Telemedicine
Subtitle: A Guide to Assessing Telecommunications in Health Care
Publisher: National Academy Press
Published: October 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780309055314
Subjects: Medical equipment & techniques; Public health & preventive medicine; Health Care Delivery; Public Health; Telecommunications; Health Care; Medical / Nursing; Evaluation; Telecommunication in medicine; Telemedicine; United States; standards; Health/Fitness
Description: Introduction and background -- Evolution and current applications of telemedicine -- The technical and human context of telemedicine -- The policy context of telemedicine -- Past and current evaluations of telemedicine -- A framework for planning and improving evaluations of telemedicine -- Evaluating the effects of telemedicine on quality, access, and cost -- Findings and recommendations -- References -- Appendixes -- Tables, figures, and boxes.