Targeting Access to Kidney Care Via Telehealth: The VA Experience

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 22-30

  Crowley, Susan T ^a,b   Belcher, Justin ^a,b   Choudhury, Devasmita ^a,b   Griffin, Cassandra ^a,b   Pichler, Raymond ^a,b   Robey, Brooks ^a,b   Rohatgi, Rajeev ^a,b   Mielcarek, Bessie ^a,b  

^a State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine ^*

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Health services; Kidney disease; Patient education as topic; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MOBILE APPLICATION; NEPHROLOGIST; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE; TELECONSULTATION; TELEHEALTH; TELEMONITORING; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; VIDEOCONFERENCING; GOVERNMENT; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT CARE; TELEMEDICINE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 85014021906     PISSN: 15485595     EISSN: 15485609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ackd.2016.11.005     Document Type: Review

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