E-Health readiness in outback communities: An exploratory study

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Scharwz, F ^a   Ward, J ^b,c   Willcock, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Health Services Department Royal Flying Doctor Service South East Section   (Australia)

^c PathCentre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; e health; e health implementation; Healthcare delivery; RFDS; Telehealth; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICINE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TELEMEDICINE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICINE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENTS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84907146253     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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