Application of a telecolposcopy program in rural settings

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 816-820

  Hitt, Wilbur C ^a   Low, Gordon M ^a   Lynch, Christian E ^a   Gauss, C Heath ^a   Magann, Everett F ^a   Lowery, Curtis L ^a   Eswaran, Hari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

colposcopy; cost avoidance; rural; telehealth; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; COST REDUCTION; COSTS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; ENDOSCOPY; MEDICAL COMPUTING; TELEMEDICINE; TRANSPORTATION; TRAVEL TIME;

ACCESS TO CARE; CERVICAL CANCERS; COLPOSCOPY; COST AVOIDANCES; HEALTH CONCERNS; TELEHEALTH; TRANSPORTATION COST; VISUAL EXAMINATION;

RURAL AREAS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARKANSAS; COLPOSCOPY; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTOR; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARKANSAS; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84991497547     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2015.0260     Document Type: Article

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