Teleconsultation service to improve healthcare in rural areas: acceptance, organizational impact and appropriateness

• Main Authors: Borghi Gabriella (Author), Bernocchi Palmira (Author), Scalvini Simonetta (Author), Zanaboni Paolo (Author), Tridico Caterina (Author), Masella Cristina (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Nowadays, new organisational strategies should be indentified to improve primary care and its link with secondary care in terms of efficacy and timeliness of interventions thus preventing unnecessary hospital accesses and costs savin...