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More health care services for school-based telehealth
Schools can provide care for chronic health problems such as asthma.
Schools can provide annual screening for eyesight, hearing, and other assessments.
Parents or guardians have been responsible for following up on the results of this testing. School-based telehealth can reduce this burden on the parents or guardians.
Schools can provide expanded telehealth-based speech and occupational therapy to students.
These programs can be expanded to include additional health care providers or other specialists such as therapists that are not available in the school or community.
Schools can provide healthy living programs for students such as healthy eating, activity, and weight programs.
Last updated: August 27, 2021
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