UMthetho unokuthwala ugqirha kwiikolo ezikude

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Ukuqeshwa koogqirha abakude kunokuza kungekudala kwiofisi yomongikazi wesikolo.

Ukuqala ngo-Septemba 1, umthetho omtsha uya kuvumela oogqirha ukuba bahlawulwe ngokubona abantwana ngendlela ephucukileyo yengxoxo yevidiyo, okoko umfundi esesikolweni kwaye ebhalise kwinkqubo yaseburhulumenteni yeMedicaid yabasweleyo nabakhubazekileyo. Abaxhasi bomthetho bathi kungakhokelela kwizikolo ezininzi kwilizwe liphela ukuseka iiofisi zabongikazi ezixhotyiselwe ukujongana notyelelo loogqirha abakude- kunye nokonga abazali ixesha nemali.

Bathi abantu abadala akufuneki bathathe ixesha emsebenzini kwaye abantwana akufuneki baphose isikolo ukuze bafumane ukhathalelo lwempilo oluqhelekileyo, njengaxa umntwana enesifo sendlebe okanye irhashalala, kuba itekhnoloji yale mihla ivumela ugqirha okude ukuba aphakame- umgangatho, ulwazi olukhawulezileyo malunga nezigulana. I-stethoscope ye-elektroniki ivumela ugqirha ukuba ave ukubetha kwentliziyo yomntwana, umzekelo, kunye ne-otoscope yedijithali enika ukujonga kwindlebe yomntwana-konke kuphantsi kweliso lomongikazi wesikolo.

Emva koko, ukuba ugqirha wenza uxilongo, abazali banokuyithathela ikhemesti yomntwana wabo ekhemesti xa begoduka bevela emsebenzini, utshilo u-Rep Rep. Jodie Laubenberg, IRiphabliki yaseParker kunye nombhali webhili.

“Ufuna ukuthetha ngokufikelela? Ufuna ukuthetha malunga nokufikeleleka? Oku kukufikelela kwabo, ”utshilo uLaubenberg. "Singamnyanga umntwana, simenze alungele ukuhamba, kwaye singamshiya apha."

“Akukho mfuneko yokuba uyeke emsebenzini,” utshilo. “Akanyanzelekanga ukuba ashiye isikolo. Ayiphazamisi kangako. ”

I-Texas akuyona imeko yokuqala yokuhlawula oogqirha kwi-telemedicine yezikolo ezisezikolweni kwizigulane zeMedicaid. I-Georgia ne-New Mexico zinemithetho efanayo kwiincwadi, ngokwe-American Telemedicine Association.

U-Laubenberg uthe ubhale umthetho oyilwayo ukuxhasa iinkqubo ezinje ngezo zibekwa kwinkqubo yezonyango yaBantwana eMntla Texas. Kulapho, abantwana abavela kwizikolo ezingama-27 ezikolweni kwi-Dallas-Fort Worth kwingingqi banokufikelela kwikhompyutha kubaboneleli bezempilo abathathu-omnye ugqirha kunye nabongikazi-ngelixa abahlengikazi besikolo bahlala ekutyeleleni. Isithethi saBantwana sithe le nkqubo iza kukhula ingene kwizikolo ezingama-30.

Kule nkqubo, abongikazi besikolo-abasebenzi bezononophelo lwempilo abangenayo i-degree-nursing-banokuvavanya abantwana, kwaye, ukuba banenkinga ebonakalayo yempilo, bathumele ulwazi lwabo kubantwana ukuba balungiselele ixesha lokuqeshwa. Le nkqubo okwangoku ixhaswa yimbiza yeminyaka emihlanu yesininzi semali yomdibaniso.

Abantwana bathi umthetho omtsha uyakuvumela inkqubo yawo ukuba ihlale ikwimeko efanelekileyo yezemali xa lo mthombo wenkxaso-mali uphela, kwaye uvumele iinkqubo ezifanayo ukuba zibambe kwilizwe lonke.

"Impilo yaBantwana kwinkqubo yethu ayizukuba [ngumboneleli okhathalelayo] kuwo wonke umntwana ohamba emnyango, ke ukuze sikwazi ukugcina inkqubo, bekufanele sikwazi ukubhatalela le nkonzo," utshilo uJulie Hall Barrow , umlawuli ophezulu wezinto ezintsha zokukhathalela impilo kunye ne-telemedicine kwinkqubo yesibhedlele.

