| # | Searches | Results |
| 1 | Telemedicine/ | 36076 |
| 2 | Smartphone/ | 5904 |
| 3 | Cell Phones/ | 19935 |
| 4 | "Cell Phone Use"/ | 9 |
| 5 | Text Messaging/ | 5112 |
| 6 | Electronic Mail/ | 18265 |
| 7 | Computers, Handheld/ | 4540 |
| 8 | MP3‐Player/ | 346 |
| 9 | Mobile Applications/ | 7190 |
| 10 | Medical Informatics Applications/ | 20613 |
| 11 | Health Information Exchange/ | 10178 |
| 12 | Health Smart Cards/ | 249 |
| 13 | (mobile health* or mobile care or mhealth* or m health*).ti,ab,kf. | 7124 |
| 14 | (electronic health* or electronic care or ehealth* or e health*).ti,ab,kf. | 33692 |
| 15 | (telemedicine or tele medicine or telehealth or tele health or telecare or tele care or telemonitoring or tele monitoring).ti,ab,kf. | 29955 |
| 16 | (mobile device? or mobile electronic device?).ti,ab,kf. | 4762 |
| 17 | (mobile adj (phone* or telephone*)).ti,ab,kf. | 14543 |
| 18 | (wireless adj (phone* or telephone*)).ti,ab,kf. | 249 |
| 19 | (cell* phone* or cellphone*).ti,ab,kf. | 7059 |
| 20 | ((mobile or cellular) adj (technology or technologies)).ti,ab,kf. | 3135 |
| 21 | ((mobile or phone or telephone) adj (app? or application?)).ti,ab,kf. | 5575 |
| 22 | (portable electronic adj (app? or application?)).ti,ab,kf. | 6 |
| 23 | (smartphone* or smart phone*).ti,ab,kf. | 14737 |
| 24 | mobile communication.ti,ab,kf. | 947 |
| 25 | mobile telecommunicat*.ti,ab,kf. | 381 |
| 26 | personal digital assistant?.ti,ab,kf. | 2185 |
| 27 | patient monitor* device?.ti,ab,kf. | 68 |
| 28 | smart card*.ti,ab,kf. | 724 |
| 29 | text messag*.ti,ab,kf. | 6390 |
| 30 | (electronic mail? or email? or e mail?).ti,ab,kf. | 34566 |
| 31 | short messag* service?.ti,ab,kf. | 1812 |
| 32 | (sms adj (messag* or service*)).ti,ab,kf. | 425 |
| 33 | ((multi media or multimedia) adj messag* service?).ti,ab,kf. | 91 |
| 34 | (mms adj (messag* or service*)).ti,ab,kf. | 29 |
| 35 | web messag*.ti,ab,kf. | 51 |
| 36 | (whatsapp or whats app).ti,ab,kf. | 361 |
| 37 | (instant messaging or instant messenger).ti,ab,kf. | 463 |
| 38 | ((handheld or hand held) adj computer?).ti,ab,kf. | 1452 |
| 39 | (computer tablet? or pc tablet? or palmtop computer? or palm top computer? or pda computer? or pocket pc? or pda phone or blackberry or palm pilot? or pilot palm?).ti,ab,kf. | 1949 |
| 40 | ((handheld or hand held) adj3 console?).ti,ab,kf. | 27 |
| 41 | (mp3player? or mp3 player? or mp4player? or mp4 player?).ti,ab,kf. | 276 |
| 42 | (ipod or ipods or i pod or i pods).ti,ab,kf. | 866 |
| 43 | portable media player?.ti,ab,kf. | 36 |
| 44 | pager?.ti,ab,kf. | 901 |
| 45 | global position? system?.ti,ab,kf. | 108 |
| 46 | ((3G or 4G) adj system?).ti,ab,kf. | 26 |
| 47 | (bluetooth technolog* or blue tooth technolog*).ti,ab,kf. | 90 |
| 48 | (videoconsult* or video consult*).ti,ab,kf. | 403 |
| 49 | or/1‐48 | 198819 |
| 50 | (qualitative or themes).mp. | 514385 |
| 51 | 49 and 50 | 9970 |
| 52 | 51 use ppez | 4357 |
| 53 | remove duplicates from 52 | 3882 |
| 54 | telehealth/ | 22014 |
| 55 | exp telemedicine/ | 54001 |
| 56 | mobile phone/ or mobile phones/ | 21671 |
| 57 | cell phone/ or cell phones/ | 21816 |
| 58 | "cell phone use"/ | 9 |
| 59 | smartphone/ or smartphones/ or smart phone/ | 5932 |
