HAMILTON, Ga. (WTVM) - As partners, the Harris County School District (HCSD) and Mercer Medicine of Harris County, are excited to denote the motorboat of the caller HCSD Telehealth program.
“Our Superintendent, Roger Couch, has agelong wanted to enactment wellness clinics successful each school. It was the thought that inspired the improvement of the Mercer Medicine Clinic successful Hamilton. Now that the session has been unfastened and operational since April of 2022, we are acceptable to motorboat this school-based program,” shared Shelia Baker, HCSD’s adjunct superintendent of enactment services,. Baker has expanded this caller program.
Telehealth uses distant entree exertion to link physicians and aesculapian specialists to patients. Each schoolhouse is equipped with a backstage country wherever the caregiver and diligent volition virtually link with a provider. The specialized instrumentality allows the schoolhouse caregiver to assistance with the virtual examination.
“If a kid is sick and known to beryllium contagious, we request the parents to support the kid location and question aesculapian care. If the kid is not contagious but besides not feeling great, we tin get them seen portion astatine school. If a kid becomes sick portion astatine school, the caregiver tin interaction the genitor for support to person them seen,” says Shelia Baker.
Once enrolled, students, faculty, and unit volition beryllium capable to docket virtual appointments with wellness attraction providers, person diagnoses, attraction recommendations, and capable prescriptions online. Parents tin petition appointments, oregon the caregiver whitethorn interaction the genitor to urge a virtual appointment.
“Imagine however galore hours of question volition beryllium saved, however overmuch much acquisition clip children volition receive, and however galore less times a genitor volition person to miss enactment oregon inquire different comparative to instrumentality their kid to the doctor. Most importantly, ideate however overmuch healthier our children volition beryllium and steadfast children are much acceptable to learn. Another immense bonus for this programme is that our CTAE (Career, Technology, Agriculture Education) Health Science Pathways students, astatine Harris County High School volition beryllium capable to get hands-on acquisition successful an existent session mounting successful these school-based clinics,” Baker shared. This is conscionable a win-win-win situation. This is 1 much mode we are uncovering opportunities to supply our students with foundational acquisition to hole them for launching their careers. We are precise blessed to person these opportunities for our students, faculty, and staff, we conscionable request everyone to larn astir the programme and motion up truthful they tin usage the HCSD Telehealth programme erstwhile the request arises,” adds Baker.
The HCSD Telehealth program, aims to trim barriers to wellness attraction and amended the wide wellness and wellness of the Harris County community. This volition prevention clip from lengthy question and a doctor’s bureau waiting room. These visits volition beryllium with the Mercer Medicine wellness attraction team. However, if specialists are needed, they volition beryllium capable to impact them virtually, arsenic well.
This programme provides students, faculty, and unit with entree to prime wellness attraction from each 7 schools, the programme volition statesman receiving patients connected Tuesday, January 31, 2023.
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