Table 2.

Telemedicine service’s characteristics

Variables
Telemedicine programme duration
Fixed-term telemedicine activity	12%
Indefinite time telemedicine activity	88%
Telemedicine ECG
Prehospital ECG	79%
In-hospital telemedicine ECG	47%
Interhospital telemedicine ECG	26%
Emergency room telemedicine ECG	42%
Outpatients telemedicine ECG	63%
Telemedicine ECG through pharmacies	16%
Telemedicine ECG through general practitioners	16%
Ambulatory monitoring
Outpatients ECG monitoring	37%
Through pharmacies	26%
Through general practitioners	16%
Outpatients blood pressure monitoring
Through pharmacies	21%
Through general practitioners	16%
Remote heart failure monitoring	37%
Vital signs remote monitoring	21%
Telephone monitoring	32%
Monitoring through dedicated devices	16%
Telemedicine rehabilitation
After heart surgery	16%
After heart failure	11%
Other forms of monitoring
ICD/CRT-D monitoring	42%
Mentoring	11%
Reimbursement
Reimbursed by national healthcare system	69%
Paid by the patient	25%
Funding
State funding	17%
European Union funding	17%
Private funding	11%
No funding	50%