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. 2019 Nov 1;7(4):e11353. doi: 10.2196/11353

Table 3.

Specific use of the telehealth platform (top 10). Numbers presented in the table indicate the total number of sessions logged with that specific label and the percentage of that type of session for each year.

Reason for session Year

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Clinical care, n (%)











Diabetic education follow-up with patients 20 (7) 59 (13) 144 (15) 105 (11) 92 (9) 68 (7) 71 (8) 74 (8) 59 (5) 61 (6) 26 (4)

AAa meetings 0 (0) 1 (0) 22 (2) 41 (4) 46 (4) 45 (4) 51 (5) 46 (5) 50 (5) 51 (5) 35 (5)

Counseling (mental health patient/professional) 1 (0) 6 (1) 72 (7) 103 (10) 35 (3) 42 (4) 23 (2) 21 (2) 21 (2) 7 (1) 9 (1)

Occupational stress injury 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 16 (2) 1 (0) 53 (6) 106 (10) 97 (9) 55 (8)

Doctor’s appointment (mental health) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 61 (6) 88 (8) 80 (7) 38 (6)

Interview (general interviews) 8 (3) 11 (2) 27 (3) 48 (5) 45 (4) 48 (5) 30 (3) 23 (2) 13 (1) 6 (1) 0 (0)

Cancer patient appointment 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 6 (1) 21 (2) 49 (5) 65 (6) 74 (7) 43 (6)

Surgeon’s clinic (virtual surgeon’s appointment with patients in community) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 90 (8) 76 (7) 62 (9)
Educational, n (%)











Rural mental health supervision 0 (0) 2 (0) 40 (4) 20 (2) 57 (5) 29 (3) 14 (1) 18 (2) 22 (2) 17 (2) 9 (1)
Administrative, n (%)











General meetings 16 (5) 35 (8) 91 (9) 83 (8) 107 (10) 82 (8) 52 (6) 76 (8) 63 (6) 85 (8) 34 (5)

aAA: Alcoholics Anonymous.