Table 1.
Criterion | Rationale | |
Inclusion | 1. Located within the continental United States. | VHA facilities outside the continental United States do not reliably report electronic medical record data to the CDW and/or do not have dermatology clinics. |
2. Greater than zero provider full-time equivalents practising dermatology. | Have a dermatology clinic on-site. | |
3. Higher than 0.1% and at most 8.8% of total FY2016 dermatology encounters at the facility were for teledermatology readings. | Already performing some teledermatology consults at baseline using the existing store-and-forward technology, but their total teledermatology encounter rates were below the median; based on prior experience, these sites were judged to be good candidates for implementing the new mobile app. | |
Exclusion | Participating in pretrial mixed-methods formative evaluation. | Three facilities will participate in the formative evaluation, which will be conducted to inform the implementation of the mobile app; these facilities are located in Providence, RI, San Francisco, CA, and Denver, CO. |
CDW, Corporate Data Warehouse; FY, fiscal year; VHA, Veterans Health Administration.