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Published in final edited form as: Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2021 Mar 10;16(2):791–800. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2020.473

Table 1.

Inclusion/exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria	Exclusion Criteria
Dates Sources for the Disaster Telemedicine category will not have a date range (the first documented usage of disaster telemedicine will be reported on in equal measure as the most recent) Setting There is no limitation to setting for disaster telemedicine. International disasters and telemedicine usage therein will be reported on Publication Type Works of journalism, other literature reviews, and coverage of conferences and meetings will be identified as its own category of literature and will be included. Study Design Due to the differences in quantitative data formats that exist in the relevant literature, both quantitative and qualitative studies will be considered for final inclusion. A metanalysis will not be conducted. Contents •Outpatient telepsychiatry and telemental health after a disaster will be included. Rehabilitation offerings of telemedicine will be included. •Telemedicine provided by ambulances will be reported on. •All operational/usage models are being considered. •Usage of telemedicine in low-power settings of under poor connectivity will only be considered as a barrier and is not included in qualitative synthesis.	•Only cases where telemedicine was utilized during or immediately after a disaster were considered. •Literature that falls in the non-disaster category of telemedicine will be used as introductory/background material and in the discussion. •In all categories, telemedicine platforms considered for this review will not include devices/platforms that fulfill a portion of the necessary functions for medical consultations (e.g., devices that only perform ultrasound in a live digital feed, such as the products made by Terason). Likewise, telemedicine designed for and applied in highly specific settings (e.g., only a transplant center) will not be included, only mentioned as a type of telemedicine. •Language barriers will be identified as a possible difficulty that telemedicine platforms/providers/suppliers should consider addressing, but besides that, this issue will not be reported on. In currently available platforms, language barriers will be described as an issue whenever applicable.

Inclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

Dates
Sources for the Disaster Telemedicine category will not have a date range (the first documented usage of disaster telemedicine will be reported on in equal measure as the most recent)
Setting
There is no limitation to setting for disaster telemedicine. International disasters and telemedicine usage therein will be reported on
Publication Type
Works of journalism, other literature reviews, and coverage of conferences and meetings will be identified as its own category of literature and will be included.
Study Design
Due to the differences in quantitative data formats that exist in the relevant literature, both quantitative and qualitative studies will be considered for final inclusion. A metanalysis will not be conducted.
Contents
•Outpatient telepsychiatry and telemental health after a disaster will be included.
Rehabilitation offerings of telemedicine will be included.
•Telemedicine provided by ambulances will be reported on.
•All operational/usage models are being considered.
•Usage of telemedicine in low-power settings of under poor connectivity will only be considered as a barrier and is not included in qualitative synthesis.

•Only cases where telemedicine was utilized during or immediately after a disaster were considered.
•Literature that falls in the non-disaster category of telemedicine will be used as introductory/background material and in the discussion.
•In all categories, telemedicine platforms considered for this review will not include devices/platforms that fulfill a portion of the necessary functions for medical consultations (e.g., devices that only perform ultrasound in a live digital feed, such as the products made by Terason). Likewise, telemedicine designed for and applied in highly specific settings (e.g., only a transplant center) will not be included, only mentioned as a type of telemedicine.
•Language barriers will be identified as a possible difficulty that telemedicine platforms/providers/suppliers should consider addressing, but besides that, this issue will not be reported on. In currently available platforms, language barriers will be described as an issue whenever applicable.