Ledger-Enquirer from Columbus, Georgia (2024)

May 5, 1998

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Ledger-Enquireri

Location:

Columbus, Georgia

Issue Date:

Tuesday, May 5, 1998

Page:

32

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D2 Ledger Enquirer Tuesday May 5 1998 Telemedicine links doctors to schools Georgia Bariatrics COM partners in communication throat ear canals and nostrils to computer screen Then Harris examined Saman tha with an electronic stetho scope while Shaw listened on headphones Shaw prescribed antibiotics that Harris will give Samantha at school the future there will be things that come up that we Shaw said up until this point been really comfortable with doing things this in an exam room of KU Medical outpatient pediatric clinic A camera in the exam room sent image to the monitor Shaw and Harris discussed case over a speaker phone had a hard week you Shaw asked her Under direction Harris used an otoscope equipped with a video camera to transmit vivid detailed views of Saman have diagnosed and treated a variety of ailments from ring worm to strep throat The program dubbed Tele KidCare has succeeded beyond their expectations were expecting to see three or four patients a Shaw said been seeing three or four patients a Tele KidCare developed from an idea that Julie Taylor a school nurse and special educa tion teacher in Kansas City Kan brought to KU more than a year ago Taylor had encountered tele medicine as a nursing student and thought it could be a boon to the children she worked with to health care is truly an issue a huge issue in the community" Taylor said or many of the children the school nurse and the telemedi cine doctor are their only regu lar sources of medical care Taylor said The parents either lack insurance or cannot afford ADWERTISEMEHT BUSINESS REVIEW ADVERTIsem*nT WARD WHITE ASSOC Over 35 Years Experience 7061 323 6393 1 800 633 4091 INABLE TO WORK? 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System enables long distance medical staff to examine sick children who otherwise may go without care By Alan Bavley Knight Ridder Newspapers KANSAS CITY Kan Eight year old Samantha Per ear infection getting any better and now she had a bajd cough So on a recent Thursday afternoon pediatrician Pam Shaw looked down her throat checked her ears listened to her heart and prescribed antibiotics And Shaw did the exam while she was at her University of Kansas Medical Center clinic and Samantha was miles away in the office of Whittier Elementary School In Kansas City Kan school health has entered the computer age Since late ebruary nurses at four of the elementary schools have been using a com bination of video and computer technology called telemedicine to bring KU Medical Center doctors to children who might otherwise go without care Telemedicine has been used for years in Kansas Missouri and other rural states to link patients at distant hospitals to specialists at large medical cen ters But this is the first time the technology has been used to bring virtual doctors into a scfiool system telemedicine ex perts say of people are watching said Pamela Whitten di rector of telemedicine services at the medical center ederal officials and groups in New York City Louisiana and Nebraska as well as Kansas and Missouri have expressed inter est in starting similar programs Whitten said bsing telemedicine technolo gy KU doctors have listened to hefart murmurs and asthma coughs zoomed in on ear infec tions and examined rashes They time off from work to take them to a doctor she said So the children either stay home sick for long periods and miss school or they go to school sick comment I get every Monday when children get sick over the Weekend (is) their parents tell them until you can see the school said Pam Harris school nurse Telemedicine free how ever KU wants the program to be self supporting and charges Medicaid or the private insurance Parents who lack insurance pay for the services on a sliding scale based on income So far the program has made a significant contribution to the health of the students she cares for Harris said seeing their she said seeing sick chil dren get or her exam Samantha sat in front of a computer monitor stationed beside desk A camera about the size of a small paperback rested on the monitor It sent the second grad image to a computer screen SEXUAL INTEREST rom Parents should also talk to each other share a mutual understanding about what kind of1 behaviors they might see in their children and reach agree ment about how they will react or not react act Lefkowitz said one adult as the child and the other as the parent Then reverse it very important that parents be very comfort able about the very important too that anyone responsible for caring for the child outside the home be aware of how her parents deal with her sexual behavior said Lefkowitz know there are different rules at different Lef kowitz said Every home is different and how parents view sexual behav ior by their young children invariably reflects their own values said James Coplan medi cal director for outpatient ser vices at the Seashore Hduse at Hospital of Philadelphia Coplan said the current de bate over co sleeping allow ing children to share their bed exemplifies the complex and highly varied emo tional and intellectual responses that intimate behavior among the very young evokes in adults Coplan said parents who are worried about the potential im pact of co sleeping or any other close personal contact with their children must learn to avoid seeing a need for physical intimacy as a manifestation of adult style sexuality a deep breath look at your own reactions and then put the behavior in Coplan said have to take it out in the light of day Were there any taboo thoughts that their behavior excited in you? People have to put their feelings in the proper context and under stand why the behavior disturbs Adults may be put off con fused or frightened by child sexual activity but the children thpmselves know better said Lefkowitz noting that we (adults) label something as bad children are innocent Kids like their backs scratched they like their hair played with because it feels good Well their erogenous zones have even more nerve endings and so why they get good feelings from those CC Brown life skills consul tant for the Child Abuse Preven tion Effort in Philadelphia said young children are naturally curious about adult bodies and will often try to steal glimpses of their parents in the bedroom or bathroom the ages of 2 and 7 they are very curious about gender differences they are curious about penises and vagi said Brown Even so parents should note any behavior that appears ex treme or that seems to suggest that the child has they should not said Brown touching themselves masturbating themselves is usu ally said Brown if they want to masturbat* some one else or touch them in a way that seems like more than curi osity then you should ask where did they get that information? Children are very egotistical They care about what they can do for But even a child who seems unusually interested in specific romantic or sexual behavior is not necessarily playing out some unthinkable abuse said Brown Popular culture is so rife with erotic images that children may get a big dose of advanced sexual information from an af ternoon soap opera a movie on cable TV or even one of those wide view billboards with a half naked Calvin Klein model Brown said parents who sus pect that their child has been sexually victimized should rule out other possibilities first by around and finding out if there are ways for the child to get that information You should lock your bedroom door when the child is 3 and monitor what they watch on TV so that you become confused about whether sexual abuse or something And if you feel compelled to talk to your child about potential abuse name said Brown want to please and so they are likely to answer yes to any name you To Advertise In The Columbus 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