEALTH (M-HEALTH);

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICES; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL PHONES; CONFIDENTIALITY; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PILOT PROJECTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901983396     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2013.0226     Document Type: Article

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