Replication Data for : Based on expert opinion, what are the potential barriers to the PPG sensor booth that make it a nonviable solution in the United States?

Rural areas lack sufficient access to healthcare. Previous studies have shown that this issue, known as the rural healthcare gap, is a result of the following factors: physician shortages in rural areas, traditional healthcare facilities being far away from rural communities, and a lack of patient affordability of health screenings. This qualitative survey study aimed to explore the barriers to a solution to the rural healthcare gap combining two existing technologies: PPG sensors and telehealth booths. Twelve professionals from rural health, telehealth, and PPG sensor backgrounds were recruited to answer a questionnaire inquiring about the different social, economic, and political barriers that potentially exist to this solution. Analysis identified 8 major barriers: 1) Fear of Confidentiality Breach, 2) Wariness of technology, 3) Implementation cost, 4) Maintenance Cost, 5) Funding, 6) Insurance Access, 7) Partisanship, and 8) Pressure from Healthcare Organizations. Rural health, telehealth, and PPG sensor professionals were more likely to state the wariness of technology, implementation cost, maintenance cost, funding, and healthcare organization pressure as the major barriers to the implementation of the PPG sensor booth. Understanding these barriers will not only inform future direction to mitigate hurdles to the PPG Sensor booth, but also other novel technologies that are applied in the rural setting as well.农村地区的医疗服务可及性严重不足。既往研究表明，这一被称为农村医疗服务鸿沟（rural healthcare gap）的问题，其成因包括以下几点：农村地区医师资源匮乏、传统医疗机构距离农村社区过远，以及患者难以负担健康筛查费用。本项定性调查研究旨在探索结合现有两项技术——PPG传感器（PPG sensors）与远程医疗亭（telehealth booths）——解决农村医疗服务鸿沟的阻碍因素。研究招募了12名具备农村医疗、远程医疗及PPG传感器相关背景的专业人士，通过问卷调研该解决方案可能面临的各类社会、经济与政治层面阻碍。经分析共识别出8项主要阻碍：1）信息泄露担忧，2）技术抵触情绪，3）部署成本，4）维护成本，5）资金供给不足，6）医保准入障碍，7）党派立场分歧，8）医疗机构施加的压力。具备农村医疗、远程医疗及PPG传感器相关背景的专业人士，更倾向于将技术抵触情绪、部署成本、维护成本、资金供给不足以及医疗机构施压列为PPG传感器亭落地的主要阻碍。明晰此类阻碍，不仅可为缓解PPG传感器亭落地的障碍指明未来方向，亦可为其他应用于农村场景的新兴技术提供参考。