The informative contribution of the "virtual medical visit" in a new heart failure telemedicine integrated system

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 508-521

  Romano, Maria Francesca ^a   Sardella, Maria Vittoria ^a   Alboni, Fabrizio ^a   L'Abbate, Antonio ^a   Mariotti, Rita ^b   Di Bello, Vitantonio ^b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cardiology cardiovascular disease; home health monitoring; information management; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOLOGY; DECISION TREES; HEALTH; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INSTRUMENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION; CARDIOLOGY/CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HOME HEALTH MONITORING; OXYGEN SATURATION LEVELS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RANDOM FOREST CLASSIFICATION; RECEIVER OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS CURVES; WEB-BASED QUESTIONNAIRES;

TELEMEDICINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TELEMEDICINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TELEMEDICINE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84901988564     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2013.0225     Document Type: Article

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