From: Adoption of routine telemedicine in Norwegian hospitals: progress over 5 years
Clinical specialty | Activity | Outpatient visits (2009) | Outpatient visits (2010) | Outpatient visits (2011) | Outpatient visits (2012) | Outpatient visits (2013) | Telemedicine consultations (2009) | Telemedicine consultations (2010) | Telemedicine consultations (2011) | Telemedicine consultations (2012) | Telemedicine consultations (2013) |
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Neurosurgery | Small | 14,701 | 16,858 | 19,144 | 20,401 | 21,037 | 803 (5.46 %) | 384 (2.28 %) | 469 (2.45 %) | 274 (1.34 %) | 469 (2.23 %) |
Rehabilitation | High | 162,434 | 174,216 | 194,161 | 203,567 | 198,229 | 389 (0.24 %) | 162 (0.09 %) | 789 (0.41 %) | 1719 (0.84 %) | 1853 (0.93 %) |
Eye diseases | High | 228,680 | 266,363 | 287,130 | 301,316 | 311,324 | 154 (0.07 %) | 137 (0.05 %) | 231 (0.08 %) | 229 (0.08 %) | 291 (0.09 %) |
Endocrinology | Medium | 108,866 | 117,577 | 119,423 | 125,502 | 130,146 | 16 (0.01 %) | 2 (0.00 %) | 5 (0.00 %) | 23 (0.02 %) | 26 (0.02 %) |
Cardiovascular diseases | High | 222,183 | 228,739 | 249,516 | 260,106 | 263,619 | 152 (0.07 %) | 58 (0.03 %) | 51 (0.02 %) | 30 (0.01 %) | 42 (0.02 %) |
Obstetrics | High | 482,661 | 502,400 | 513,143 | 508,829 | 510,189 | 102 (0.02 %) | 18 (0.00 %) | 14 (0.00 %) | 87 (0.02 %) | 71 (0.01 %) |
Digestive diseases | Medium | 122,480 | 142,525 | 162,385 | 174,526 | 175,016 | 23 (0.02 %) | 1 (0.00 %) | 11 (0.01 %) | 31 (0.02 %) | 23 (0.01 %) |
Pulmonary diseases | Medium | 100,842 | 112,729 | 118,963 | 121,942 | 124,625 | 16 (0.02 %) | 4 (0.00 %) | 20 (0.02 %) | 16 (0.01 %) | 16 (0.01 %) |
Plastic surgery | Medium | 52,588 | 55,257 | 59,980 | 56,998 | 63,413 | 0 (0.00 %) | 1 (0.00 %) | 3 (0.01 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 7 (0.01 %) |
Kidney diseases | Medium | 53,312 | 52,288 | 54,164 | 57,058 | 58,516 | 12 (0.02 %) | 3 (0.01 %) | 3 (0.01 %) | 11 (0.02 %) | 6 (0.01 %) |
Urology | Medium | 135,833 | 148,557 | 160,630 | 166,324 | 170,295 | 49 (0.04 %) | 9 (0.01 %) | 17 (0.01 %) | 32 (0.02 %) | 15 (0.01 %) |
Neurology | Medium | 143,640 | 150,588 | 184,850 | 170,295 | 170,908 | 369 (0.26 %) | 12 (0.01 %) | 20 (0.01 %) | 32 (0.02 %) | 12 (0.01 %) |
General surgery | Medium | 166,569 | 146,575 | 133,809 | 128,941 | 120,954 | 35 (0.02 %) | 10 (0.01 %) | 7 (0.01 %) | 16 (0.01 %) | 4 (0.00 %) |
Children’s diseases | High | 212,285 | 215,727 | 198,207 | 219,036 | 218,822 | 120 (0.06 %) | 25 (0.01 %) | 5 (0.00 %) | 11 (0.01 %) | 7 (0.00 %) |
Orthopaedic surgery | High | 647,839 | 708,595 | 739,050 | 744,014 | 782,384 | 60 (0.01 %) | 72 (0.01 %) | 76 (0.01 %) | 139 (0.02 %) | 23 (0.00 %) |
Oncology and radiotherapy | High | 94,416 | 196,456 | 206,934 | 229,263 | 239,773 | 71 (0.08 %) | 9 (0.00 %) | 2 (0.00 %) | 6 (0.00 %) | 7 (0.00 %) |
Skin and venereal diseases | High | 197,707 | 204,552 | 189,415 | 222,658 | 216,227 | 220 (0.11 %) | 239 (0.12 %) | 93 (0.05 %) | 9 (0.00 %) | 5 (0.00 %) |
Gastroenterological surgery | Medium | 114,129 | 123,111 | 126,741 | 130,506 | 141,967 | 9 (0.01 %) | 4 (0.00 %) | 1 (0.00 %) | 25 (0.02 %) | 2 (0.00 %) |
Anaesthesiology | Small | 41,515 | 44,411 | 36,567 | 47,811 | 47,342 | 2 (0.00 %) | 3 (0.01 %) | 1 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |
Haematology | Medium | 61,811 | 75,488 | 84,666 | 91,659 | 94,146 | 14 (0.02 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |
Cardiovascular surgery | Medium | 43,410 | 47,502 | 53,060 | 54,176 | 53,752 | 1 (0.00 %) | 1 (0.00 %) | 3 (0.01 %) | 4 (0.01 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |
Ear, nose and throat diseases | High | 324,964 | 333,776 | 353,326 | 356,885 | 365,251 | 15 (0.00 %) | 9 (0.00 %) | 3 (0.00 %) | 2 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |
General internal medicine | Medium | 68,642 | 65,136 | 61,923 | 53,627 | 55,204 | 29 (0.04 %) | 2 (0.00 %) | 1 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |
Geriatrics | Small | 16,338 | 16,931 | 18,427 | 19,370 | 18,797 | 10 (0.06 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 2 (0.01 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |
Infectious diseases | Small | 28,603 | 31,889 | 34,297 | 38,322 | 39,646 | 1 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 1 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |
Maxillofacial and mouth disease | Small | 29,634 | 27,554 | 26,746 | 28,005 | 29,006 | 10 (0.03 %) | 2 (0.01 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |
Other clinical specialities | High | 622,864 | 410,120 | 367,172 | 365,899 | 358,590 | 61 (0.01 %) | 18 (0.00 %) | 2 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |
Pregnancy/parathyroid surgery | Small | 2171 | 9883 | 15,717 | 17,186 | 21,182 | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |
Rheumatology | Medium | 117,566 | 138,881 | 155,656 | 163,420 | 165,226 | 2 (0.00 %) | 1 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 1 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |
Total | 4,618,683 | 4,764,684 | 4,925,202 | 5,077,642 | 5,165,586 | 2745 (0.06 %) | 1186 (0.02 %) | 1827 (0.04 %) | 2700 (0.05 %) | 2879 (0.06 %) |