NEWLAND â A new school-based telehealth program is connecting educators and medical providers through the miracles of modern technology to ensure that each child in the school district has an opportunity to experience both good health and a good education. Last January, Avery County Schools began its partnership with Health-e-Schools to offer telemedicine services onsite at school campuses, as providers work with school nurses to help diagnose and treat students dealing with ailments ranging from flu and strep to the common ear ache, sore throat, cold/allergies, asthma and spirometry, as well as many other illnesses. Health-e-Schools provides chronic disease management, medication management, sports physicals, adolescent medicine consultations and behavioral health visits with its providers, while also working in conjunction with athletic trainers to provide care for student athletes and collaborating with primary care physicians to ensure that all care is coordinated and serves the individual patient on a personal level.