Ezinye iinkqubo zinokulandela. Isikolo sezonyango saseTexas Tech sisebenzisene nesithili sesikolo eHart ukuqhuba iklinikhi esekwe kwisikolo se-telemedicine ngaphezulu kweshumi leminyaka. Oko, abaxhasi bathi, kwandise ukufikelela kukhathalelo lwempilo kuluntu lwasemaphandleni emantla eLubbock.

"Iipesenti ezingama-XNUMX zento onokuyibona kwiklinikhi yabantwana ngokubanzi, singayiphatha nge-telemedicine," utshilo uRichard Lampe, usihlalo weSebe leZonyango kwiZiko lezeMpilo laseTexas Tech. Uthe oku kubandakanya ukwenzakala kwezemidlalo, umqala womqala-naphakathi kwabafundi abaphakathi kunye nabakumabanga aphakamileyo ngokukodwa, izifo zengqondo ezinje ngexhala kunye noxinzelelo.

Kodwa kusekho imibuzo phantsi komthetho omtsha malunga nokuba izikolo ziya kuthatha isigqibo sokuba ngabaphi abafundi abafanelekileyo ukuba batyelele oogqirha. Urhulumente uya kuhlawula kuphela oogqirha ngokubona abantwana ukuba babhalisile kwinkqubo yeMedicaid.

"Ndicinga ukuba umbuzo uya, kwenzeka ntoni ukuba umntwana uyagula kwaye bengenayo iMedicaid?" utshilo uQuianta Moore, umphandi kwiZiko le-Baker Institute ye-Public Policy, obhale malunga ne-telemedicine yesikolo.

Oko kungaphakamisa imibuzo malunga nokulingana kunye nokufikelela, utshilo uMoren, kuba ukwenza "ungenelelo kwezempilo esikolweni kusebenza kakhulu."

Abagxeki bathi ukwandisa ukutyelela oogqirha obude ukuya ezikolweni kunokukhokelela ekubeni oogqirha abangaphezu kwezilwanyana abangenakulungela abantwana.

"Uyakuphela ngamanye amaxesha ugqirha ongaxelelwanga ngokwaneleyo malunga nembali yesigulana okanye izinto ezaliwa ngumzimba," utshilo uLee Spiller, umlawuli womgaqo-nkqubo kwisebe laseTexas. IKhomishoni Yabemi Yamalungelo Abantu, umlindi wempilo yengqondo ongenzi nzuzo. "Ungalindela njani ukuba umntwana abuqonde ubungozi, ukungahambi kwabo komzimba, nembali yezonyango?"

U-Spiller uthe kwakhona ukhathazekile ngabazali abasayine iifom zokuvota ngeembotyi ekuqaleni konyaka wesikolo babengeke baqonde ngokupheleleyo oko babesayinela abantwana babo.

E-Dallas, e-Uplift Peak Preparatory, umncedisi we-ofisi yezempilo uRuby Jones uthe abanye abazali bakhethe ukungazityikityi iifom zemvume, kodwa ukuba abantwana babo bayagula beza kumtyelela, angazama ukuthetha nabo "ngesixhobo esimangalisayo" se-telemedicine .

Utshilo uJones: “Ayikho enye into enomvuzo xa… ubona isifundiswa sihamba phantsi eholweni sithi, 'Enkosi, Nks. Ndiziva ndibhetele. '”

Kuyo yonke iAgasti, iTexas Tribune izakubonisa iindlela ezingama-31 zokutshintsha kobomi bukaTeans ngenxa yemithetho emitsha eqala ukusebenza ngo-Septemba. ikhalenda yebali ngakumbi.

Authors: Alana Rocha, Justin Dehn kwaye Edgar Walters- ITexas Tribune

ITexas Tribune ngumbutho wamajelo ongenzi ngeniso, ongenzi nzuzo owazisa iiTekans- kwaye uzibandakanya nabo-malunga nomgaqo-nkqubo woluntu, iipolitiki, urhulumente kunye nemicimbi yelizwe liphela.