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Salamanca School District To Provide Mobile Health Care

SALAMANCA — The Salamanca City Central School District is partnering with Mobile Telemed to provide students immediate access to physical and mental health care services during school hours. Access to medical and mental health services in Cattaraugus County are limited.

With parent consent, students will be able to receive medical treatment from a licensed doctor, nurse practitioner, physician assistant or specialist through mobile technology at school under the supervision of school nurses.

Nurses’ offices at the Main Campus (high school and Seneca Intermediate), and Prospect Elementary are equipped with state-of-the Bluetooth software with video-conferencing and diagnostic equipment that bring the doctor’s office to the patient. Providers are based in Buffalo and Western New York. Evaluations will occur in confidential exam rooms in the district’s newly renovated Health Office suites.

Here’s how it works: The nurse and student initiate a video call in a private exam room and a provider joins in on the call. The provider then uses real-time diagnostic integration to evaluate the patient. The visit can conclude with the physician writing a script, ordering labs, or providing a treatment plan with virtually no loss of instructional time.

Virtual urgent care visits for students can be scheduled during normal school hours in the nurses’ office. Mobile Telemed allows for parents and guardians to access a secure website to be present during their child’s appointment.

Mobile Telemed works closely with students’ medical providers. Prescriptions and lab work can be sent to local pharmacies and primary care doctors.

Advantages of Mobile Telemed include: increased school attendance for students, reduced time off at work for families, elimination of travel time to and from the doctor’s office or hospital, fewer costly emergency rooms visits, and improved access to quality urgent care.

All major insurance companies are accepted. Patients are responsible for co-pays, prescriptions, labs and x-rays.

Consent forms are will be available in the main offices of all Salamanca schools and via a secure online portal where parents can sign consent electronically at www.salamancany.org/mobile-care (an access code will be mailed home soon).

Please contact Salamanca City Central School nurses’ offices for more information.

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