Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: Throughout history, as technology (including information technology) has evolved, so has the way that disease is diagnosed, treated, and managed.For close to half a century, clinicians and health services researchers have been investigating the use of telecommunication and information technology to provide access to care outside the traditional model of faceto-face encounters between providers and patients.'The use of technology to provide health care to patients where distance separates the participants is generally referred to as telemedicine.2 Although the practice is not new,
Authors: Diane E. Hoffmann, Virginia Rowthorn
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: U.S. Department of Agriculture, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Arizona State University, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Public Health Service, U.S. National Library of Medicine
OpenAlex ID: W1564385430