Telehealth enables 8 Texas nurseries to reduce antibiotic use in newborns by 32%

July 7, 2022

Telehealth consultations with a pediatric infectious disease specialist at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio reduced the number of newborns receiving antibiotics by 32% in eight geographically distant nurseries that serve rural and medically underserved areas of South Texas, a study shows.


Hepatitis cases of unknown origin seen in South Texas, pediatric GI doctor says

April 28, 2022

Contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (April 28, 2022) — Clinicians in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology at UT Health San Antonio have seen cases of a mysterious and serious liver disease in otherwise healthy children, Naveen Mittal, MD, professor and division chief, said today. One young patient is in a San Antonio hospital, […]

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UT Health San Antonio is regional provider for school youth mental and behavioral health telemedicine services

April 27, 2022

The Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine (TCHATT) program provides psychiatric medication management and behavioral health therapy services for children and adolescents referred by their schools. Contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu Article by Kortinae Lozano, UT Health San Antonio SAN ANTONIO (April 27, 2022) – As part of the Texas Child Mental Health Care […]






UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing’s Wellness 360 wins national award for pediatric vaccinations and well-child visits

February 11, 2022

Part of federal initiative to stem COVID-19-related declines in routine childhood vaccinations and care The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced that the UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing’s Wellness 360 Pediatrics practice was among 20 winners of the “Promoting Pediatric Primary Prevention […]

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