Current clinical status of telehealth in Korea: Categories, scientific basis, and obstacles

Healthcare Informatics Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 244-250

  Kim, Hun Sung ^a   Kim, Hyunah ^b   Lee, Suehyun ^c   Lee, Kye Hwa ^c   Kim, Ju Han ^c  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Remote consultation; Telecommunications; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946707056     PISSN: 20933681     EISSN: 2093369X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4258/hir.2015.21.4.244     Document Type: Review

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