Telehealth clinics encourage rural school student attendance

Indiana lawmakers approved telehealth legislation in July 2016, prompting a surge of activity in the virtual healthcare industry throughout the state, the Greensburg Daily News reports. Since then, a school-focused telehealth initiative has taken root, sparking rural Hanover, Ind.-based Southwestern Jefferson County Schools to install two new virtual clinics.

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Sick students are no longer leaving class for long drives to the nearest hospitals, teachers told the Greensburg Daily News, thanks to the Indiana Rural Health Association — a nonprofit organization that provided a grant for the school’s telehealth clinics. The clinics — which include digital cameras and various computer-enabled medical equipment — allow remote physicians to examine students’ ears, nose, throat and skin to diagnose common illnesses. 

The district’s superintendent, Trevor Jones, told the Greensburg Daily News all required student physicals are currently conducted at the clinic, as well. 

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