Table 3. Adoption of telemedicine (n=429*).
| Question number and content | Categories | n (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Q43 Adoption of telemedicine to communicate with patients | Yes, with all patients | 179 (41.7) |
| Yes, with low-risk patients only | 205 (47.8) | |
| No | 23 (5.4) | |
| Don’t know | 9 (2.1) | |
| Not applicable to my practice | 13 (3.0) | |
| Q44 Percentage of patients called (audio/video) for distance consultation | 0% | 17 (4.0) |
| 1–24% | 83 (19.4) | |
| 25–49% | 115 (26.8) | |
| 50–74% | 105 (24.5) | |
| ≥75% | 83 (19.4) | |
| Don’t know | 5 (1.2) | |
| Not applicable to my practice | 21 (4.9) | |
| Q45 Percentage of patients called (audio/video) for follow-up to a cervical cancer screening procedure | 0% | 46 (10.7) |
| 1–24% | 103 (24.0) | |
| 25–49% | 85 (19.8) | |
| 50–74% | 83 (19.3) | |
| ≥75% | 68 (15.9) | |
| Don’t know | 18 (4.2) | |
| Not applicable to my practice | 26 (6.1) | |
| Q46 Virtual consultations compensated by jurisdictional public health insurance system | Yes | 312 (72.7) |
| No | 43 (10.0) | |
| Don’t know | 44 (10.3) | |
| Not applicable to my practice | 30 (7.0) | |
| Q47 Appropriate interactions to convert to telemedicine† | Health and medical history reporting | 283 (66.0) |
| Test results reporting | 352 (82.1) | |
| Consent forms completion prior to in-person procedures | 222 (51.7) | |
| Post-procedure follow-up | 219 (42.9) | |
| In-person appointment planning/scheduling | 169 (33.1) | |
| Other | 5 (1.2) |
Eighty-one respondents did not answer; the total number of complete responses was used as the denominator.
Frequency count exceeded number of respondents (429) as some selected more than one answer.