Locum Tenens and Telepsychiatry: Trends in Psychiatric Care

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 510-513

  Thiele, Jonathan S ^a   Doarn, Charles R ^b   Shore, Jay H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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

Author keywords

locumtenens; psychiatry; salaries; shortage; telepsychiatry

Indexed keywords

WAGES;

COMMERCIAL ENTITY; FACE TO FACE; GOOGLE SCHOLAR; LOCUMTENENS; PSYCHIATRY; QUALITY OF CARE; SHORTAGE; TELEPSYCHIATRY;

SEARCH ENGINES;

HUMAN; MANPOWER; PSYCHIATRY; TELEMEDICINE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; PSYCHIATRY; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930321974     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2014.0159     Document Type: Article

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