Barriers to Telemedicine Implementation in Southwest Tribal Communities During COVID-19
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Janessa M. Graves PhD, MPH
College of Nursing, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington
For further information, contact: Janessa M. Graves, PhD, MPH, College of Nursing, Washington State University, 412 E. Spokane Falls Blvd, Spokane, Washington 99201; e-mail: [email protected].
Search for more papers by this authorJessica L. Mackelprang PhD
School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorSolmaz Amiri DDes
Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington
Search for more papers by this authorDemetrius A. Abshire PhD, RN
College of Nursing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Janessa M. Graves PhD, MPH
College of Nursing, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington
For further information, contact: Janessa M. Graves, PhD, MPH, College of Nursing, Washington State University, 412 E. Spokane Falls Blvd, Spokane, Washington 99201; e-mail: [email protected].
Search for more papers by this authorJessica L. Mackelprang PhD
School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorSolmaz Amiri DDes
Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington
Search for more papers by this authorDemetrius A. Abshire PhD, RN
College of Nursing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
Search for more papers by this authorFunding: Janessa Graves was supported in part by the Health Equity Research Center, a strategic research initiative of Washington State University. Dr Demetrius Abshire was supported by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number K23MD013899. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
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