Table 1 Search strategy by database and journals

CINAHL (via EBSCOhost)

Field selection: “TX All Text”

(telemedicine OR telehealth OR telecare OR mhealth OR m-health OR ehealth OR e-health) AND (pilot OR adopt* OR implement*) AND (“change management” “organi?ational change” OR readiness OR resist*)

PubMed

Field selection: “MeSH Terms” (for terms telemedicine, “pilot projects” and “change management”)

Field selection: “Text Word” (for all other terms)

Search #1: (telemedicine OR telecare OR m-health OR e-health)

Search #2: (“pilot projects” OR adopt* OR implement*)

Search #3: (“change management” OR “organizational change” OR readiness OR resist*)

Combine search: #1 AND #2 AND #3

Web of Science (core collection)

Field Tag: “TS = Topic”

Set #1: TS = (telemedicine OR telehealth or telecare OR mhealth OR m-health or ehealth or e-health)

Set #2: TS = (pilot OR adopt* OR implement*)

Set #3: TS = (“change management” OR “organi?ational change” OR readiness OR resist*)

Combine sets: #3 AND #2 AND #1

Mary Ann Liebert Publishers Journals

(Journals: Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, Telemedicine and e-health and Telemedicine Journal)

Field selection: “Anywhere”

(telemedicine OR telehealth OR telecare OR mhealth OR m-health OR ehealth OR e-health) AND (pilot OR adopt* OR implement*) AND (“change management” OR “organi?ational change” OR readiness OR resist*)

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare (JTT) (via SAGE journals)

Field selection: “Anywhere”

(telemedicine OR telehealth OR telecare OR mhealth OR m-health OR ehealth OR e-health) AND (adopt* OR implement* OR pilot) AND (“change management” OR “organi?ational change” OR readiness OR resist*)