The surgeon will skype you now: Advancements in e-clinic

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 263, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 636-637

  Drake, Thomas M ^a,b   Ritchie, Judith E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; E health; Internet; Outpatients; Skype; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNET PROTOCOL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMUNERATION; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SURGEON; TELEHEALTH; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEOCONFERENCING; ETHICS; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; TRENDS;

HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 84947968966     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001505     Document Type: Review

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