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ERIC Number: EJ400423
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Telemedicine: Toward Better Health Care for the Elderly.
Greenberger, Martin; Puffer, James C.
Journal of Communication, v39 n3 p137-44 Sum 1989
Describes the results of projects exploring the potential of information technology for delivering health care. Describes a proposed project coupling the telephone with computerized audiotext responses, which would provide elderly patients with information, contact, and reassurance. (SR)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Communication Research, Dial Access Information Systems, Geriatrics, Information Networks, Information Technology, Older Adults, Online Systems, Patient Education, Preventive Medicine, Primary Health Care, Telephone Communications Systems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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