Table 4.
Factors influencing emergency department use of telehealth.
| Factor | EDsa selecting factors influencing use of telestroke (n=320), n (%) | EDs selecting factors influencing use of pediatric telehealth (n=272) |
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| When selecting all that apply | When selecting the single most important factor | When selecting all that apply | When selecting the single most important factor |
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| Improving level of clinical care | 276 (86.3) | 223 (69.7) | 231 (84.9) | 187 (68.8) |
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| Facilitating transfer to tertiary center | 236 (73.8) | 34 (10.6) | 218 (80.1) | 56 (20.6) |
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| Enabling compliance with outside certification or standards | 141 (44.1) | 5 (1.6) | 75 (27.6) | 0 (0) |
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| Improving ED performance on quality metrics | 198 (61.9) | 7 (2.2) | 128 (47.1) | 1 (0.4) |
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| Reducing medicolegal liability | 136 (42.5) | 2 (0.6) | 107 (39.3) | 2 (0.7) |
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| Benefits our hospital financially | 57 (17.8) | 2 (0.6) | 50 (18.4) | 1 (0.4) |
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| Other | 27 (8.4) | 18 (5.6) | 20 (7.4) | 8 (2.9) |
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| Not sure | 11 (3.4) | 11 (3.4) | 4 (1.5) | 3 (1.1) |
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| Missing | 15 (4.7) | 18 (5.6) | 13 (4.8) | 14 (5.1) |
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| Policy motivatedb | 213 (66.6) | 12 (3.8) | 138 (50.7) | 1 (0.4) |
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aED: emergency department.
bThis response was based on the following two responses: “enabling compliance with outside certification or standards” and “improving ED performance on quality metrics.”