Scope of Services
Your Doctor’s Office Away from Home
Clinical services that are offered during an appointment with a provider may include:
- Primary care
- On-site MD/NP/PA appointments for acute and minor illnesses or injuries
- Minor excision and laceration repair and other minor office procedures
- Gender-specific care including PAP smears, breast exams, pelvic exams
- Contraceptive education including oral prescription, long-acting reversible contraceptives (i.e., IUD & implantable device), and emergency contraceptives
- Sports/fitness physical and/or injury evaluation
- Travel health
- RN assessment and consultation
- Health and self-care education
- Coordination of care with Counseling and Consultation Services
- Coordination of care with Student Disability Services
- Collaboration with Health Education
- Rapid strep, mono
- Flu testing and prevention
- Get Yourself Tested – STI, STD, and HIV testing
- Pregnancy testing
- Urinalysis testing
- Nebulizer treatments
- Ear irrigation
- Allergy shots (students must provide BUHS with their own serum and orders from the allergist and complete allergy injection forms)
- Routine and Travel Health Immunizations
- Annual Flu shots
- PPD (TB) skin testing and interpretation
- Resource for health information or consultation
- Access to full Reference Lab Services—Cost of analysis is billed by Mid America Lab (Quest) or to patient
- Outside provider lab tests may be drawn with a provider order. Results will be faxed to ordering provider.
- Crutch rental
- Sharps containers for diabetic students/other injectable medications
- Medications ordered by the BUHS providers can typically be dispensed on site
- Many OTC are also available at BUHS
- Referrals to community physician or specialist if services extend beyond our scope of care