Preliminary needs assessment of mobile technology use for healthcare among homeless veterans

PeerJ

Volumn 2015, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  McInnes, D Keith ^a,b   Fix, Gemmae M ^a,b   Solomon, Jeffrey L ^a   Petrakis, Beth Ann ^a   Sawh, Leon ^c,d,e   Smelson, David A ^a,c,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER ON HOMELESSNESS AMONG VETERANS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Engagement in care; Health informatics; Health information technology; Homeless persons; Mobile phones; Outreach; Veterans; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MOBILE PHONE; PERCEPTION; VETERAN;

EID: 84944717739     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1096     Document Type: Article

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