Table 3.
Orthopaedic Telehealth Services in the United States
| Characteristic | Telehealth,a N (%) | OR (95% CI) | P Value | Overall P Value |
| Region | 0.029b | |||
| Midwest | 21/46 (45.7) | Reference | — | |
| Northeast | 32/43 (74.4) | 3.46 (1.41-8.5) | 0.007b | |
| South | 37/56 (66.1) | 2.32 (1.04-5.16) | 0.04b | |
| West | 16/23 (69.6) | 2.72 (0.94-7.86) | 0.64 | |
| EMR/EHR | 0.003b | |||
| Epic | 73/99 (73.7) | — | — | |
| Cerner | 13/33 (39.4) | — | — | |
| Athena | 4/4 (100) | — | — | |
| Allscripts | 3/12 (25) | — | — | |
| eClinicalWorks | 3/3 (100) | — | — | |
| NextGen | 2/2 (100) | — | — | |
| Other | 8/15 (53.3) | — | — |
CI = confidence interval, EMR/EHR = electronic medical/health record, OR = odds ratio
a
Reported as # institutions using telehealth/total institutions contacted (%).
b
P < 0.05.
ORs and subgroup P values for region were calculated using a univariate logistic regression.
Overall P values were calculated from the chi-square or Fisher exact test for categorical variables.