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APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN: Mobile Health Impact Accelerator (Deadline: December 7, 2025)

We are thrilled to announce that applications are now open for the second cohort of the Mobile Health Impact Accelerator (MHIA). This is a free, six-month learning ...

RESEARCH: Expanding Access to Care Through Mobile Health

Georgetown University's Center on Health Insurance Reforms conducted a review of over 160 studies to understand how mobile health can expand health care access, improve health outcomes and lower the cost of care in places where doctors don’t practice and telehealth doesn’t reach.   ...

UPCOMING WEBINAR. Listening to Our Patients: Evaluating Satisfaction in Mobile Health Settings (Thursday, October 30, 2025)

This interactive session will explore strategies for measuring and improving patient satisfaction in mobile health clinic settings. We'll discuss practical approaches to collecting patient feedback, identifying common ...

Asset Mapping: A Practical Guide to Strengthening Your Mobile Health Program

Asset mapping is a simple but powerful process to understand the resources and strengths in your community. For mobile health programs, it helps you see what services ...

Healing on Wheels: How One Mobile Clinic Is Transforming Mental Health Through 4 Community-Driven Innovations 

In North Tulsa, Oklahoma — a community with deep cultural roots and persistent health disparities — a mobile mental health clinic is transforming the way care is ...

Survey Best Practices for Mobile Health Clinics 

When it comes to improving health in your community, collecting data through surveys is one of the most powerful tools you have. Surveys can provide valuable insights ...

Mobile WIC Toolkit: Your Guide to Launch or Strengthen Your Mobile WIC Program

Too often, families who qualify for WIC nutrition support face barriers like transportation challenges, limited access, and lack of information. Mobile WIC programs offer a powerful way ...

Bridging the Rural Health Gap: Mobile Health and ARPA-H’s PARADIGM Program Unite to Transform Care Access

The United States is facing a rural healthcare crisis. According to the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), more than 100 rural hospitals have shut their ...

ANNOUNCEMENT: 14 Mobile Clinics Selected for the Mobile Health Impact Accelerator

Harvard Medical School’s Mobile Health Map is proud to announce the selection of 14 outstanding mobile clinics for the Mobile Health Impact Accelerator program! This initiative is ...

CATHOLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION: Mobile Clinics – Driving Toward Health Equity

Whether it’s bridging gaps in rural areas or delivering vital services in urban centers, mobile health programs are driving real change and reshaping access to care. From ...

WATCH THE RECORDING: Mobile Clinics Expanding Mental Health Access to Underserved Communities

Mental health support remains out of reach for far too many. Marginalized communities face significant access barriers—from location, cost and stigma to a lack of culturally and ...

WATCH THE RECORDING: Map 101 Demo and Learning Webinar

Ready to boost your clinic’s impact? Check out our Map 101 Demo and Learning Webinar! The session provides a valuable overview of the free and secure tools ...
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HEALTH LEADERS: Address your toughest care gaps with mobile health clinics

Healthcare organizations looking to connect with underserved populations on their own turf—literally—are taking a closer look at mobile health clinics. Roughly 2,000 mobile health clinics exist around the country, ...
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PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE: County mobile WIC clinic will help families access essential services

Allegheny County’s newly launched mobile clinic is an encouraging example of flexible and compassionate healthcare and government services outreach. The clinic, built out from a Ford 350 ...

THE POST AND COURIER: Mobile health expanding across the US, may offer option for rural and underserved SC

Mobile health care provided by clinics on wheels has expanded across the country and might be an option for critical services like prenatal care in rural and ...
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MILITARY.COM: VA Mobile Medical Clinics to Serve Homeless Veterans in 25 Cities

Homeless and at-risk veterans in central Florida will soon have easier access to medical care through a new program that brings a clinic to them. The Department of ...
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AP: Abstinence not required: How a Baltimore drug treatment program prioritizes saving lives

Baltimore's "Healthcare on the Spot" program aims to address the city's alarming overdose death rate by offering mobile treatment for substance abuse. The focus is on harm ...

Sign up for Mobile Health Map to evaluate your impact and increase your mobile clinic’s visibility

Are you a mobile healthcare provider looking for an easy way to evaluate your impact, share it with stakeholders, and increase your visibility? If so, our free ...

NPR: Clinics on wheels bring doctors and dentists to health care deserts

Nearly 12 years ago, a nonprofit centered on substance abuse prevention in Lyon County, Nev., broadened its services to dental care. Leaders with the Healthy Communities Coalition ...

DOWNLOAD SLIDES: Health and Economic Impact of Rural Mobile Clinics

Download the slides At the 2023 Annual Rural Health Conference hosted by the National Rural Health Association, our Executive Director, Mollie Williams, presented new data highlighting the ...

USA Today: L.A.’s state of emergency on homelessness: How a street medicine team is treating patients in a unique way

Healthcare In Action, a mobile unit with nurses, doctors and a therapist, are helping dozens of unhoused patients get back on their feet. Here's how. Read full article

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: PA has set aside $10 million to expand the state’s mobile clinic units

If the patient doesn’t come to the clinic, bring the clinic to the patient. That’s the mission behind a new $10 million infusion of federal money, set ...
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REPORT: How mobile clinics lower costs and generate revenue for health care organizations

How do mobile clinics reduce costs? The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked innovation in health care delivery, including new and expanded use of mobile clinics. In addition, the ...
Health Program Planning and Evaluation paperback and ebook covers

Become the in-house expert for your mobile clinic’s planning and evaluation efforts

Did you know that our Executive Director, Mollie Williams, recently co-authored the 5th edition of the highly respected textbook Health Program Planning and Evaluation? If you want ...
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POLITICO: Care is coming — on wheels

Health care is getting more nimble as providers repurpose Covid vaccination vans for new needs. President Joe Biden this week signed a bill into law — dubbed the MOBILE ...
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STAT: ‘People count on it’: In Boston, a mobile clinic meets health needs in the neighborhood

BOSTON — By 9 a.m. on a recent Friday morning, the bright blue, colorfully branded van was already parked on a street in the Boston neighborhood of ...
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MedCity News: Access to healthcare isn’t enough, we must build community trust

by Mollie Williams, Executive Director, Mobile Health Map at Harvard Medical School Mobile health clinics are particularly effective in facilitating access to health care for marginalized groups. ...

HealthLeaders: Redefining Care Delivery with Mobile Health Clinics

Healthcare organizations are realizing that some services need to be brought to the consumer, rather than waiting for that person to visit a doctor. And they're using ...
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Healthcare Dive: Abortion clinics go mobile, seeking flexibility amid patchwork state restrictions

Advocates are hoping the mobile clinic model will accelerate access to abortions, especially for those in states where the procedure is outlawed. Dozens of states have stripped ...
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Modern Healthcare: Mobile health clinics can improve the bottom line

The use of mobile clinics is a cost-effective way for health systems to build trust and support in underserved communities, according to a new report. “I think ...
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Newsweek: Plans to Help Underserved Communities Will Fail Without New Forms of Community Engagement | Opinion

The American health care system, battered by two-plus years of COVID-19, staff burnout and declining public trust, could be forgiven for a period of retrenchment and nostalgia ...