Mobile Health Clinics are here to bridge the underprivileged, less fortunate, and disabled people's need for accessible health care. Not everyone in the United States has access to medical care, and this has led people to keep their ailments to themselves, being hesitant to approach the proper attention they need.
Now is the time that this notion is removed, especially as accessible health care figuratively rolls near people, parking near major establishments in a certain community.
The clinics would help in addressing the basic to intermediate needs regarding medical assistance, which some fail to receive due to a lack of money to pay for proper healthcare and checkups. This would also be open for everyone, especially those who are hesitant to go to hospitals, as COVID-19 is characterized by its aggressive infection rate.
Mobile Health Clinics in the US
A lot of startups from medical organizations, hospitals, and clinics have been extending their reach to people via a mobile clinic that rolls around the neighborhood or certain places. Here, they stand out like food trucks or ice cream trucks, where they roam around and let people know their presence, and park at a well-known public location in an area.
One known clinic is from Harvard Medical School, and it is called "The Family Van" aiming to serve different people at different places. No, it is not limited to the family, as it invites anyone who needs medical assistance. The doctors in these vans either invite people in or are approached by curious citizens. And while this is a massive project for Harvard, this is only one of the many Mobile Health Clinics that roam around daily.
The University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine also has a Pediatric Mobile Clinic that prioritizes children that has no access to health care, brought on by poverty and racial issues.
Mobile Health Map for Clinics
The Mobile Health Map created a study showing that there are as many as 2,000 mobile health clinics in the US that roam the streets daily. Here, they aim to bridge the gap of providing medical assistance to those that need it, especially during this COVID-19 pandemic.
Users need not be shy or fearful of these vans, as everyone is welcome to receive the medical care they seek. Some of these vans also have the "telemedicine" feature which may help in being an "on-call" van for the health professional to go directly to their homes.
No Communication Gaps with Van's iPad Translators
In places like Miami-Dade county, immigrants make up the most population, and most of them are non-English speakers.
This holds them out from seeking the proper medical care, but the doctors here have added an iPad device to their vans and would act as a translator to bridge the communication gap between doctor and patient.
Mobile Health Clinics have evolved a lot through the years, especially now that COVID-19 has taught people that most things in life can be done digitally or through technology.
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Written by Isaiah Richard
