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Canyons School District pilots telehealth at 17 schools to reduce chronic absenteeism
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Canyons School District is piloting a school-based telehealth program with Intermountain Health at 17 schools; preliminary data show most visits avoided same-day absences and the program uses parent consent and existing school nurses to connect students and employees to providers.
Canyons School District is pilot testing a school-based telehealth program at 17 schools with Intermountain Health that district officials say has helped keep students in class and reduce the time parents miss work.
The pilot, described on the district podcast Connect Canyons, was explained by Jen Girard, nursing specialist for Canyons School District. Girard said the program connects students and employees to a designated telehealth provider who can examine symptoms and, where appropriate, prescribe medications while the student remains at school.
Girard said the telehealth visits are intended "to kind of replace…
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