Few schools utilizing telehealth program, but administrators hope to ramp up

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University of Mississippi Medical Center data shows only 34 of 100 school districts had at least one visit in the 2022-23 school year.

by Julia James, Mississippi Today September 26, 2023 Most school districts only used the state’s new telehealth program a few times in the 2022-23 school year, but program administrators say they are working to increase participation and have already seen positive results.  The school-based telehealth program was created by the Mississippi Department of Education, which gave $17.6 million of pandemic relief money to the University of Mississippi Medical Center to administer the program.

This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.

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