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Table 1 Study site characteristics

From: Implementing solutions to improve and expand telehealth adoption: participatory action research in four community healthcare settings

Research site identifier

Site A

Site B

Site C

Site D

Telehealth deployment

Year of introduction

2007

2009

2006

2010

Equipment purchased (P) or leased (L)

P

P

L

P

No. of telehealth units available for usea

165

79

n/a

40

No. of telehealth units in useb

104

39

200

34

Referral routes into telehealth

Community matrons

✓

✓

✓

✓

Case managers

✓

  

✓

Specialist respiratory nurses

✓

✓

✓

 

Specialist heart failure nurses

✓

✓

✓

 

GPs

✓

   

Telehealth stakeholders

NHS community healthcare provider

✓

 

✓

✓

NHS hospital trust

✓

  

✓

Clinical commissioning group

 

✓

✓

 

Equipment manufacturer

✓

✓

✓

✓

Local authority

✓

✓

✓

 

Community interest company

 

✓

✓

 

Private company

 

✓

✓

 
  1. aEstimates from case study data
  2. bAt end of data collection period in phase one