Utilization of telemedicine in the U.S. military in a deployed setting

Military Medicine

Volumn 179, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1347-1353

  Hwang, Jane S ^a   Lappan, Charles M ^b   Sperling, Leonard C ^c   Meyerle, Jon H ^c  

^a San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium   (United States)

^b U S ARMY   (United States)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHILD; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOLDIER; TELECONSULTATION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; VIDEOCONFERENCING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; VIDEOCONFERENCING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928580899     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00115     Document Type: Article

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