Philly Voice Highlights CHOP’s School Telehealth Program
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The school telehealth program in the Norristown Area School District gives school nurses the opportunity to have a CHOP clinician examine a sick student via a web camera and digital medical equipment. The pilot program — believed to be the first of its kind in Pennsylvania — aims to boost the capabilities of school nurses, who cannot diagnose conditions, and increase students' access to primary care physicians. Read more in this Philly Voice article.