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April 10, 2006
The doctor almost always is in
The Central Greene School District (Greene County, Pennsylvania) is the first school district in Pennsylvania to use telepsychiatry. The pilot program was introduced at Waynesburg Central elementary and high schools this year.
"Now, children can make appointments without leaving the school building. ... Students who regularly leave school to make psychiatrist appointments can miss up to 30 school days a year, according to statistics compiled by Human Services. Through telepsychiatry, those missed days can be reduced by up to 75 percent."
In the photograph, Dr. Terri Roh, a child psychiatrist at Centerville Clinics, speaks with an actress posing as a patient in this image taken from an informational DVD. Roh is demonstrating telepsychiatry.
[1] Cara Host, The doctor almost always is in, Washington (Pennsylvania) Observor Reporter, Sunday, April 9, 2006. page 1. http://www.observer-reporter.com/main.asp?SectionID=6&SubSectionID=15&ArticleID=15966
Posted by sjc at April 10, 2006 10:17 AM
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