school telemedicine

How to maximize utilization when establishing, growing school-based telehealth programs

By Dave Muoio 04:19 pm April 23, 2020

Telehealth technologies are often cited as opportunities to address disparities in care. Telehealth services that work alongside a school system's health providers are no exception. Getting these programs off the ground – let alone broadly utilized – is no simple feat. "[These school-based interventions] fall into that health disparity use case, and often require multiple stakeholders to think...

LA school district taps LifeMD to provide in-school telehealth services

By Heather Mack 03:15 pm August 8, 2016

The Los Angeles Unified School District, one of the country’s largest, will initiate a telehealth program this fall, enhancing the reach of overworked school nurses, providing healthcare for students in underserved areas and cutting down on missed school days by sick students. Five selected schools will be part of a pilot study with Boynton Beach, Florida-based telemedicine company LifeMD, with...