Infectious diseases society of america position statement on telehealth and telemedicine as applied to the practice of infectious diseases

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 237-242

  Siddiqui, Javeed ^a   Herchline, Thomas ^b   Kahlon, Summerpal ^c   Moyer, Kay J ^d   Scott, John D ^e   Wood, Brian R ^f   Young, Jeremy ^g  

^a TeleMed2U   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Oracle Health Sciences Global Business Unit   (United States)

^d Infectious Diseases Society of America Emerging Infections Network   (United States)

^e Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial stewardship; Infectious diseases; Store and forward; Telehealth; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LICENSING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM COST EFFECTIVENESS; RESPONSIBILITY; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; TELEHEALTH; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COST CONTROL; DOCUMENTATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; LEGAL LIABILITY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIVACY; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC POLICY; UTILIZATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CONFIDENTIALITY; COST SAVINGS; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; LICENSURE; PRIVACY; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027466546     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw773     Document Type: Article

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