Military Dependents at 2 Steilacoom Schools Gain Access to Health-Care Services

Steilacoom Historical School District and Madigan Healthcare System have entered into a partnership to bring health-care services to military students at school, during school hours.

According to a news release from the district, school-based health care allows students and families to have easier access to health care, provides increased capacity for preventive care, helps with the volume of clients visiting the adolescent clinic on base, and allows for convenient health-care scheduling, allowing students to miss less school.

Madigan Healthcare System beneficiaries at Pioneer Middle School and Steilacoom High School can visit on-campus clinics operated by the Adolescent Medicine Division of the Department of Pediatrics.

The clinics provide such services physicals, treatment of minor illness or injuries, routine immunizations and behavioral and emotional health treatment, as well as provide developmentally appropriate guidance and education on subjects such as nutrition and development.

Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) enrolled military beneficiary students enrolled in the schools can be seen at the clinics. Students must have a consent form signed by a parent or guardian in order to receive the health services at the schools.

Consent forms will soon be sent to eligible beneficiaries and can also be obtained atthe schools and in the Madigan adolescent clinic. For more information, call 253-968-1980.