Telemedicine in Schools: Exploring Parent Perceptions and Desires

School-based health clinics are on the rise while telemedicine is increasingly used to provide communities access to health care. Incorporating the two together poses to create healthier school communities. Parker County Hospital District collaborated with Weatherford Independent School District (WI...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Bethany Noel
Other Authors: Henry, Doug
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of North Texas 2019
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Online Access:https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1538728/
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Summary:School-based health clinics are on the rise while telemedicine is increasingly used to provide communities access to health care. Incorporating the two together poses to create healthier school communities. Parker County Hospital District collaborated with Weatherford Independent School District (WISD) to implement the district's first telemedicine school-based health clinic. This project is in partnership with Parker County Hospital District to explore parent perceptions and desires of telemedicine and school-based health clinics to facilitate utilization among the WISD community.