Keeping Children Healthy and in Class We Bring the Doctor’s Office into the School
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School-based health centers are more than just a school nurse. They are a comprehensive approach to caring for our students. If children are healthy, they will learn more, stay in school and cut down on absentee rates. It is a holistic concept aimed at educating our students.
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In this economy, there are critical gaps in access to health care for many families. With soaring health care costs, school-based health centers have become a valuable community resource. Community Health of South Florida Inc.’s school-based health centers have efficient and cost-effective services that bridge the gap, keeping our children strong, healthy and ready to learn. If not for the school-based health centers, some students would never see a pediatrician or a dentist. Chronic illnesses would go unchecked. Behavioral health problems might not be recognized.
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With the recent outbreaks of tragic violence in our nation’s schools, mental health is now finally being recognized as a major need that communities have to address in order to keep our children safe.
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Community Health of South Florida Inc. (CHI) has a team of health care professionals tending to each issue affecting children at its 31 school-based health centers. Each team is comprised of a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, Patient Care Technician, and Social Worker.It is a doctor’s office inside the school. CHI health care professionals can do everything that is done in a regular doctor’s office including the administration of vaccines, check-ups and monitoring chronic diseases.
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Four of the 31 school-based health care centers are on the cutting edge of technology with telemedicine units installed for doctors at another location to virtually see a student via the computer, diagnose and even prescribe medications.
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Services that are beyond the scope of the school-based health centers are referred out to other CHI health centers equipped with a wide array of services including radiology, pharmacy and much more, all under one roof.
Medical Care
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Preventative Health Services and Risk Management
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Behavioral Health
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Laboratory
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Ange Pompee-Synsmir
Sondra Smith
Lisa Saintil
Sharon Pottinger
Johanna Maseda
Margalitte Marcelin
Jamike Hicks-Johnson
Charlyne Gabriel Jacques
Hyacinth Grey
Nancy Foust
Adline Dormeus
Chritine Dolgin