Health Services Timeline
- 1899
- Mutual Benefit Hospital Association founded
- 1914
- Scarlet Fever Epidemic; establishment of Isolation/Detention Hospital
- 1915
- Typhoid Fever Epidemic
- 1916
- Student Health Service is Born
- 1918
- Influenza epidemic during WWI
- Addition of Ward D to Emergency Hospital, and use of several dormitory and Greek buildings as additional wards
- William B. McKinley donates money to the University with stipulation for immediately erecting a hospital; this stipulation loosened due to wartime restraints
- 1919
- Student Health Services moves to President’s House
- 1924
- Cornerstone laid for McKinley Hospital Building
- 1920s-30s
- Scarlet fever outbreaks and quarantines occur regularly on campus; between 10-20 quarantines mandated per year
- 1939
- South Wing added to McKinley Hospital
- 1941
- Student Health Services moves to Davenport House
- 1944
- Hospital and Medical Service Fee assessed on all students in Urbana to prepay for medical services
- 1959
- Mental Health Services offered
- 1962
- West addition to McKinley Hospital finished, University Health Service moves in
- 1968-69
- Dental health exams offered to all new staff and students
- 1968
- Flu pandemic (“Hong Kong flu”)
- 1969
- First student evaluation of McKinley Services
- 1970
- Building name changed to McKinley Health Center
- Cold Clinic opened (on a trial basis)
- 1972
- Family Planning Clinic added
- Free student pharmacy added
- 1979
- Full Accreditation
- Experimental rabies vaccine distributed to 1,400 Vet students, no serious side effects
- 1982
- Accredited as Ambulatory Care Center
- 1983
- Voluntary Measles inoculations after outbreaks in Indiana
- 1984
- Family Planning Clinic renamed to Gynecology Clinic
- 1985
- 3-year renovation project begins; clinics remain open
- ER changed to 24 hour Acute Care/Injury Clinic
- 1987
- Walk-in clinic established
- Dial-A-Nurse program begins
- 1988
- Rededication following completion of $4.5 million renovation
- 1990
- First satellite service opens: Health Resource Center at the Illini Union
- Cold Comfort Center and Wound Care Center established
- 1992
- SportWell Clinic established at the IMPE
- Meningitis outbreak on campus; 17,000 immunized within 3 days
- Major building and technology upgrades to keep up with the times: Baker Cell dispensing system for Pharmacy, electric exam tables, new x-ray machine and chemistry analyzer, new computers, printers, and fax machines
- 1999
- “Finals stress packs” program begins
- 2006
- Implemented Electronic Health Record system
- 2007
- MyMcKinley launches, allowing for scheduling appointments and refilling prescriptions online
- 2008
- Completed scanning paper medical records and computerized the order entry system
- 2009
- Installation of digital radiography
- Preparation for H1N1 influenza epidemic
- Mass distribution exercise in Assembly Hall
- Established ILI (Influenza-like illness) clinic to care for H1N1 symptoms
- 5,758 H1N1 vaccines administered, 7,940 flu vaccines
- 2014
- Implemented Parata Max Pharmacy Robot, reducing risk of pharmacy errors
- Building restoration project
- Medicat Electronic Health Record implemented
- 2015
- Mumps outbreak and mass vaccination, 12,222 vaccinated
- 2016
- Launched new website and Wellness Guide App
- 2018
- POD (Point of Distribution) exercise to test ability to aid in a pandemic took place at the State Farm Center
- 2019
- Telehealth initiative set to roll out in 2020
- 2020
- COVID-19 Pandemic – supported SHIELD campus-wide saliva testing program through integration with EHR
- Recruited local professionals to administer over 17,400 COVID-19 vaccines
- Adapted to isolation measures while continuing to provide health services to the campus
- 2021
- First remote vending machine installed at Ikenberry Commons, dispensing Health Resource Center and over-the-counter products
- Added pronouns and preferred names to online healthcare portal
- Healthy Illini Podcast begins
- 2022
- Narcan available at MHC and remote locations
- 2023
- COVID-19 booster vaccines offered
- 2024