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Table 4 Coding scheme overview

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

I. GENERAL PROJECT BACKGROUND/PARTICIPANTS

 B. Patient Demographics

 A. Relationship -- HSC and Remote Site

 C. TC Participants

   Relationship -- Formal

   TC Participants -- HSC

   Relationship -- Personal

   TC Participants -- Remote Site

     Prior Familiarity

     Remote Site Participant Expertise

     Trust

     Remote Site Training

 B. HSC Specialty

 

 C. Physical/Plant Description of Remote Site

VI. TELCONSULTATION SESSIONS

   Remote Site Resource Issues

 A. TC Session Scheduling

 

   TC Frequency

II. HEALTH CARE DELIVERY PROBLEM

   TC Session Length

 A. Health Care Complexity

 B. TC Session Description

   Diagnosis

   TC Session Process

   Treatment

 

   Disease Quirks

VII. PROJECT IMPACT

 

 A. TC suitability -- What Could/ Not Be Done

III. PROJECT INITIATION (when/why started)

   HSC Provider/Patient Connection -- Psychological Patient Acceptance

 A. Date Project Started

 B. TC Outcomes -- Examples

 B. Project Startup

   TC Outcomes -- (Before /After)

   Initial Activities

   TC Outcomes -- Failures

   Barriers to Startup

   TC Outcomes -- Readmittance

 C. Need to Project

 C. Access to Care -- Overall

 

   Access to Care -- Project Volume

IV. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) CONFIGURATION

   Access to Care -- TC Efficiency

 A. IT Equipment

 D. Cost of Care -- Overall

   IT Location

   Cost of Care -- Project Financing

   IT Description

   Cost of Care -- Reimbursement

 B. User Perceptions

 E. Quality of Care -- Overall

   IT Training

   Quality of Care -- Reputation

   IT Ease-Of-Use

   Quality of Care -- Referral Patterns

   IT Reliability/Problems

   Quality of Care -- Local Expertise

   IT Sufficiency

 

   Local IT Support Availability/Expertise

VIII. PROJECT FUTURE

 

 A. Future -- Issues to Be Resolved

V. TELCONSULTATION (TC) PROJECT BACKGROUND

 

 A. TC Project Purpose

 

   Frequency of Activites (non-TC)