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International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 804254, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/804254
Research Article

Connecting Hospitalized Patients with Their Families: Case Series and Commentary

Kourosh Parsapour,1 Alexander A. Kon,2 Madan Dharmar,3 Amy K. McCarthy,3 Hsuan-Hui Yang,3 Anthony C. Smith,4 Janice Carpenter,5 Candace K. Sadorra,3 Aron D. Farbstein,5 Nayla M. Hojman,3 Gary L. Wold,3 and James P. Marcin3,5,6

1Department of Pediatrics, Miller Children's Hospital, Long Beach, CA 90806, USA
2Department of Pediatrics, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA 92134, USA
3Department of Pediatrics, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
4Centre for Online Health, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD 4029, Australia
5Center for Health and Technology, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
6Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, UC Davis Children's Hospital, 2516 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA

Received 19 May 2011; Accepted 27 August 2011

Academic Editor: George Demiris

Copyright © 2011 Kourosh Parsapour et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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