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Baylor Scott & White announced that it will expand its Virtual Health Pilot Program to Salado High â a program that was created in the fall to facilitate communication between parents, school nurses and physicians.
The Virtual Health Pilot Program, which is intended for ânon-emergentâ needs and requires parents to register their children, was previously implemented at Thomas Arnold Elementary and Salado Middle School.
Dr. Jamie Avila, Baylor Scott & Whiteâs division director for outpatient pediatrics in Central Texas, told the Telegram how parent interest has grown as more students have returned to in-person instruction.
âI feel like parents didnât realize that itâs an opportunity that they have, so a lot of what we want to do is get the word out,â she said. âWhenever a child comes to the school nurse to be evaluated ⦠the school nurse can basically recommend a (virtual) doctorâs visit. Itâs basically a big video conferen
The incidence rate of COVID-19 cases in the county remained mostly level Monday despite one new death, according to the Bell County Public Health District.
Dr. Amanda Robison-Chadwell, director of the district, said the incidence rate only went up slightly to 84.6 cases per 100,000 people. The previous rate â last recorded on Thursday â was 81 cases per 100,000 people.
âWe added one additional death for a new total of 422,â Robison-Chadwell said. âThe new death was for a man in his 50s in Killeen.â
The county currently has 307 active cases of the virus for a total of 21,952 cases and 21,223 recoveries.
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