Keewaytinook Okimakanak Telehealth/North Network Expansion Project : KOTH evaluation final report

Many others helped inform the context of the evaluation and as such the Evaluation Team gratefully acknowledges the advice and support of Brian Beaton, Dan Pellerin, John Rowlandson and those people behind the scenes who helped along the way. [...] At the start of the evaluation we used video to make the evaluation methodology more accessible and seek feedback and as the evaluation drew to a close we used video once again to capture comments on the evaluation findings. [...] The second requirement, closely related to the first, was for the Evaluation Team to assist First Nations communities, their political organizations, and other stakeholders in the use of the data and results arising from the evaluation. [...] Long-term impacts or outcomes (e.g., a change in the incidence of diabetes) were beyond the reach of this evaluation because of the difficulty in attributing any change in the outcome to the telehealth program. [...] Furthermore, the qualitative data revealed factors that contribute to the uptake of the telehealth services in the communities.12 The evaluation used a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods to obtain the necessary statistics and stories.