Screening & Prevention Module Spring 2025

All ACHA members are invited to participate in the Screening & Prevention Module of the Clinical Benchmarking Program. This module will assess whether randomly selected medical charts contain appropriate documentation of allergies and influenza vaccination, as well as screening for tobacco/nicotine use, unhealthy drug use, unhealthy alcohol use, and depression.

Each health center will review 25 randomly selected charts that meet the following criteria:

  • include at least one primary care visit between Sept 1, 2024 and February 28, 2025, AND
  • patient is 18 years of age or older, AND
  • WITHOUT an existing diagnosis of depression

For each chart, the reviewer should determine whether six Screening & Prevention Clinical Benchmarks have been appropriately documented using the criteria outlined in the Background/Instructions/Scoring Criteria document. Record your responses on the Chart Review Documentation worksheet and then uploaded your materials to the ACHA Research Department.

Submit your completed materials on or before April 18, 2025, to receive results by May 23, 2025.

Questions?

Contact:

Mary Hoban, PhD, ACHA Chief Research Officer

Jessica Higgs, MD, ACHA Benchmarking Committee Chair

 

About the Clinical Benchmarking Program

A significant part of the American College Health Association’s mission is to enhance its members’ ability to advance the health of all students and the campus community. To meet this mission, ACHA, through its Benchmarking Committee, has developed a series of clinical benchmarking tools in response to many institutions’ desire to have a means to benchmark their clinical quality care standards. The benchmarking measures have been based on input from members, other national and governmental health care organizations, and evidence-based literature.

Goals of the Clinical Benchmarking Program

  • To identify areas and means of performance improvement
  • To understand the quality of care provided by member institutions for college students
  • To find areas of potential education and focus for ACHA initiatives to improve quality of care in college health

For ACHA and the Clinical Benchmarking Program participants to compare quality provided by member organizations against community and national standards.