Davison Health Center is located at 327 High Street, between Malcolm X House and the Davison Arts Center. Please use the main entrance during office hours. Limited parking is available at the back of the building.

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HOURS

University Health Services are open, when classes are in session, Monday-Thursday  9am-7pm, Friday 9am-5pm and Saturday 12noon – 4pm. Appointments can be scheduled Monday-Thursday 9am-8: 30 pm, Friday 9am-4:30pm and Saturdays, 12 noon-3:30 pm.

The Health Center is closed during academic breaks and summer.

WHEN THE HEALTH CENTER IS CLOSED

The Davison Health Center  will close for the Summer Break at 5:00 P. M. on Friday, May 23, 2003. The Health Center will be open limited hours over graduation weekend; Saturday, May 24 from 12-4 and Sunday, May 25 from 9-2.  In the event you need medical care during the break, I've listed a few of the medical health care providers that have assisted students. I would like to remind you that the providers require that you pay for services and obtain reimbursement through your insurance plan. The Community Health Center on Main Street provides services to students with insurance for a five dollar ($5) co-payment.  

The Health Center will be staffed during summer break by Administrative Office personnel, Monday through Friday from 8:30 to 4:30.  Staff will be available to answer non-medical questions by calling 685-2470.

Medical Providers:

The Community Health Center
635 Main Street
Middletown, CT 06457
347-6791

Preferred Walk-In Medical Center (next to Super Food Mart)
842 Washington Street
Middletown, CT 06457
346-4484

Middlesex Family Physicians
520 Saybrook Road
Middletown, CT 06457
346-7738

In case of emergency, please call 911 or go to:
Middlesex Hospital
28 Crescent Street
Middletown, CT 06457
344-6000

University Health Services has an easy to use after hours phone system. Please call (860) 685-2470 and listen to the recorded message. It will guide you quickly through your options.

If you are calling for the Office of Behavioral Health, please call (860) 685-2910 and the on-call Behavioral Health staff will return your call.

Local healthcare providers when Davison Health Center is closed

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ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICES & FEES

All students who have paid the University Health Service’ fee are eligible for services.

The University Health fee also supports WesWELL, the health and wellness promotion and outreach education division of University Health Services, as well as the Office of Behavioral Health, a separate but collaborating campus health resource.

Visits to the Health Center are without charge. However, certain diagnostic tests, procedures, medications and supplies are provided at nominal cost. Our fees, while far below local retail cost, are subject to change as the cost of medical supplies varies. We are committed to providing the lowest cost and highest quality healthcare to you and will only increase costs to maintain our ability to supply you with goods and services.

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HEALTH INSURANCE

The University sponsors a Student Accident and Sickness Insurance Plan that offers substantial benefits for covered medical expenses at a relatively low cost. We urge you to enroll in this plan. All registered full-time students in on-campus attendance are automatically covered under the Accident Insurance Plan and are eligible to purchase the Sickness Insurance Plan. If you are enrolled in the Sickness Insurance Plan, you may also enroll your dependent children and/or spouse who reside with you. If you are student receiving scholarship aid, the insurance plan is available to you at no cost.

You must enroll directly with University Heath Plans, 15 Broad Street, Boston, MA 02109. For further information about Student Health Insurance, please call University Health Plans at 800-4376448 or email info@univhealthPlans.com or www.universityhealthPlans.com.

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YOUR RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES

 As a student/patient, you have choices, rights and responsibilities. We are concerned with providing you the highest quality healthcare and ask that you participate in your own health care by being an active and informed consumer.

You have the right to

Respect

Consideration

Dignity

Privacy

Confidentiality

An explanation of your care

Know availability of services

Know fees for services

Know the names and positions of people working with you

Review your medical records

Request to change health care providers

Accept or decline care or treatment

You have the responsibility to

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CONFIDENTIALITY

HIPAA

What is HIPAA?

In 1996, Congress passed the “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act”, which protected health insurance coverage for persons changing jobs.  At that time, it was specified that if Congress did not enact health care privacy legislation by August 1999, the Secretary of Health and Human Services was to develop standards for the privacy of individually identifiable health information.  Proposed privacy rules were issued by the Secretary in December 1999.  The final regulation was issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, under HIPAA, and was approved August 2002.  The regulation goes into effect April 14, 2003 .

 The regulation requires that all Health Care providers must provide their patients with a copy of the Privacy Rule, which governs how an individual’s personal health information may be used for treatment, payment, or other health care operations.  The health care provider must show proof that each patient has received a copy of this rule. However, it is up to the individual patient to then review the rule.

 Under federal regulations, all students utilizing the Health Center after April 14, 2003 , will be given a copy of the Privacy Statement when they come in, and asked to sign a notice stating they received the copy.  Copies are also posted and available at the Health Center, or can be requested by calling x2470. A copy of the Privacy Statement for Davison Health Center is attached and can be opened and printed for your convenience.

Privacy Statement (HIPAA) for Davison Health Center

Information about your care at the Health Center and your medical record is strictly confidential and released only with your written permission. This policy ensures your right to privacy and is applied regardless of whether the information is requested by University officials, family members, friends or other health care providers. There are certain confidentiality exceptions required by law, such as reporting certain communicable diseases or situations which threaten your own safety or the safety of others, and age of consent.

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WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY HEALTH SERVICES TEAM

The Health Center is staffed by a team of physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, a physician assistant, technical, office and support staff. We are credentialed and fully licensed professionals with many years in campus, ambulatory and acute healthcare practice. Our practitioner staff is Board Certified in specialty areas that include adolescent medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, family practice and gynecology.

Joyce Walter, MS,CHES , Director of Student Health Services

Alison Wittenberg, APRN Nurse Practitioner

Robin Zup, Office Staff/Medical Aide

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MISSION & VISION

Our mission is to provide high quality healthcare and health promotion to improve students’ overall health, to support their educational goals, and to develop skills for long-term healthy lifestyles.

Our vision is to meet the health, education and wellness promotion needs of students and members of the campus community in an up-to-date facility through high quality, relevant, efficient and competitively priced services and programs. A diverse team of professionals who believe that "health" involves every aspect of well-being: emotional, nutritional, sexual, spiritual and physical provides comprehensive primary care for illness and injury.

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