Experience with Quality Assurance in Two Store-and-Forward Telemedicine Networks
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Experience with Quality Assurance in Two Store-and-Forward Telemedicine Networks
Despite the increasing use of telemedicine around the world, little has been done to incorporate quality assurance (QA) into these operations. The purpose of the present study was to examine the feasibility of QA in store-and-forward teleconsulting using a previously published framework. During a 2-year study period, we examined the feasibility of using QA tools in two mature telemedicine netwo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Public Health
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2296-2565
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2015.00261