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. 2016 Dec 8;16:155. doi: 10.1186/s12911-016-0392-2

Table 2.

Coding scheme overview

I. GENERAL PROJECT BACKGROUND/PARTICIPANTS VI. TELCONSULTATION SESSIONS
  A. HSC Specialty   A. TC Session Scheduling
  B. Physical/Plant Description of Remote Site    TC Frequency
   Remote Site Resource Issues    TC Session Length
  B. TC Session Description
II. HEALTH CARE DELIVERY PROBLEM    TC Session Process
  A. Health Care Complexity
   Diagnosis VII. PROJECT IMPACT
   Treatment   A. TC Outcomes -- Examples
   Disease Quirks    TC Outcomes (Before/After)
   TC Outcomes -- Failures
III. PROJECT INITIATION (when/why started)    TC Outcomes -- Readmittance
  A. Date Project Started   B. Access to Care -- Overall
  B. Project Startup    Access to Care -- Project Volume
   Initial Activities    Access to Care -- TC Efficiency
   Barriers to Startup   C. Cost of Care -- Overall
  C. Need for Project    Cost of Care -- Project Financing
   Cost of Care -- Reimbursement
IV. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) CONFIGURATION   D. Quality of Care -- Overall
  A, IT Equipment    Quality of Care -- Reputation
   IT Location    Quality of Care -- Referral Patterns
   IT Description    Quality of Care -- Local Expertise
  B. User Perceptions
   IT Training VIII. PROJECT FUTURE
   IT Ease-Of-Use   A. Future -- Issues to Be Resolved
   IT Reliability/Problems
   IT Sufficiency IX. DOMINANT LOGIC (2nd data collection period only)
   Local IT Support Availability/Expertise   A. Intended Versus Actual Behavior
  B. Participant Roles and How They Changed
V. TELCONSULTATION (TC) PROJECT BACKGROUND   C. Impact of Teleconsultation Projects Where
  A. TC Project Purpose    Actual Behavior Was Similar to Intended Behavior
  B. Patient Demographics    Actual Behavior Was Emergent Behavior of Learning
  C. TC Participants      Types of Learning
   TC Participants -- HSC
   TC Participants -- Remote Site
     Remote Site Participant Expertise
     Remote Site Training