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What is the Florida Health Connect patient portal?

Florida Health Connect is a patient portal that is free to everyone receiving services at any local county health department. The portal allows you to more actively engage with your care team at a time that works best for you. Tired of waiting on a call back? Florida Health Connect will make talking to your care team easier.

What is the patient portal and how do I use it?

Helping enhance communications between students and the health and wellness team, is the Patient Portal. With an account, this secure and confidential digital portal provides students the opportunity to: Schedule and access appointments for health care. (Please call 315.443.8000 to schedule a Counseling or Health Care appointment.)

How do I access messages from health care providers?

To access messages from health care providers, log into the Patient Portal. IMPORTANT: Please bring your pharmacy benefit card and health insurance card with you to your appointment. The flu vaccine will be billed to your insurance. Most health insurance companies cover the cost of a flu vaccine in full.

How do I access the Syracuse University patient portal?

Access and submit records such as health statements and immunization history. Only Syracuse University students have access to the Patient Portal. Access the Patient Portal by logging in with your NetID and password. For questions or additional information, please email the Barnes Center at The Arch or call 315.443.8000.

PATIENT PORTAL MESSAGE

The Patient Portal will be temporarily unavailable beginning on Thursday, December 2, 2021, at 10:00 PM EST for approximately 2 hours.

COVID-19 vaccine clinics at HUHS

There are no additional clinics for the remainder of 2021. We will post information regarding additional COVID vaccine clinics in January 2022. If you would like to receive a vaccine prior to January, please find information through Mass.gov https://vaxfinder.mass.gov/ .

General information regarding the Patient Portal

Currently, there are limited appointment types that are available to web book. For Primary Care and Urgent Care, please call (617) 495-5711 for assistance and scheduling.

Which types of appointments can I schedule on the Patient Portal?

Counseling and Mental Health Services initial telephone consults for new student patients

Secure messaging

Secure messaging should only be used for a non-urgent health question, to request a referral, or to request a prescription renewal

How the flu can impact you

Within 3 days of contracting influenza, adults with cardiovascular disease are 10 times more likely to suffer a heart attack and 8 times more likely to suffer their first stroke.

Older patients with pre-existing conditions are at a higher risk of developing serious complications from the flu

An estimated 46,000 children were hospitalized with flu-related complications and 144 children died from the flu. Of the 144 total pediatric deaths, nearly 50% of the children who died from the flu were otherwise healthy.