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September 19, 2005
 May 2003 Best Practice Initiative from the Assistant Secretary for Health, US Dept of HHS
Accomplishments
- TeleKidcare systems are currently in place in 10 Unified School District (USD) 500
schools (9 elementary, 1 middle school
- Conducted nearly 1900 healthcare consultations (consults) in USD 500 via interactive
tele-video (ITV) since project inception
- Provided access for acute and behavioral healthcare for 21,000 students in USD 500(4,600 direct; 15,400 indirect)
- Agreement with Kansas Medicaid to develop a telemedicine reimbursement policy
- Parental survey results indicated that 98% of parents responding to the questionnaire were
"satisfied" or "very satisfied" with services offered through TeleKidcare (Center for TeleMedicine & TeleHealth, 2003)
- Project replicated in 21 communities throughout the State of Kansas during the past three
years
- Trained healthcare providers and administrators from 6 other states regarding
implementation of school-based telemedicine programs
(Excerpted from
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