Advantages and limitations of teleneurology

JAMA Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 349-354

  Wechsler, Lawrence R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; EMERGENCY CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; TELEMEDICINE; TELENEUROLOGY; AMBULATORY CARE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; TELECONSULTATION; TRENDS;

AMBULATORY CARE; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGY; PHYSICIANS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84926336905     PISSN: 21686149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2014.3844     Document Type: Article

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