Table 3.

Example open-ended responses about recommending Telestroke

Positive Technology (N = 69, 45%)29%)	Positive Provider (N = 45, 29%)	Negative Technology (N = 20, 13%)	Negative Provider (N = 6, 4%)
“It’s easier to be connected directly to a specialist than to have to wait for a specialist to arrive on site…it was like Star Trek!”	“As soon as the Telestroke doctor came on the screen he was very clear and immediately got my confidence…fantastic about letting me know what was going on.”	“It’s not the same on the computer…it didn’t feel personal.”	“They would take the screen out in the hallway and speak to the [other] doctors, and that made me feel uncomfortable.”
“It was done so quickly; they brought the stand in and it was instant. She did an exam on him and she could have been anywhere in the world—it was just so quick!”	“She [Telestroke doctor] was very calm, cool, collected. Her treatment felt specialized, and that was very comforting.”	“There is no way a doctor in [another state] could diagnose me with a brain bleed.”	“I didn’t have any input…he [Telestroke doctor] was talking to the other doctor.”