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Rural School-Based Telehealth: How to Make It Happen

Bryan Burke, Jr, MD

Antenatal and Neonatal Guidelines, Education & Learning SystemUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, BurkeBryanL{at}uams.edu

Ann Bynum, EdD

Center for Distance Health University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Rural Hospital Program University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arizona

Julie Hall-Barrow, EdD

Center for Distance Health University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Rachel Ott, BA

Antenatal and Neonatal Guidelines, Education & Learning SystemUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Rural Hospital Program University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arizona, Center for Distance Health University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Margaret Albright, BA

Antenatal and Neonatal Guidelines, Education & Learning SystemUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

When organizing new health care interventions among a rural population, a careful planning process respecting community-specific considerations should be used. The project objective centered on the successful implementation of a school-based telehealth clinic serving a rural, health-disparate population. Using an American Academy of Pediatrics Community Access to Child Health planning grant, a needs assessment of the Delta community was conducted. In synthesizing the results of this planning project, consensually addressed issues led to establishing a pilot school-based telehealth clinic within the rural county schools. Seven essential steps emerged as a set of guidelines that entities might consider in introducing a telemedicine school-based service in a rural community. The steps included assessing local and regional needs, securing community support and establishing goals, evaluating resources, configuring logistics, training staff, informing parents, and launching the clinic. Proper planning is crucial to the establishment of a rural school-based telehealth clinic.

Key Words: telemedicine • school • Delta • pediatrics • community • planning

This version was published on November 1, 2008

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 47, No. 9, 926-929 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0009922808320597
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