Leaders at East Lansing-based Michigan State University are committing to take better care of students in wake of the scandal involving former MSU and USA Gymnastics team physician Larry Nassar, DO.
Interim president John Engler announced a new structure for the university's health colleges, clinical practice and student wellness programs Wednesday. The mission aims to improve transparency, enhance safety and care quality and increase access to behavioral health services.
The new health structure also includes two leadership appointments — the newly created position of associate provost and assistant vice president for health affairs and a new assistant provost for student health, wellness and safety, who will also serve as the MSU HealthTeam chief medical officer.
"One of the great challenges we face today in America is the cost of healthcare, which is bound closely to issues of access and quality," Mr. Engler said. "We want to better coordinate and integrate the delivery of care as well as the utilization of health resources. We want to provide a uniform standard of excellence, to assure safe and quality care in a system with no wrong door for access."