Table 3.

Comparison of Telemedicine Perceptions Between CAH Providers and Academic Medical Center Providers by Patient Type

	IMPACT ON PATIENT CARE			FREQUENCY OF TM USE			PREVENTED INTER-HOSPITAL TRANSFERS
	CAH MEDIAN (IQR)	ACADEMIC MEDIAN (IQR)	p-VALUE	CAH MEDIAN (IQR)	ACADEMIC MEDIAN (IQR)	p-VALUE	CAH MEDIAN (IQR)	ACADEMIC MEDIAN (IQR)	p-VALUE
Overall	61.0 (23.0–82.0)	67.0 (45.0–77.0)	0.464	32.0 (8.0–63.0)	59.0 (32.0–76.0)	<0.001	59.0 (32.0–76.0)	32.5 (18.0–48.0)	0.023
Patient type
Emergency medicine	49.0 (17.0–84.0)	49.0 (48.0–67.0)	0.820	21.5 (4.5–50.0)	45.0 (43.0–71.0)	0.039	28.0 (6.0–50.0)	40.0 (32.0–45.0)	0.448
Neurology (stroke and nonstroke)	65.5 (51.0–76.0)	78.0 (66.0–88.0)	0.045	37.0 (17.0–60.3)	57.7 (20.0–80.0)	0.247	25.5 (11.0–46.0)	38.0 (25.0–53.0)	0.197
Neurosurgery	29.0 (10.0–55.0)	18.0 (4.0–21.0)	0.319	17.0 (4.0–48.0)	16.0 (8.5–38.5)	0.911	10.5 (3.0–31.0)	8.0 (4.0–10.0)	0.743
Ophthalmology	26.0 (16.0–60.0)	45.0 (28.0–70.0)	0.285	22.0 (3.0–50.0)	37.5 (30.0–59.0)	0.048	8.0 (3.0–27.0)	37.0 (20.0–52.0)	0.007
Pediatric critical care	55.0 (22.0–74.0)	76.0 (64.0–81.0)	0.041	28.0 (4.5–60.5)	76.0 (72.0–90.0)	<0.001	15.0 (4.0–32.0)	21.0 (18.0–48.0)	0.090
Psychiatry	88.0 (78.0–94.0)	76.0 (70.0–82.0)	0.161	75.5 (53.5–90.5)	86.0 (60.0–98.0)	0.384	50.0 (24.0–73.0)	25.0 (12.0–69.0)	0.436

In this table, CAH overall median (IQR) contains responses only for the six specialties provided by academic providers.

CAH, critical access hospital; IQR, interquartile range; TM, telemedicine.