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Akron Children’s Hospital and Warren City Schools report high clinic return-to-class rates, expand asthma and telehealth programs
Summary
Akron Children's Hospital representatives told the Warren City School District board that school clinics returned 95% of students to class after visits, highlighted successful asthma maintenance-inhaler and telehealth programs, and said the district will add a nurse for summer care coordination.
Akron Children’s Hospital and Warren City Schools presented an annual nursing and school-based health update at the Warren City School District Board of Education meeting on June 3, reporting that clinics returned about 95% of students to class after visits and describing programs aimed at reducing absenteeism and emergency-room visits.
The update, given primarily by Janine Fitzpatrick, an Akron Children’s-affiliated practitioner, focused on how school-based health services support attendance and learning. “We are the foundation of you producing successful students academically,” Fitzpatrick said, noting clinicians measure success by the share of students sent back to class after clinic visits.
Fitzpatrick said clinic volume is high and…
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