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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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
AARP: Advances in Mobile Medical Care Aid Older Adults, Caregivers
Experts expect an 'explosion' of interest in in-home services, but the availability of skilled workers may hamper growth A revolution is sweeping the world of health care, ...
The Harvard Gazette: Mobile clinics finding their place in pandemic
With New York City hospitals already becoming overwhelmed and the expectation that health centers nationwide will soon follow suit, what place do mobile health clinics have in ...
