International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 78, Issue 7 , Pages 494-502 , July 2009

Perspectives and expectations for telemedicine opportunities from families of nursing home residents and caregivers in nursing homes

  • Jun-Yih Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, 95 Wenchang Rd., Shilin District, Taipei City 111, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 2 28332211; fax: +886 2 28389350.
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  • Liang-Kung Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chia-Ching Chang

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Management, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan
    • Department of Business Administration, China Institute of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 10 April 2008 ,Revised 28 October 2008 ,Accepted 25 February 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2009.02.009

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 78, Issue 7 , Pages 494-502 , July 2009

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