The Paradoxes of Telehealth: a Review of the Literature 2000–2015

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 90-101

  Standing, Craig ^a   Standing, Susan ^a   McDermott, Marie Louise ^a   Gururajan, Raj ^b   Kiani Mavi, Reza ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

adoption barriers; paradoxes; review; telehealth

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; REVIEWS; SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

ADOPTION BARRIERS; COST SAVING; NOCV1; OPERATING MODELS; PARADOXES; RESEARCH AGENDA; TELEHEALTH;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

EID: 85006324008     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.2442     Document Type: Article

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