“Students enrolled in Mississippi’s 138 school districts can get care during the summer holidays for minor illness and injury during virtual visits with caregivers in the Center for Telehealth at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
The free summer program that debuts June 1 is open to public school students. About 440,000 students in grades kindergarten through 12 could potentially benefit.
In an extension of its partnership with the Mississippi Department of Education, the Center for Telehealth has been offering both minor medical care and behavioral health care facilitated by school nurses and counselors in 67 school districts, or a total 382 schools to students at their schools, in a phased implementation since August 2022.”
View the full article By Ruth Cummins of UMMC linked below.
