About Us
The Center for Health and Wellness strives to create a healthy campus by providing free, confidential, high quality health care, lifestyle counseling, educational programs and awareness campaigns that enable students to perform successfully in their academic, emotional, spiritual, physical and social roles on campus. Our staff includes a registered nurse, nurse practitioners, physicians, a part-time nutritionist, an alcohol and drug prevention specialist and a health educator. All full time students are eligible for services from the first day of classes until transfer or graduation regardless of what type of health insurance.
In accordance with the Bentley Beliefs, the Center for Health and Wellness holds a strong commitment for respect and diversity and seeks to further the development and learning of the Bentley Community.
Confidentiality Statement
The Center for Health and Wellness maintains a policy of strict confidentiality for all services and medical records. No information is shared with anyone, staff, faculty, family or friends if you are over 18 years of age. Information about your care will only be given to someone with your specific written approval, except as required by law and in cases of danger to yourself or others.
The Patient Bill of Rights an Responsibilities
The goal of the Center for Health and Wellness is to provide all patients with high quality health care in a manner that clearly recognizes individual needs and rights. We also recognize that in order to accomplish this goal effectively, the student and the health care provider must work together to develop and maintain optimum health. As a result, the following student rights and responsibilities were written.
As a Patient You Have the Right:
- To receive considerate care that is respectful of your personal beliefs and cultural and spiritual values.
- To have all things explained to you in terms that you can understand and to have any questions answered concerning your diagnosis, prognosis and treatment.
- To know what the diagnosis is; what the prognosis is; what treatment will be used; how risky treatment is; whether it will hurt and for how long.
- To have all the common side effects of a drug explained.
- To know the contents of your medical records through interpretation by the provider.
- To know who it is that is interviewing and examining you.
- To have explained to you ways that you can prevent your medical problem from recurring.
- To refuse to be examined or treated by health practitioners and to be informed of the consequences of such decisions.
- To be assured of the strict confidentiality for all services and medical records. No information is shared with anyone-staff, faculty, family or friends- if you are over 18 years of age. Information about your care will only be given to someone with your specific written approval, except as required by law and in cases of danger to yourself or others.
- To be informed and asked whether you wish to participate in medical research when it is being conducted at Health Services.
- To participate in the consideration of ethical issues that arise in the provision of your care.
As a Patient, You Have the Responsibility:
- To inform the Center for Health and Wellness with information about past illnesses, hospitalizations and medications.
- To ask questions if you do not understand the directions or treatment being given by a provider.
- To keep appointments or telephone the Center within a reasonable time ahead if you need to cancel.
- To be respectful of others and others' property while in the Center for Health and Wellness facility.
