Assessment of eHealth capabilities and utilization in residential care settings

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1063-1075

  Towne, Samuel D ^a   Lee, Shinduk ^a   Li, Yajuan ^b   Smith, Matthew Lee ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

electronic health records; older adults; residential care facility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PROFIT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; TELEHEALTH; URBAN AREA; AGED; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMEDICINE; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84995812370     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458215610895     Document Type: Article

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