A qualitative description of telemedicine for acute stroke care in Norway: Technology is not the issue

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Srensen, Tove ^a   Dyb, Kari ^a   Rygh, Ellen ^b   Salvesen, Rolf ^c,d   Thomassen, Lars ^e  

^a Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine   (Norway)

^c NORDLAND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Collaboration; Norway; Overview; Qualitative; Technology; Telestroke

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TELEMEDICINE; TELERADIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; VIDEOCONFERENCING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CRITICAL CARE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE; TELERADIOLOGY; VIDEOCONFERENCING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988646802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-014-0643-9     Document Type: Article

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