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Enhancing Student Wellness through School-Based Telemedicine

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

The School Telemedicine in Arkansas (STAR) program is collecting data that supports the feasibility and success of offering real-time telehealth services in rural School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs). Kaiser Family Foundation, Arkansas is designated as a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) for mental health care providers.

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Telehealth Soars in Small Rural School District

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

Magazine SBHC began using telehealth in 2016 through the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Digital Health & Innovation: Public Schools Program (formerly called STAR), and they continue to enhance and develop their telehealth services.

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Hyndman Area Health Center cuts IT bill in half with the cloud

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Hyndman Area Health Center – a holistic Pennsylvania-based health center providing family medicine, dental health, behavioral health and more – transitioned from client-hosted servers to eClinicalWorks cloud-based servers to expand its network capacity and meet a rising data demand.

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How Technology Can Help Us Achieve Health Equity

Healthcare IT Today

In dentistry, for example, AI is rapidly improving doctor-patient communication, increasing patient trust and compliance with recommended care––delivering a subtle but impactful boost to healthcare equity by reducing disparities in how individuals perceive the dental healthcare system and, in turn, manage their own dental health.