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Table 1 Number of participants and their roles

From: “From the technology came the idea”: safe implementation and operation of a high quality teleradiology model increasing access to timely breast cancer assessment services for women in rural Australia

Participant role

Number of participants

Medical officer/Breast physiciana

8

Clinical nurse/Nurse counsellor/Breast nurse

7

Radiologist

8

Radiographer/Sonographer

8

Service data manager/Service manager

3

Data administrator

3

Receptionist/Administrator

5

Health promotion officer

1

Coordinating and supporting service providers

- Managers

5

- Project officers

2

- Data specialists

2

- Telehealth, medical physics/biomedical specialists

3

  1. aTo maintain anonymity in reporting of qualitative findings, breast physicians are referred to as medical officers throughout the report, noting that the term ‘breast physician’ refers to a different role than ‘medical officer’ in the context of some remote radiology assessment models. Likewise, there were various titles for nurses reflecting the diverse roles and specialty areas for nurses involved in assessment clinics. To maintain anonymity in reporting, the term ‘nurse’ is used