RIFLE, Colo. – The Grand River Student Health Center in Rifle will open Monday, May 21. The Center, located in the former CMC building at 703 Railroad Ave., will offer services to students and staff of the Garfield Re-2 School District.
Grand River Student Health Center will be open five days a week and be staffed by licensed nurse practitioner, Connie Berglund. Services will include physical exams, immunizations, routine lab tests and throat cultures, prescriptions and medications, care for acute injury and illness, management of chronic illnesses such as asthma, parent and student wellness education and referrals to community providers and agencies.
Parents and guardians with students in Garfield County Re-2 will receive consent forms to sign before a student can use the Student Health Center. Visits are confidential and information is not shared unless permitted by the student and/or parent, except for life-threatening situations.
Grand River Student Health Center will provide services to any student, regardless of ability to pay. To help sustain this community service, private insurance, Medicaid, and Child Health Plan Plus will be billed. Any applicable co-payments and deductibles will be collected from families.
In addition, Grand River has also partnered with two other local organizations to offer this much needed service. Garfield Re-2 provided the space and additional resources and Colorado West Mental Health Services will be offering mental health services and counseling.
Across the nation, school-based health clinics have proven beneficial to parents, students and staff. Statistics show that students miss less school, learn easier, and get the health care they need when school-based health care is offered. Parents also miss less work when an easy, inexpensive option for student’s health care is offered.
The opening of Grand River Student Health Center is made possible through a grant received by the Colorado Health Foundation and a partnership with the Re-2 School district.
The Colorado Health Foundation works to make Colorado the healthiest state in the nation by increasing the number of Coloradans with health insurance, ensuring they have access to quality, coordinated care and encouraging healthy living. The Foundation invests in the community through grants and initiatives to health-related nonprofits that focus on these goals, as well as operating medical education programs to increase the health care workforce. The Foundation’s assets of more than $900 million include an investment portfolio as well as an ownership interest in Denver HealthONE hospital system. For more information please visit www.ColoradoHealth.org.
Grand River Hospital District serves Western Garfield County, Colorado in efforts to improve the health and wellbeing of local communities. Grand River operates Grand River Hospital and Medical Center and E Dene Moore Care Center in Rifle and Battlement Mesa Medical Clinic and Grand River Health and Safety Center in Parachute and Grand River Student Health Centers in Rifle and Parachute. Grand River’s focus is on offering exceptional local health care and meaningful clinical outreach. For more information, please visit www.grhd.org.