Table 4.

Coding scheme overview

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)