The Campus Health Center has a new partnership that has increased accessibility and hours of operation.
The Center began a partnership with Family Healthcare and Minor Emergency Clinic on Oct. 8.
Antonia Pratt-Reid, owner of Family Healthcare, said this partnership has opened the Campus Health Center’s doors five days a week, in addition to providing after-hours and weekend availability for students, faculty and employees.
“I think the needs for the campus clinic exceeded the previous arrangement,” Pratt-Reid said. “Family Healthcare has been in Oklahoma for 20 years, and we have three other clinics.”
The Campus Health Center is open from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.
When the Center is not open, students can use their campus health insurance at another one of Family Healthcare’s locations on Northwest Expressway at 11109 Surrey Hills Blvd. Yukon, Oklahoma 73099.
Pratt-Reid said the off-campus location is open longer hours and answers after-hour calls when the clinic is closed. The off-campus Family Healthcare clinic is open from 8:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Saturdays, and is closed on Sundays.
“I think it will benefit the students, faculty and employees,” Pratt-Reid said. “My staff and I are really excited for this and part of the reason is that our other clinics are not on a campus, so we’re in a whole new environment. Although we have a good population of pediatrics, it’s nice to work where there’s a focus on young adults. There’s a lot of teaching we have the capability of spreading across this campus.”
Jonah White, music theater senior, said he heard the Campus Health Center was taken over by new management but didn’t know how it would affect students.
“I think this new partnership is wonderful,” White said. “Being on a college campus is like walking in a petri dish of bacteria, because when one person gets sick, everybody gets sick. It’s helpful to have an efficient clinic that will see students and help them quickly.”
White also said the new hours and access to the off-campus clinic are beneficial for students with busy schedules.
“As a music theater student, my hours are all over the place, so it will be really helpful to have more flexible hours I can be seen by a physician,” White said.
In the future, Family Healthcare hopes to open access to the Campus Health Center to the general community, Pratt-Reid said.
“We’re a family practice clinic, so we take care of everyone from infants to senior citizens, and that allows for easy healthcare access, health and wellness prevention, and illness coverage for everybody,” she said.
To contact the on-campus health center, call 405-208-5090. To reach the off-campus Family Healthcare clinic, call 405-373-2400 during operating hours or 405-550-6189 for after-hour assistance.
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