Soares Neelkamal, Kay Jeffrey C, Craven Geoff
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine in Kalamazoo, MI.
Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit in Milton, PA.
Perspect Health Inf Manag. 2017 Oct 1;14(Fall):1e. eCollection 2017 Fall.
Hospitalization affects children's school attendance, resulting in poor academic and sociodevelopmental outcomes. The increasing ubiquity of mobile and tablet technology in educational and healthcare environments, and the growth of the mobile robotic telepresence (MRT) industry, offer opportunities for the use of MRT to connect hospitalized children to their school environments. This article describes an approach at one rural healthcare center in collaboration with local school districts with the aim of describing strategies and limitations of MRT use. Future research is needed on MRT implementation, from user experiences to operational strategies, and outcome metrics need to be developed to measure academic and socioemotional outcomes. By partnering with educational systems and using this technology, hospital information technology personnel can help hospitalized children engage with their school environments to maintain connections with peers and access academic instruction.
住院会影响儿童的上学出勤率，导致学业和社会发展成果不佳。移动和平板技术在教育和医疗环境中越来越普遍，以及移动机器人远程临场感（MRT）行业的发展，为利用MRT将住院儿童与他们的学校环境连接起来提供了机会。本文描述了一个农村医疗中心与当地学区合作的方法，旨在阐述使用MRT的策略和局限性。需要对MRT的实施进行未来研究，从用户体验到运营策略，并且需要制定结果指标来衡量学业和社会情感成果。通过与教育系统合作并使用这项技术，医院信息技术人员可以帮助住院儿童融入他们的学校环境，与同龄人保持联系并获得学术指导。
