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Confidentiality
The document below describes how health information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to your individually identifiable health information.
Privacy Notice/ HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)Please click here, FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act), for more information from the Dean of Student's Office on how your student academic records are protected. More information on this can be found on the Dean of Students web site.
UW-Stout Student Health Service
Health care is a cooperative effort between patient and providers
PATIENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
PATIENT RIGHTS
- To receive high quality, accessible, and culturally sensitive medical care.
- To be treated with respect, consideration, privacy, and dignity.
- To maintain confidentiality of patient disclosures and medical records.
- To know one's provider's name, specialty, and position; to have access, upon request, of SHS process to verify provider credentials; to specify preference regarding gender of provider; and to change provider if requested, depending on availability.
- To receive complete, current information regarding diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis in understandable terms prior to treatment.
- To be informed of the benefits, possible risks or side effects of treatment, alternate methods, and the medical consequences of treatment refusal.
- To have access to other medical opinions before making treatment decisions.
- To express any dissatisfaction to one's provider, to the Student Health Service staff, Student Health Advisory Committee, or the Director of the Student Health Services.
- To have information available regarding SHS policy and procedure for patient comments, suggestions, and patient grievances.
- To be informed of personal responsibilities involved in seeking medical treatment and maintaining health and well-being after treatment.
- To receive information about services and any related costs
- To have access to health education materials.
- To be informed of the right to reuse to participate in any research conducted at the Student Health Service.
- To receive information from SHS peer health educators, upon request.
PATIENT RESPONSIBILITIES
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To provide valid University of Wisconsin-Stout identification.
- To present details of condition in a clear, direct manner.
- To respond to other patients and student health staff with respect and consideration.
- To ask for clarification if information or instructions are not understood.
- To be on time for appointments, and if unable to keep an appointment, to cancel
immediately so another patient can be scheduled at that time. - To comply with treatment plan and promptly report any significant changes in symptoms and/or failure to improve.
- To pay any billed charges.
- To express grievances to the appropriate person as defined in SHS policy.
Release of Records
Student Health Services will, upon completion of the Release of Medical Records form, disclose medical records or request records necessary for continuation of care, personal, or other reasons as deemed necessary. This form must be completed in full and submitted to our office for processing. The form is processed within 3 days of receiving it. Any questions while completing this form, please call 715/232-5148.