Telemedicine in Leading US Neurology Departments

The Neurohospitalist

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 123-128

  George, Benjamin P ^a   Reminick, Jason I ^b   Scoglio, Nicholas J ^c   Rajan, Balaraman ^d   Seidmann, Abraham ^d   Beck, Christopher A ^e   Biglan, Kevin M ^e   Dorsey, E Ray ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

telehealth; telemedicine; teleneurology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992792922     PISSN: 19418744     EISSN: 19418752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941874412450716     Document Type: Article

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