Facilitating telemedicine project sustainability in medically underserved areas: a healthcare provider participant perspective

Paul, David L.; McDaniel, Reuben R.

doi:10.1186/s12913-016-1401-y

Table 2 Teleconsultation projects site overview

From: Facilitating telemedicine project sustainability in medically underserved areas: a healthcare provider participant perspective

HSC	Project	Data Collection Period	Teleconsultation Activities	Main HSC Participants	Remote Facility	Remote Care Provider	Information Technology Configuration	Utilization (approx.)
Y	Y1	Both	Multiple Medical Specialties	Multiple Specialists	Hospital	Primary Care Physicians	Specially Designed	Period 1: 8 times per month^a Period 2: 1 time per month
	Y2	2	Multiple Medical Specialties	Multiple Specialists	Clinic	Physician Assistant (PA)	Telemedicine Workstation	Period 1: <1 time per month^b
	Y3	2	Burn Unit	Subspecialist	Hospital	Nurse	(using off-the-shelf components) with	1 h every other week
	Y4	2	Oncology	Subspecialist	Hospital	Primary Care Physicians	(using off-the-shelf components) with	1 h every other week
	Y5	2	Primary Care	Primary Care Physician at Remote Clinic^d	Other Remote Clinic	Emergerncy Medical Technician (EMT)	Videoconferencing +	Multiple times per week
	Y6	2	Pediatric Care	Multiple Specialists	Clinic	Nurse	Attachments	2 h per week + as needed
Z	Z1	2	Hepatitis C (HCV)	Specialists, Subspecialists, Therapists, Nurse, Practitioners, Nurse, Counselors	Hospital	Primary Care Physician	Multipoint Teleconferencing	2 h per week + 2 h behavioral per week (total)
	Z2	2	Hepatitis C (HCV)	Specialists, Subspecialists, Therapists, Nurse, Practitioners, Nurse, Counselors	Hospital	Resident and Nurse	Multipoint Videoconferencing	2 h per week + 2 h behavioral per week (total)
	Z3	2	Hepatitis C (HCV)	Specialists, Subspecialists, Therapists, Nurse, Practitioners, Nurse, Counselors	Hospital	Internist	Multipoint Teleconferencing	2 h per week + 2 h behavioral per week (total)
	Z4	2	Hepatitis C (HCV)	Specialists, Subspecialists, Therapists, Nurse, Practitioners, Nurse, Counselors	Clinic	Physician Assistant	Multipoint Videoconferencing	2 h per week + 2 h behavioral per week (total)
	Z5	2	Early Childhood Developmental Disabilities (ECDD)	Specialist, Therapists, Counselors	Clinic	Developmental Specialist	Videoconferencing	3 h monthly (consults only)
	Z6	2	Early Childhood Developmental Disabilities (ECDD)	Specialist, Therapists, Counselors	Clinic	Developmental Specialist	Videoconferencing	3 h monthly (consults only)
	Z7	2	Early Childhood Developmental Disabilities (ECDD)	Specialist, Therapists, Counselors	Clinic	Developmental Specialist	Videoconferencing	3 h monthly (consults only)
	Z8	2	Drug Abuse and Behavioral Counseling (DABC)	Psychiatrist	In-patient Clinic	Psychologists, Mental Health Counselor	Videoconferencing	2 h per week (total)^c

^aY1 rural hospital expanded and now has many specialists
^bY2 was discontinued when PA moved and supervising physician died
^cAt time of data collection, Project DABC was rolling out additional new sites in the near future
^dY5 had a telepharmacy project with HSC Y, and a teleconsultation project with a primary care physician located approximately 60 miles from both Y5 and HSC Y

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