Table 3.

Prevalence and Weekly Rate of Telemedicine use by Healthcare Area Among Jails in Four US Southeastern States, October 2020–May 2021

	Any telemedicine (n=254), no. (%)	Telemedicine hours All jails (n=254), median (IQR)*†	Telemedicine hours among jails using telemedicine, median (IQR)*†
Primary care	33 (13)	0 (0,0)	2.1 (0.5, 6.8)
Mental health	140 (55.3)	0.3 (0, 2.2)	2.1 (1.2, 4.3)
Other specialties	12 (4.7)	0 (0,0)	0.2 (0.1, 0.6)

*Interquartile range (IQR); population data missing from 1 jail; telemedicine hours reported per 100 incarcerated person-weeks (IPW) among jails with telemedicine provided at least once per month

^†Among jails using telemedicine, telemedicine hours were not reported for 5 of 33 jails providing primary care; 6 of 140 jails providing mental healthcare; and 1 of 12 jails providing specialty care. Also, 1 of 140 jails with mental health telemedicine did not have population data. Consequently, telemedicine rates for these jails were not estimated