Virtual Clinics
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Atrium Health and Bank of America have partnered to establish “Meaningful Medicine,” a program uniting the best innovations within health care, social impact and workforce development to directly target health equity and economic mobility goals within Charlotte. In partnership with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS), Mecklenburg County, Central Piedmont Community College and YMCA of Greater Charlotte, Atrium Health’s Meaningful Medicine program will support °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵstudents at Title I schools and expand opportunities for economically underprivileged °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵgraduates to attain health care careers with family-supporting wages. Additionally, the program will provide the most vulnerable in the community with embedded health support systems, including convenient access to new virtual health care sites.
School-Based Virtual Care couldn’t be easier!
Informational Video
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Step 1: Request a visit.
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Your child can request a video visit by telling a leader on-site – like a school nurse – when they aren’t feeling well.
Once a visit has been requested, an Atrium Health medical professional will arrive to start the medical evaluation. You’ll be contacted for consent and invited to join by video or phone call.
Step 2: Start the visit.
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Appointments are held in a private, secure space within the School-Based Virtual Care location.
The medical professional connects your child by video to an Atrium Health Levine Children’s provider. The provider uses special technology, called digital diagnostic technology, to perform a virtual examination. The exam includes listening to your child’s heart and lungs and looking at their ears and throat.
Step 3: Get back to your day!
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At the end of the visit, the provider delivers a diagnosis and treatment plan. If needed, lab testing can be completed at the School-Based Virtual Care location and prescriptions can be sent to your preferred pharmacy. With your permission, we can send notes from your child’s visit to their primary care doctor. If they don’t have a doctor, we can help you find one.
If the condition is minor and not contagious, you and your child can get back to school, work and your daily activities.
Services
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School-Based Virtual Care provides care for minor conditions – similar to what you’d go to an urgent care or pediatrician for. Some locations also offer mental health services.
Additional Information
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List of Common Conditions Treated
We provide a diagnosis, treatment plan and prescription if needed for conditions like:
- Allergies
- Asthma
- Coughs and colds
- Ear pain
- Fever
- Flu symptoms
- Head lice
- Headache
- Pink eye
- Rash
- Sore throat
- Stomachache
- Urinary tract infection
- Mental health care
At select locations, we partner with Atrium Health Behavioral Health to offer virtual care for mental health issues, like:
- Anxiety
- Attention difficulties and trouble concentrating
- Classroom behavior issues
- Grief
- Irritability
- Sadness
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List of Schools Participating in the Program
- Albemarle Road Elementary
- Albemarle Road Middle
- Ashley Park PreK-8
- Berryhill School
- Bruns Avenue
- Charlotte East Language Academy
- Charlotte Mecklenburg Academy
- °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵCP Early College High School
- David Cox Road Elementary
- Devonshire Elementary
- Druid Hills Academy
- Eastway Middle
- Esperanza Global Academy
- Garinger High
- Governors Village
- Grove Park Elementary
- Harding University High
- Hawthorne High
- Hidden Valley Elementary
- Highland Renaissance Academy
- Hornets Nest Elementary
- Idlewild Elementary
- Joseph W Grier Academy
- Kennedy Middle
- Lawrence Orr Elementary
- Marie G. Davis IB
- Metro School
- MLK Jr. Middle
- Montclaire Elementary
- Nations Ford Elementary
- Newell Elementary
- North East Middle
- North Mecklenburg High
- Northridge Middle
- Oakhurst STEAM Academy
- Olympic High
- Pineville Elementary
- Quail Hollow Middle
- Rama Road Elementary
- Reid Park Academy
- Renaissance West STEAM Academy
- Ridge Road Middle
- Shamrock Gardens Elementary
- Smithfield
- Starmount Elementary
- Statesville Road Elementary
- Steele Creek Elementary
- Sterling Elementary
- Turning Point Academy HS
- Turning Point Academy MS
- University Meadows Elementary
- University Park Creative Arts Elementary
- Villa Heights Elementary
- West Charlotte High
- West Mecklenburg High
- Whitewater Middle
- Wilson STEM Academy
- Winding Springs Elementary
- Winterfield Elementary
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Community-Based Virtual Care Sites
The program also provides accessible, community-based virtual care sites within Central Piedmont Community College and YMCA locations, as well as:
- Suicide prevention training to over 900 °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵstudents;
- Increased workforce development resources for recent °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵgraduates; and
- Resources and support for students and community members who are at high risk of negative health outcomes due to unstable housing, food insecurity or other acute social needs.
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For information about the program, go to the Atrium Health website listed below: