Enhancing Cognitive Screening in Geriatric Care: Use of an Internet-Based System

International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics (IJHISI)

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 47-57

  Lichtenberg, Peter A ^a   Schafer Johnson, Amanda ^a   Erlanger, David M ^b   Kaushik, Tanya ^b   Maddens, Michael E ^c   Imam, Khaled ^c   Barth, Jeffrey ^d   Webbe, Frank M ^e  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TM Corporation Inc   (United States)

^c WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive; dementia; screening; use of Internet based assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001755225     PISSN: 15553396     EISSN: 1555340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jhisi.2006070103     Document Type: Article

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