Potential Utility of School-Based Telehealth in the Era of COVID-19

Autor/inn/en	Williams, Stormee; Xie, Luyu; Hill, Kristina; Mathew, Matthew Sunil; Perry, Tamara; Wesley, Danielle; Messiah, Sarah E.
Titel	Potential Utility of School-Based Telehealth in the Era of COVID-19
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 91 (2021) 7, S.550-554 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/josh.13031
Schlagwörter	School Health Services; Teleconferencing; Videoconferencing; Medicine; COVID-19; Pandemics; Pediatrics; Patients; Diseases; Injuries; Trauma; Eating Disorders; Geographic Regions; Incidence; Access to Health Care; Texas (Dallas); Texas (Fort Worth) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schuleingangsuntersuchung; Telekonferenz; Medizin; Klinische Sozialpädiatrie; Patient; Disease; Krankheit; Appetite disorder; Essstörung; Vorkommen
Abstract	Background: The COVID-19 pandemic presents unique opportunities for preexisting school telemedicine programs to reach pediatric populations that might otherwise experience a lapse in health care services. Methods: A retrospective analysis of one of the largest school-based telemedicine programs in the country, based in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW), Texas was conducted that included 7021 pediatric patients who engaged in telehealth visits from 2014 to 2019. Results: Asthma or other respiratory disease was the primary diagnosis (28.4%), followed by injury or trauma (18.4%), digestive disorders (6.9%), and ear/eye/skin disease (6.9%). More participants were from the North (34.4%) and West (33.2%) ISD compared to the South (20.6%) and East (11.7%) schools. Likewise, the majority of COVID-19 cases were in the North (61.8%) and West (31.6%) DFW regions, leading to 989 (59.9%) and 551 (33.4%) deaths, respectively. Conclusions: School-based telehealth programs have the potential to reach large pediatric populations most in need of health care due to COVID-19-related lapses in services, and to address COVID-19-related health issues as schools reopen. In the future, utilization could be expanded to contact tracing, testing, and screening for COVID-19. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01