Geriatric telemedicine: Background and evidence for telemedicine as a way to address the challenges of geriatrics

Healthcare Informatics Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 223-229

  Merrell, Ronald C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatrics; Informatics; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946718784     PISSN: 20933681     EISSN: 2093369X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4258/hir.2015.21.4.223     Document Type: Review

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