Emergency Numbers
The Bloomsburg Hospital Emergency Room: 570-387-2111
The Geisinger Medical Center Emergency Room: 570-271-6591
Bloomsburg University's Police Department: 570-389-4168
Bloomsburg Town Police: 570-784-4155
Women's Center Hotline: 570-387-2406
TAPLINE: 1-800-222-9016 for Mental Health emergencies.
Confidentiality / HIPAA Rules and Regulations
As a medical facility, Bloomsburg University's Student Health Center complies with the rules and regulations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The Notice of Privacy Practices is displayed in the waiting room.
You will receive the HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices of the Student Health Center upon your first visit to the Student Health Center and you will be asked to sign a receipt (stating that you received this Notice), which is placed in your medical record.
The relationship between you, the student as a client, and any of the Health Center's staff is strictly confidential. You are entitled to privacy and confidentiality and to informed consent to the extent provided by the law.
Information can be released ONLY with your written consent or by court order. This means that parents or other family members, friends, professors and even other medical facilities/personnel cannot obtain any of your medical information without your written consent.
Medical charts are kept for seven years and then destroyed.