Mobile Units in a Post COVID-19 World

Modern kitchen with wood cabinets and flooring, a built-in desk area with office chairs, and a small bed in a separate room visible through a sliding door—ideal for implementing mobile medical solutions at home.

The crisis of COVID-19 has resulted in severe illnesses and countless deaths and has also brought many of the country’s healthcare systems to their knees. Hospitals and other healthcare institutions have been stressed to their breaking points. As an example, financial burdens experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic caused Fairmont Regional Medical Center, the only hospital […]

Call to Action for Maternal Health: Mobile Clinics Provides Solution

Modern medical examination room with cabinets, an exam table, bright lighting, artwork on the wall, and large windows overlooking greenery.

Recently the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a landmark Maternal Health Initiative.  The initiative incorporates a comprehensive HHS Action Plan to significantly reduce maternal deaths and disparities that put women at risk before, during and after pregnancy. In addition the U.S. Surgeon General issued a corresponding Call to Action to Improve Maternal Health, which puts […]

Diagnostic Mobile Medical Clinics in the U.S.

A mobile medical unit painted with an American flag design, labeled "Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Clarksburg, West Virginia," parked on a road by trees.

What Is a Diagnostic Mobile Medical Clinic? A diagnostic mobile medical clinic is a fully equipped mobile unit that provides on-site screenings, testing, and preventive care. These mobile clinics bring diagnostic services directly to underserved communities, workplaces and rural areas, improving access to healthcare. With more than 2,000 on the road in the U.S. and […]

Mobile Medical: On the Frontlines of Healthcare Delivery

Interior of a mobile dental clinic with dental chairs, workstations, medical equipment, and cabinets on a wood floor.

For decades mobile clinics are a relatively untapped resource for global healthcare. In 2020 and beyond, the COVID-19 pandemic exhibits the important role of mobile health clinic programs. They provide critical access to healthcare professionals, especially for disenfranchised communities. They serve to fill the gap as a safety-net in what is often a deficient healthcare […]

Protecting Staff and the Public in Mobile Clinics

Modern medical examination room with cabinets, an exam table, a ceiling light featuring a sky scene, and a window showing green trees outside.

It’s important for the health and safety of your community to keep your mobile health clinic operating during the COVID-19 health crisis.  However, the confines of a mobile clinic can be perceived as a fearful environment for some health care providers and patients.  To address these concerns advancements have been made in developing several methods […]

Mobile Diabetes Clinics: Case Studies & Justifications

A modern laboratory room with blue flooring, cabinets, workstations, and scientific equipment along the walls under bright overhead lights.

Mobile medical serves the entire range of at risk populations around the world; from disenfranchised African-Americans with diabetes – to the homeless – to children living in rural environments who lack health insurance – to indigenous communities – to isolated and impoverished people in the Middle East.  Sometimes MHCs are the provider of last resort […]

Behavioral Health with Mobile Health Clinics

Mobile health care units are medical offices on wheels.  In many cases they are used to serve the underprivileged, homeless and those with behavioral health disorders.  Those that are disenfranchised in these ways can often receive basic health care on a mobile medical unit at no charge, or are helped to connect with available health […]