Table 4.
Theme 3: adapting in-person assessments for telehealth codebook.
| Parent code and child codes | Code definition | Code frequency across participants (N=40), n (%) | |
| Lack of physical exam | |||
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Inability to examine lymph nodes | Apply code when participant describes the inability to feel, measure, or inspect a patient’s lymph nodes during a telehealth visit. | 12 (30) |
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Missing a clinical problem | Apply code when participant describes concerns over missing a clinical problem because of the inability to visualize the patient during a telehealth visit. | 26 (65) |
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Getting the patient involved in the exam | Apply code when participants describe strategies for getting the patient to help with the physical exam during the telehealth visit. | 16 (40) |
| Lack of data | |||
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Images | Apply code when participants describe challenges with image resolution during telehealth visits to visualize condition (eg, wound monitoring). | 15 (38) |
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Vital signs and other biometrics | Apply code when participant describes not having access to vital sign or other biometric data (eg, blood pressure) that is relevant for clinical decision-making. | 22 (55) |
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Patient-reported outcomes | Apply code when participant describes not having access to patient-reported outcomes as a barrier for telehealth visit delivery. | 11 (28) |