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  • How Teleconferencing Could Help Urban Schools Solve a Mental Health Crisis

    Aarian Marshall

    October 02, 2014 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Schools are often the most efficient place to provide mental health services to children; as the number of professionals who provide these services in schools dwindles, tele-conferencing and virtual visits are filling the gap. Often connected with health care access in rural spaces, tele-mental health services have also been proven as effective in urban areas, especially for follow-up and dosage adjustments. The University of Maryland's telemedicine program and Health E-Access, a program administered by the University of Rochester, are finding success with the approach.

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  • The Power to Cure, Multiplied

    David Bornstein

    June 11, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    Project ECHO - driven by a single doctor with a cause - pulled together a team of specialists to develop a model that combines technology with collaborative care and careful patient tracking to help cure for diseases spread to patients around the world through community healthcare agents, as opposed to only specialty centers. This kind of "disruptive innovation" is effectively working to demonopolize health care knowledge and access, and lends to a health system capable of meeting today’s soaring demands for care.

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