Scalable hospital at home with virtual physician visits: Pilot study

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 675-684

  Summerfelt, Wm Thomas ^a   Sulo, Suela ^a   Robinson, Adriane ^b   Chess, David ^b   Catanzano, Kate ^a  

^a ADVOCATE HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b Intersection LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRICALLY ENHANCED TELEVIDEO; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL AT HOME; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEMEDICINE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOME VISIT; ILLINOIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 84944050624     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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