Telehealth: Applications from a legal and regulatory perspective

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Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Marcoux, Rita M ^a   Vogenberg, F Randy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Institute for Integrated Healthcare and National Institute of Collaborative Healthcare   (United States)

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ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REIMBURSEMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEHEALTH; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMONITORING;

EID: 84988373802     PISSN: 10521372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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