Participants | Site A (heart failure) | Site B (COPD) | Site C (diabetes) |
---|---|---|---|
Healthcare providers | 1 cardiologist | 3 respiratory physicians | 2 general practitioners |
3 heart failure nurse specialists | 2 respiratory nurse specialists | 1 practice nurse | |
1 hospital manager | 1 respiratory nurse specialist with prescribing rights | 1 rural health nurse | |
1 hospital manager | 1 kaiawhina (community health worker) | ||
2 managers | |||
Healthcare consumers | 49 telemonitoring hospital consumers with congestive heart failure | 24 telemonitoring hospital consumers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 25 telemonitoring primary care consumers with diabetes and multiple long term conditions |
49 usual care hospital consumers with congestive heart failure | 24 usual care hospital consumers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 0 usual care consumers |