Remote Patient Monitoring via Non-Invasive Digital Technologies: A Systematic Review

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 3-17

  Vegesna, Ashok ^a,b   Tran, Melody ^b,c   Angelaccio, Michele ^b   Arcona, Steve ^b  

^a JEFFERSON COLLEGE OF POPULATION HEALTH   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^c SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

e health; m health; telehealth; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH; MEDICAL COMPUTING; PATIENT MONITORING; SMARTPHONES; TELEMEDICINE; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES; E HEALTH; MHEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIALS; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW; TELEHEALTH;

REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVICES; REMOTE SENSING; TELEMEDICINE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 85009494279     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2016.0051     Document Type: Review

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