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Table 1 Example of the 4-column PRIUS template populated with TeleSleep-related entries

From: The prospectively-reported implementation update and score (PRIUS): a new method for capturing implementation-related developments over time

Update

Score

Rationale

Comments

Telehealth nurse shadowed a sleep medicine physician

+1

Successful experience for nurse, who observed while sleep doc set up a new patient with PAP in Sleep Clinic

Reported that small events like this help people start to think about the notion of "TeleSleep"

TeleSleep recruitment continues to be slow

-1

Enrollment for wave 2 has been disappointing so far: 5 patients so far for March, when the goal was 30

Suggested that inertia was at play here, and that respiratory technicianss still prefer to use older machines vs. new ResMED machines

Need for new telehealth nurse

-3

Without additional staff, existing Telehealth nurses participating in TeleSleep will likely face work overload

Explained that new full time Telehealth nurse is needed to cope with future TeleSleep demand, in part because TeleSleep represents additional work above and beyond normal duties