Designing Clinically Valuable Telehealth Resources: Processes to Develop a Community-Based Palliative Care Prototype
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Designing Clinically Valuable Telehealth Resources: Processes to Develop a Community-Based Palliative Care Prototype
BACKGROUND Changing population demography and patterns of disease are increasing demands on the health system. Telehealth is seen as providing a mechanism to support community-based care, thus reducing pressure on hospital services and supporting consumer preferences for care in the home. OBJECTIVE This study examined the processes involved in developing a prototype telehealth intervention to...
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عنوان ژورنال: JMIR Research Protocols
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1929-0748
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.3266