Mission
The Student Health and Wellness Center provides access to a wide range of health services including primary medical care, mental health care, psychiatric care, preventive services, and campus-wide health promotion. We are here for you health needs.
Vision
To promote the optimal health and well-being of students through quality educational, primary Integrated Service Modelary medical care, mental health, and health promotion services. These services will be confidential, convenient, and economical. They will be delivered in a setting and manner that facilitates a healing and learning process that recognizes the unique needs of students and is supportive of their academic success at SOU.
The SHWC provides an integrated service model. Recognizing the value of a holistic approach, if a student is being seen by both medical and mental health professionals within the SHWC, information will be shared between providers on a need-to-know basis to optimize the student’s treatment and care plan.
All SOU students who pay the health fee are eligible to access medical and mental health services at the SHWC. SOU students do not need insurance to be seen at the SHWC. Students may request a visit summary to submit to their private insurance for possible reimbursement.
*All charges are billed to the student account.*
Accreditation
The SHWC has been accredited by the Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) since 1996.
About AAAHC
“The Accreditation Association is a private, non-profit organization formed in 1979. It is the preeminent leader in developing standards to advance and promote patient safety, quality, and value and measurement of performance for ambulatory health care through peer based accreditation process, education and research. The Accreditation Association currently accredits over 4,600 organization in a wide variety of ambulatory health care settings, including ambulatory and surgery centers, managed care organizations, as well as Indian and student health center, among others.” www.aaahc.org
The SOU Student Health and Wellness Center is one of 225 university student health centers reaching the standards of AAAHC in the US. Included in the 225 are health centers at the following universities: Standford, Princeton, Cornell, John Hopkins, Columbia and only two other Oregon universities. For more information and a full list of accredited organizations go to www.aaahc.org
What is Accreditation?
Accreditation is a voluntary process through which a health care organization applies for, is approved for and then has it’s services and performance measured against nationally recognized standards of care and administrative processes. It represents a high level of self-accountability and a willingness to acknowledge the need for on-going change and improvement.
Standards
There are 8 Core Standards and a total of 27 standards.
Core Standards & Other Applicable Standards for SHWC
1. Patient Rights
2. Governance
3. Administration
4.Quality of Care
5. Quality Management and Improvement
I. Peer Review
II. Quality Improvement Program
III. Risk Management
6. Clinical Records and Health Information
7. (moved into another area)
8. Facilities
9. Anesthesia
11. Pharmaceutical
12 Pathology and Medical Lab
16. Health Education and Health Promotion
17. Behavioral Health