Mobile Health School Screening and Telemedicine Referral to Improve Access to Specialty Care in Rural Alaska: A Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial

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Study examining school-based telemedicine specialty referral for hearing loss in 15 rural Alaskan communities. Compares outcomes for participants who received a telemedicine specialty referral and who received a standard primary care referral, including time to follow-up, prevalence of hearing loss, hearing-related quality of life, and school performance.

Susan D. Emmett, Alyssa Platt, Elizabeth L. Turner, et al.

The Lancet Global Health, 10(7), e1023-e1033

07/2022

Children and youth · Health screening · Hearing impairment · Schools · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Alaska