Meaningful use: A national framework for integrated telemedicine

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 355-363

  Vo, Alexander ^a   Shore, Jay ^b   Waugh, Maryann ^c   Doarn, Charles R ^d   Richardson, Jeffrey ^e   Hathaway, Owen ^e   Bostick, Ed ^e   Lippolis, Samantha ^f   Thomas, Marshall ^b  

^a AccessCare   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Colorado Access ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Colorado Telehealth Network ^*  (United States)

^f Centura Health Trauma System   (United States)

Author keywords

health policy; meaningful use; telehealth; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

FORTH (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; MEDICAL COMPUTING;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD (EHRS); HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; HEALTH POLICY; MEANINGFUL USE; STRATEGIC FRAMEWORKS; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; TELEHEALTH;

TELEMEDICINE;

COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; MEANINGFUL USE CRITERIA; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); COST SAVINGS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MEANINGFUL USE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929172381     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2014.0142     Document Type: Article

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