Table 2.
Provider roles and examples of involvement in technology intervention used to facilitate hospital-to-home transitions (N=202).
| Provider role; providers, n (%) | Specific examples | Examples of provider role–technology interactions |
| Physician; 61 (30.2) | Community physician (eg, primary care physician, ambulatory physician, and community physician), hospital physician (eg, hospitalist, resident, and most responsible physician), and specialist (eg, cardiologist, surgeon, occupational physician, geriatrician, and pulmonologist) | Family physicians were alerted when patient data (eg, biometric or symptoms) fell outside predefined parameters and asked to visit or contact the patient [139] |
| Nurse; 64 (31.7) | Specially trained nurse (trained in device use), research nurse, cancer nurse specialist, telemedicine nurse, rehabilitation nurse, nurse tutor, nurse practitioner, registered nurse, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease nurse, clinical nurse specialist, and community nurse | They reviewed all transmitted biometric and symptom data, flagged patients whose data fell outside the predefined parameters, and communicated with or assessed patients using communication technology [153,168] |
| Clinician; 19 (9.4) | Discipline not specified | Clinicians were alerted when patient responses were outside predefined parameters, and they reviewed flagged responses [161] |
| Allied health; 19 (9.4) | Occupational therapist, physiotherapist, social worker, and psychologist | Conducted telehealth consultations or sessions [37,183] |
| Pharmacist; 18 (8.9) | Hospital or community pharmacist | Access information from other providers in the same facility or across facilities, settings or receive information from them and send information to them [214] |
| Navigation-specific roles; 18 (8.9) | Advanced practice nurse or provider, care manager, care or program coordinator, care transition nurse, case manager, discharge planner or facilitator or discharge planning nurse, nurse navigator, post–acute care coordinator, system navigator, and transition coach | Provided 24-hour consultation, which was accessible to patients through technology [175] |
| Other; 3 (1.5) | Physician’s assistant, unit supervisor, surgical team’s physician’s assistant | Used to communicate with other providers and send and receive information [208] |