Batesville, IN—MMH, Batesville Community School Corporation, and Ripley County Health Department are partnering together in an effort to reduce exposure of acute care patients to healthy patients at MMH in the ER and the physician practices as well as increase access to care,are opening an Acute Care Extension Site. According to Paul Ketcham, Batesville Community School Corporation Superintendent, the site will be only in the Primary School office and not in any classroom, gym or cafeteria spaces at this time. Ketcham advises that staff clean the office between each patient and each day with the highest standards to make sure that it is safe when school resumes.
This innovative approach will utilize the school’s telehealth technology to connect MMH patients with our primary care providers. This technology has been used over the last school year.
