Personalized telehealth in the future: A global research agenda

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Dinesen, Birthe ^a   Nonnecke, Brandie ^b   Lindeman, David ^b   Toft, Egon ^c   Kidholm, Kristian ^d   Jethwani, Kamal ^e   Young, Heather M ^f   Spindler, Helle ^g   Oestergaard, Claus Ugilt ^a,h   Southard, Jeffrey A ⁱ   Gutierrez, Mario ^j   Anderson, Nick ⁱ   Albert, Nancy M ^k   Han, Jay J ^f   Nesbitt, Thomas ^b,f  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^h Esbjerg Municipality   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j Center for Connected Health Policy   (United States)

^k LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Individualized medicine; Mobile phone; Prevention; Research; Telehealth; Telemonitoring

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FORECASTING; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; TELEMEDICINE; TRENDS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FORECASTING; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; PRECISION MEDICINE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84962088912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.5257     Document Type: Review

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