Web-based guide offers recommendations for delivering health care via telehealth to children in school settings.

Background

Delivering care in school settings can help children access important primary, behavioral health, and chronic disease care. Telehealth connects children to providers for annual exams, monitoring, and other services to reduce time away from the classroom. This guide, developed by the School-Based Health Alliance, highlights strategies to develop a school-based telehealth program. 

About this Resource

This interactive guide outlines strategies to design, implement, and operate school-based telehealth programs. It includes tools on assessing readiness, program models and provider buy-in, creating care workflows, necessary technology and equipment, and evaluation, among other topics. Each section of the playbook contains case examples from the field that can support action and implementation.

Program/Policy Takeaways

Access to virtual health care services in schools can close care gaps for children. Health centers and school leaders can use this resource to guide their decision-making toward offering telehealth to support student access to health care services.