俄亥俄州投入逾5500万美元改善乡村儿童医疗：视力、牙科与校内卫生中心三路并进
俄亥俄州州长 Mike DeWine 11月2日在哥伦布宣布，超过5500万美元的联邦「乡村医疗转型计划」（Rural Health Transformation Program，RHT）资金将投向三处，以改善该州乡村地区儿童与家庭的医疗可及性：全州扩展 OhioSEE 视力计划、新设 OhioDENTAL 牙科计划、扩建校内卫生中心。
OhioSEE 于今年1月由 DeWine 启动试点，最初服务需求最高的15个县，现已为252个公立学区提供服务，试点地区91%的合资格公立学区已参加，为幼儿园至三年级学生提供服务。该计划把视力服务直接带进学校，以流动视力车或临时诊所由验光师为学生做全面眼科检查，需要者可当场配眼镜。此次将投入1800多万美元，连同现有州资金把 OhioSEE 扩展到全州88个县，其中73个符合RHT资格的县将服务幼儿园至12年级学生。
在口腔健康方面，俄亥俄州将投入1700多万美元启动新的 OhioDENTAL 计划，仿照 OhioSEE 模式，以流动牙科车或校内临时诊所把全面牙科服务带进学校，并培训基层医疗人员把口腔评估与转诊纳入日常诊疗，同时通过新的协作机制增加接受医疗补助（Medicaid）的牙医人数。俄亥俄州卫生厅厅长 Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff 表示，未经治疗的蛀牙会影响儿童的进食与睡眠，及早介入将带来改变。
校内卫生中心方面，2000多万美元将支持在15个县新开17个站点，并扩建或维持另外25个县的49个中心。这类中心把基层医疗服务直接设在校园内，替乡村家庭省去交通与当地医疗资源不足的障碍，也服务周边社区居民。
DeWine 说：「乡村医疗转型计划帮助我们把关键医疗服务带给更多俄亥俄人。我很高兴看到成功的 OhioSEE 计划扩展到全州，这笔资金还将扩建校内卫生中心，并增加急需的牙科服务。」联邦医疗保险与医疗补助服务中心（CMS）主任 Dr. Mehmet Oz 表示，该计划的成功公式是「州级创新加上联邦资金」。俄亥俄州2025年12月已从联邦获得超过2亿美元的RHT计划资金，此前已公布三轮投向。
（来源：俄亥俄州州长办公室）
Ohio Invests More Than $55 Million to Improve Healthcare Access for Children in Rural Areas
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced on November 2 in Columbus that more than $55 million in federal Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program awards will improve healthcare accessibility for children and families in rural Ohio. DeWine and the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) will invest the funds in three areas: the statewide expansion of OhioSEE, the new OhioDENTAL program, and school-based health centers.
DeWine launched OhioSEE in January as a pilot initially serving 15 counties with the highest need; it has since grown to 252 public school districts, with 91 percent of eligible districts in the pilot area enrolled and providing vision services to students in kindergarten through third grade. OhioSEE brings vision services into schools with a mobile vision van or a temporary clinic, where students can see an optometrist for a comprehensive eye exam and receive glasses if needed. More than $18 million of the federal funding, in addition to existing state funds, will expand OhioSEE to all 88 counties; in the 73 RHT-eligible counties, services will reach students in kindergarten through 12th grade.
On oral health, Ohio will invest more than $17 million. The new OhioDENTAL program will follow the OhioSEE model, bringing comprehensive dental services into schools with mobile dental vehicles or temporary in-school clinics, and the funding will also train primary care professionals to incorporate oral health into their practice and increase the number of Ohio dentists accepting Medicaid through a new collaborative. ODH Director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff said untreated tooth decay can affect a child's eating and sleeping and eventually lead to more serious complications.
More than $20 million will support 17 new school-based health center sites in 15 counties and the expansion or continued operation of another 49 centers in 25 counties. The centers provide primary care on school campuses, helping rural families overcome transportation and provider shortages, and also serve community residents.
"The Rural Health Transformation Program has been instrumental in helping us to bring critical healthcare services to many more Ohioans," DeWine said. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said the program pairs state innovation with federal funds. Ohio received more than $200 million in RHT Program awards in December 2025 and had previously announced three rounds of funding.
(Source: Office of the Governor of Ohio)
来源：俄亥俄州州长办公室
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