Subject: Important Message Regarding Student Medical Records
From: <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 14:23:28 -0500

Dear Parents,

Beginning with the 2012-13 school year, Sidwell Friends will be shifting
the storage of all student medical information to an online database
managed by Magnus Health of Raleigh, NC, the leading provider of medical
record services for independent schools, colleges and universities
throughout the United States.  Magnus Health SMR (Student Medical
Record) is a web-based system that provides continuous access to your
child's health record and allows you to make updates whenever needed.
There are many benefits to this new service including less paperwork for
you each year and greater security for our authorized personnel in
collecting and accessing student health and emergency information. 

Within the next few weeks, you will receive your Magnus Health SMR
username and password via email along with instructions on how to fill
out the online health history form. We ask that you enter the health
information required within your Magnus Health SMR account no later than
July 1st, 2012 for each child attending SFS. In future years, you will
simply return to Magnus Health and update any new information.  

You should also be aware that the various health-related forms required
by DC and Maryland will no longer be submitted directly to the School as
they have in past years.  You will now submit them directly to Magnus
Health.  It is imperative that you begin scheduling your child's
physician appointment as soon as possible in anticipation of the July
1st, 2012 deadline for submitting the results of the annual physical.

Timely submission of health information is critical so that vital
information about allergies and medical issues can be shared with
appropriate School personnel before the first day of school. After you
have received your login information and have an opportunity to explore
the Magnus Health SMR website, please feel free to contact Magnus Health
or the Sidwell Friends School nurses with any questions you may have.
Lower School Health Care Coordinator Barbara Conte can be reached at
202.537.6992 or [email-masked]. Middle/Upper School Health Care
Coordinator Jasmin Whitfield can be contacted at 202.537.8130 or
[email-masked] .

Magnus Health SMR customer support is available to you by phone
(877-461-6831) 8am-6pm EST, Monday - Friday and email
([email-masked]). Barbara and Jasmin encourage you to
review the welcome packet provided by Magnus Health SMR at
http://magnushealth.com/parents/ . We look forward to the implementation
of this service which will further enhance the quality of health
services at Sidwell Friends.

Sincerely, 

 

Ellis Turner

 

 

Ellis Turner |Associate Head of School |Sidwell Friends School
|202.537.8108 |www.sidwell.edu