Rural Health
News by Topic: Mobile and episodic healthcare delivery
Dec 24, 2024 - Profiles a mobile clinic offering maternal healthcare to women who struggle with access in rural Eastern Kentucky, noting the maternal health disparities in the area. Discusses the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grant funding the program and sustainability plans.
Source: Kentucky Lantern
Dec 13, 2024 - Highlights a free mobile clinic in rural Arizona making routine healthcare more accessible to farmworkers in the area. Discusses effective outreach methods including collaborations with the farm supervisors and using promotoras.
Source: Arizona Luminaria
Dec 9, 2024 - Provides overview of resources available through the Rural Mental Health Resources Hub, created by Mental Health America (MHA). Describes resources including a free mental health screening, educational overviews, and information for communities looking to better serve residents with mental health conditions. Discusses rural disparities in access to mental health treatment and efforts by MHA's South Carolina chapter to expand access through a mobile mental health clinic program.
Source: The Daily Yonder
Nov 26, 2024 - Discusses the use of paramedicine and mobile units by a rural Indiana hospital to increase access to primary care. Highlights how the COVID-19 public health emergency allowed the hospital to expand already existing rural outreach efforts.
Source: WNIN
Nov 25, 2024 - Describes the work of clinicians deployed to rural
communities by the North Carolina Office of Emergency
Medical Services (NCEMS) in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
Discusses the challenges faced by providers staffing the
temporary sites, including flooded roads and limited
electricity. Notes the wide range of services that were
offered at the sites, from wound care to replacing
medications that were lost in the storm.
Source: North Carolina Health News
Nov 25, 2024 - A mobile medical unit from a community college will bring screening services to rural Illinois communities. The unit will both increase access to healthcare for those with limited access and offering learning experiences for students in the nursing program.
Source: My Stateline
Nov 12, 2024 - Highlights an initiative of the Central Alabama VA to increase access to eye care services for rural veterans. Describes the use of a telehealth platform, in combination with mobile clinic services, to provide central Alabama veterans with eye exams, glaucoma screenings, and follow-up care.
Source: VA News
Nov 11, 2024 - Discusses the ongoing impact of Hurricane Helene for a rural North Carolina county that lost its only dental clinic for low-income patients in the storm. Discusses barriers to recruiting more dental workforce and efforts to maintain some services in a repurposed mobile van.
Source: North Carolina Health News