A multidisciplinary model of dementia care in an underserved retirement community, made possible by telemedicine

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue DEC, 2016, Pages

  Tso, Jason V ^a   Farinpour, Roxanna ^a   Chui, Helena C ^a   Liu, Collin Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; Dementia; Remote assessment; Telemedicine; Teleneurology

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CALIFORNIA; CASE MANAGER; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMENTIA; GERIATRICIAN; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; INCIDENCE; INVESTMENT; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROLOGIST; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIST; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TELECONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 85007518909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2016.00225     Document Type: Article

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