Health iPads Offered At Bernards Township Library

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Bernards Township Library will provide iPads through their partnership with NJ HealthConnect@Your Library "in order to offset the inequities in the healthcare system."

With one of these iPads residents can:

• Obtain access to telehealth apps, which can connect you to a doctor 24/7.
• Read health information in your language.
• Monitor COVID updates.
• Access crisis hotlines.
• Obtain mental health support.
• Access teen help.
• Utilize meeting apps, such as Zoom and Google Meet.

The iPads come in an Otterbox case with:

• Multilingual instructions
• a charging cable
• a base plug

The iPad and all accessories are sanitized upon return.

The iPads are CIPA-compliant and the telehealth apps are HIPAA-compliant. In order to prevent any personally identifying information from being stored:

• sign in ability is disabled
• password saving is disabled
• a manual reboot can be done by each user.

Upon return, library staff will clear all data from the iPad between users.

To check out an iPad, or to find out more, visit or call the Reference Desk, 908-204-3031, ext. 4 or email reference@bernardslibrary.org.

The Bernards Township Library is at 32 South Maple Ave., Basking Ridge.

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