Stroke and technology: Prescribing mHealth apps for healthcare providers, patients and caregivers - A brief, selected review

Future Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 109-112

  Singer, Jonathan ^a   Levine, Steven R ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

mHealth technology; stroke

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAREGIVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE HEALTH; MOBILE PHONE; NOTE; PANIC; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMARTPHONE; TELEMONITORING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84969849749     PISSN: 14796708     EISSN: 17486971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fnl-2016-0005     Document Type: Note

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