Table 3.

Comparison of Telemedicine Perceptions between CAH providers and academic medical center providers by patient type.

	Impact on Patient Care			Frequency of TM Use			Prevented Inter-Hospital Transfers
	CAH Median (IQR)	Academic Median (IQR)	p-value	CAH Median (IQR)	Academic Median (IQR)	p-value	CAH Median (IQR)	Academic Median (IQR)	p-value
Overall	61.0 (23.0 – 82.0)	67.0 (45.0 – 77.0)	0.464	32.0 (8.0 – 63.0)	59.0 (32.0 – 76.0)	<0.001	59.0 (32.0 – 76.0)	32.5 (18.0 – 48.0)	0.023
Patient Type
Emergency Medicine	49.0 (17.0 – 84.0)	49.0 (48.0 – 67.0)	0.820	21.5 (4.5 – 50.0)	45.0 (43.0 – 71.0)	0.039	28.0 (6.0 – 50.0)	40.0 (32.0 – 45.0)	0.448
Neurology (Stroke and Non-Stroke)	65.5 (51.0 – 76.0)	78.0 (66.0 – 88.0)	0.045	37.0 (17.0 – 60.3)	57.7 (20.0 – 80.0)	0.247	25.5 (11.0 – 46.0)	38.0 (25.0 – 53.0)	0.197
Neurosurgery	29.0 (10.0 – 55.0)	18.0 (4.0 – 21.0)	0.319	17.0 (4.0 – 48.0)	16.0 (8.5 – 38.5)	0.911	10.5 (3.0 – 31.0)	8.0 (4.0 – 10.0)	0.743
Ophthalmology	26.0 (16.0 – 60.0)	45.0 (28.0 – 70.0)	0.285	22.0 (3.0 – 50.0)	37.5 (30.0 – 59.0)	0.048	8.0 (3.0 – 27.0)	37.0 (20.0 – 52.0)	0.007
Pediatric Critical Care	55.0 (22.0 – 74.0)	76.0 (64.0 – 81.0)	0.041	28.0 (4.5 – 60.5)	76.0 (72.0 – 90.0)	<0.001	15.0 (4.0 – 32.0)	21.0 (18.0 – 48.0)	0.090
Psychiatry	88.0 (78.0 – 94.0)	76.0 (70.0 – 82.0)	0.161	75.5 (53.5 – 90.5)	86.0 (60.0 – 98.0)	0.384	50.0 (24.0 – 73.0)	25.0 (12.0 – 69.0)	0.436

In this table, CAH overall median(IQR) contains responses only for the six specialties provided by academic providers.