Most Kearns residents have to commute to other cities for a doctor appointment. This new library program may change that.
Users will have access to high-speed internet, a computer with a camera and other basic medical tools, such as a scale, a blood pressure cuff, a pulse oximeter and a thermometer. It also has instructions to connect in English, Spanish and Vietnamese along with help from a librarian — if needed.
Similar models have been implemented in rural regions, often sparing patients hundreds of miles of commuting, Gladwell said. After the COVID-19 pandemic, the U. learned that the same model can be implemented in Salt Lake Valley communities that struggle with access to virtual care. Nate Gladwell, senior director of virtual care at University of Utah Health, discusses the new virtual visit room available to the public at Kearns Library on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023.
The library advises users to schedule their doctor appointment — the costs of which will not be covered by the library or the U.— before calling or walking in to reserve the room. The program managers also emphasized that there won’t be doctors on-site. Anyone can use the space, regardless of the person’s health care provider.
“We don’t incur a lot of expense to do this,” he said. “And so, for us, if it goes from one library to 100, that would be fantastic.”
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