title: Developing and validating the French-Canadian version of the practitioner and organizational telehealth readiness assessment tools.
abstract: Only one telehealth readiness assessment tool, that of Jennett et al., covers all types of telehealth projects, regardless of health-care provision context. However, this instrument is only available in English and has not undergone psychometric evaluation. We developed a French-Canadian version of the Practitioner Telehealth Readiness Assessment Tool and the Organizational Telehealth Readiness Assessment Tool. Transcultural validity was assessed by nine practitioners and 12 clinical project co-ordinators or administrators. For practitioners and managers, there was no significant difference between the scores of the English and the French versions of the questionnaires. The results showed that the telehealth readiness of co-ordinators or administrators was greater than that of practitioners when the range in scores was taken into account. The French-Canadian versions of the two questionnaires make it possible to assess telehealth readiness among French speakers. However, other studies involving patients will be necessary to validate the Patient-Public Telehealth Readiness Assessment Tool.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation, Laval University, Pavillon Ferdinand Vandry, Quebec City, Quebec G1K 7P4, Canada.
authors.forename: Emilie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Légaré
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.forename: Pascale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lehoux
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Dahlia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kairy
authors.forename: Marie-Pierre
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Gagnon
authors.forename: Penny
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jennett
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D002170:Canada; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000458:organization & administration*