Telepharmacy for the management of cardiovascular patients in the community

Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 109-117

  Omboni, Stefano ^a,b   Tenti, Mauro ^a  

^a ITALIAN INSTITUTE OF TELEMEDICINE   (Italy)

^b I M SECHENOV FIRST MOSCOW STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Heart failure; Hypertension; Ischemic heart disease; Pharmacy; Telemedicine; Telepharmacy

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN; CARDIAC PATIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHARMACY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY (SHOP); PROFESSIONAL STANDARD;

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 85050069786     PISSN: 10501738     EISSN: 18732615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2018.07.002     Document Type: Review

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