The performance of mHealth in cancer supportive care: A research agenda

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Nasi, Greta ^a   Cucciniello, Maria ^a   Guerrazzi, Claudia ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical effectiveness; Effectiveness; Efficiency; mHealth; Organizational performance; Performance; Quality of life?

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARDS; TELEMEDICINE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84925586372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3764     Document Type: Article

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