Table 2.
Telemedicine: objective experience
| Telemedicine: Objective Experience | All Respondents |
|---|---|
| n (%) or Average ± SD | |
| Pathologies assessed via telemedicine (%) | |
| Musculoskeletal issues or tendinitis | 27 ± 23 |
| Dermatologic issues | 19 ± 22 |
| Medical issues | 16 ± 18 |
| Infections | 14 ± 19 |
| Post-op care | 11 ± 16 |
| Trauma | 9 ± 13 |
| Pre-op surgical discussions | 4 ± 9 |
| Video platform used | 221 (92%) |
| Facetime | 85 (36%) |
| Proprietary EMR or hospital platform | 71 (30%) |
| Zoom | 70 (29%) |
| Doxy.me | 56 (23%) |
| Other platform | 47 (20%) |
| 19 (8%) | |
| Skype | 14 (6%) |
| GoogleHangouts | 11 (5%) |
| Informed patients about telemedicine | 221 (92%) |
| Direct telephone call | 142 (59%) |
| 78 (33%) | |
| Social media | 75 (31%) |
| Other | 56 (23%) |
| Answering machine message | 34 (14%) |
| Text | 30 (13%) |
| Physical mailer | 12 (5%) |
| Length of telemedicine appointment (min) | 14 ± 6 |
| Coordinated with a visiting nurse service | 60 (25%) |
| Mar and Apr admitted telemedicine patient | 59 (25%) |
Characteristics are expressed as n (%) or as the mean ± SD. For each variable, responses NA values were excluded from the analysis.