Telehealth technologies: Changing the way we deliver efficacious and cost-effective diabetes self-management education

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1853-1897

  Fitzner, Karen K ^a   Heckinger, Elizabeth ^b   Tulas, Katrina M ^c   Specker, James ^d   McKoy, June ^e  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d American Association of Diabetes Educators   (United States)

^e NU FSM   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Cost effective; Diabetes education; Diabetes self management education; Disease management; Economic; Population health improvement; Population health management; Systematic review; Telehealth; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; SELF CARE; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; SELF CARE; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911427358     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2014.0157     Document Type: Article

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