Hazel Health empowers schools to expand health services for students. Using technology specifically designed for schools, students can connect with providers and receive an evaluation and treatment plan right from the nurse’s office, including over-the-counter medication and other prescriptions. Hazel also provides support and referrals for mental health and behavioral health. Parents can also access Hazel doctor visits from home when their child is home sick, saving them a trip to the ER or urgent care.
Schools leveraging Hazel report reduced absences for simple health concerns and an extra layer of care and partnership during COVID-19.
Hazel is the only telehealth provider designed for schools, following FERPA and HIPAA, and school district health policies, and fully integrates with schools, including referrals to counselors.
Formats/platforms used:
Parents can set up Hazel home visits on any web-enabled device. School nurses can set up Hazel visits on an iPad from the health office. Hazel provides schools with all care equipment, including the IPad with a stand, scale, thermometer, medical cart, and more.
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Problem solved:
Hazel works with nurses at school or parents at home to treat students and advise on the next steps. Hazel provides families with referrals, resources, and follow-up to ensure healthy outcomes.
School nurses are superheroes, but their toolbox is limited. Without Hazel, it is challenging to provide over-the-counter medications, like Advil, to help a student suffering from something as simple as a toothache. Hazel is a partner for school nurses, empowering them to do more for students by providing them with nearly instant access to a team of doctors who are experts in in-school healthcare.
With Hazel, school nurses can provide more care on-site at school, saving students from missing learning time and parents from missing work.
Grade/age range:
Hazel is available for all students in participating K-12 schools.
Core or supplemental:
Hazel addresses student health and whole child development. With the national concern of trauma that children have experienced during COVID-19, Hazel is partnering with districts to ensure healthy classrooms and supporting children in physical well-being and mental and behavioral health screening and support. Students with access to reliable care miss fewer days of school.
Subject/standards:
Hazel provides health services to K12 students and is HIPAA, FERPA, and district health policies.
Pricing model:
Hazel’s mission is to provide care to all students, with equity and access as primary goals. Schools and Hazel work together to ensure every student has on-demand access to quality healthcare, regardless of financial or immigration status. In most cases, doctor visits with visits are low-cost for students and available at $0 patient responsibility for many families on Medicaid or other insurance. Other pricing options are available based upon the programs the district is interested in embedding to support their families.
Additional services:
As part of our base program, Hazel also includes:
- Referral & communication with a primary care provider
- Over the counter medication (supplied by Hazel)
- Prescription Refills
- Registering medications to be kept at school (ex: inhalers)
- Asthma management
- Vision screening referral
- EpiPen program
- Diabetes management
- Referral to Community resources
What makes Hazel unique?
Hazel was designed with and for K12 schools. School nurses, principals, and districts’ student services leads worked alongside Hazel to design the service from the ground up, ensuring the final product effectively serves the needs of school nurses, students, and families alike. The app enables school nurses to initiate an immediate telehealth visit with a Hazel doctor to diagnose what the child needs. Afterward, a discharge summary is automatically generated and provided to both the nurse and the child’s parent or guardian. Hazel takes on some of the follow-up work a school nurse is responsible for.
Characteristics:
Many of Hazel’s technology and engineering team come from Apple and focus on usability and accessibility. This includes easy navigation and strong visual cues.
Here’s what users are saying:
“As an administrator, I really like the option we offer parents when their child is sick. Instead of being absent, the student can come in and be seen by Hazel. As a parent, I really like to follow up calls Hazel provides to check if my child is better and make sure he or she is receiving what is needed.”
-- Principal, Planada
“It allows our students to get some form of medical care, something they may not be able to if they did not have access.”
-- Principal, SBCUSD
“Thank you, thank you, thank you for your services!!! Hazel Health is a blessing to our students! We are truly grateful that our scholars have this health care opportunity. We also appreciate the site data we receive and how it has improved our attendance.”
-- Principal, C. J. Jorgensen Elementary School, Roosevelt Elementary District, AZ
“What I like most about Hazel is that students can receive immediate care and are able to return to class and fully participate. I also love that Hazel is doing wrap-around services in a way I have never been able to achieve.”
-- School Nurse, Ethridge Elementary, Garland ISD, TX