| 60 | text messaging/ | 5112 |
| 61 | e‐mail/ | 18265 |
| 62 | microcomputer/ | 29741 |
| 63 | mp3 player/ | 346 |
| 64 | mobile application/ | 8062 |
| 65 | medical informatics/ | 29303 |
| 66 | medical information system/ | 18336 |
| 67 | smart card/ | 249 |
| 68 | (mobile health* or mobile care or mhealth* or m health*).ti,ab,kw. | 7930 |
| 69 | (electronic health* or electronic care or ehealth* or e health*).ti,ab,kw. | 35444 |
| 70 | (telemedicine or tele medicine or telehealth or tele health or telecare or tele care or telemonitoring or tele monitoring).ti,ab,kw. | 31930 |
| 71 | (mobile device? or mobile electronic device?).ti,ab,kw. | 4821 |
| 72 | (mobile adj (phone* or telephone*)).ti,ab,kw. | 14601 |
| 73 | (wireless adj (phone* or telephone*)).ti,ab,kw. | 253 |
| 74 | (cell* phone* or cellphone*).ti,ab,kw. | 7375 |
| 75 | ((mobile or cellular) adj (technology or technologies)).ti,ab,kw. | 3151 |
| 76 | ((mobile or phone or telephone) adj (app? or application?)).ti,ab,kw. | 5489 |
| 77 | (portable electronic adj (app? or application?)).ti,ab,kw. | 4 |
| 78 | (smartphone* or smart phone*).ti,ab,kw. | 14921 |
| 79 | mobile communication.ti,ab,kw. | 966 |
| 80 | mobile telecommunicat*.ti,ab,kw. | 385 |
| 81 | personal digital assistant?.ti,ab,kw. | 2206 |
| 82 | patient monitor* device?.ti,ab,kw. | 69 |
| 83 | smart card*.ti,ab,kw. | 753 |
| 84 | text messag*.ti,ab,kw. | 6459 |
| 85 | (electronic mail? or email? or e mail?).ti,ab,kw. | 34652 |
| 86 | short messag* service?.ti,ab,kw. | 1845 |
| 87 | (sms adj (messag* or service*)).ti,ab,kw. | 428 |
| 88 | ((multi media or multimedia) adj messag* service?).ti,ab,kw. | 94 |
| 89 | (mms adj (messag* or service*)).ti,ab,kw. | 29 |
| 90 | web messag*.ti,ab,kw. | 51 |
| 91 | (whatsapp or whats app).ti,ab,kw. | 363 |
| 92 | (instant messaging or instant messenger).ti,ab,kw. | 466 |
| 93 | ((handheld or hand held) adj computer?).ti,ab,kw. | 1503 |
| 94 | (computer tablet? or pc tablet? or palmtop computer? or palm top computer? or pda computer? or pocket pc? or pda phone or blackberry or palm pilot? or pilot palm?).ti,ab,kw. | 1977 |
| 95 | ((handheld or hand held) adj3 console?).ti,ab,kw. | 27 |
| 96 | (mp3player? or mp3 player? or mp4player? or mp4 player?).ti,ab,kw. | 286 |
| 97 | (ipod or ipods or i pod or i pods).ti,ab,kw. | 879 |
| 98 | portable media player?.ti,ab,kw. | 36 |
| 99 | pager?.ti,ab,kw. | 902 |
| 100 | global position? system?.ti,ab,kw. | 109 |
| 101 | ((3G or 4G) adj system?).ti,ab,kw. | 26 |
| 102 | (bluetooth technolog* or blue tooth technolog*).ti,ab,kw. | 90 |
| 103 | (videoconsult* or video consult*).ti,ab,kw. | 412 |
| 104 | or/54‐103 | 253880 |
| 105 | qualitative.mp. | 455465 |
| 106 | 104 and 105 | 9450 |
| 107 | limit 106 to (conference abstract or conference paper or conference proceeding or "conference review") [Limit not valid in Ovid MEDLINE(R),Ovid MEDLINE(R) Daily Update,Ovid MEDLINE(R) In‐Process,Ovid MEDLINE(R) Publisher; records were retained] | 5375 |
| 108 | 107 use oemezd | 1388 |
| 109 | remove duplicates from 108 | 1382 |
| 110 | 53 or 109 | 5264 |
| 111 | remove duplicates from 110 | 5232 |
| 112 | 111 use oemezd [Embase] | 1369 |
| 113 | 111 use ppez [MEDLINE] | 3863 |