A small-scale randomised controlled trial of home telemonitoring in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 650-656

  Shany, Tal ^a   Hession, Michael ^b   Pryce, David ^c   Roberts, Mary ^d   Basilakis, Jim ^b   Redmond, Stephen ^a   Lovell, Nigel ^a   Schreier, Guenter ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Business Intelligence Development Solutions   (Australia)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

cost effectiveness; Home telecare; remote consultation; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PULSE RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMETRY; TELEPHONE; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; PILOT PROJECTS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULSE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIROMETRY; TELEMETRY; TELEPHONE;

EID: 85024849982     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357633X16659410     Document Type: Article

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