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What does it take to build a resilient healthcare system? For rural communities, barriers like provider shortages, geogr...
09/03/2026

What does it take to build a resilient healthcare system? For rural communities, barriers like provider shortages, geographic isolation, and transportation challenges can make accessing care difficult. Disasters can make those barriers even greater.

Mobile healthcare can help bring care where it’s needed. But being ready to move isn’t enough.

New research published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health examines a nurse-led mobile clinic program at Texas A&M University and its role in rural healthcare access, continuity of care, and disaster preparedness.

The study offers an important takeaway for the mobile healthcare field:
🔴 Building resilient healthcare systems requires more than a vehicle, equipment, and trained providers. It also requires the policies, partnerships, data systems, and decision-making structures needed to mobilize care when and where it’s needed most.

During the 2025 Central Texas flooding, the mobile clinic was prepared to respond but ultimately could not deploy because of administrative barriers.

Read the research to explore what this experience can teach us about building mobile healthcare systems that are not only accessible, but resilient and ready to respond.

https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/23/6/702

What will it take to build a sustainable financial foundation for mobile healthcare?If you’re attending the Mobile Healt...
08/27/2026

What will it take to build a sustainable financial foundation for mobile healthcare?

If you’re attending the Mobile Healthcare Association’s 22nd Annual Mobile Health Clinics Conference, join our own Kait Guild for “Building Sustainable Financing for Mobile Health: From Grants to Braided Funding,” a timely cross-sector conversation on the future of mobile health financing.

Kait is bringing together leaders to examine what it will take to build more resilient funding models for mobile healthcare.

The panel brings perspectives from across the financing ecosystem — from reimbursement and value-based care to philanthropy, corporate investment, and the realities of operating mobile healthcare programs:

❤️ Rebecca Baker, BSN, RN, BS Ed, ACHE, Synergy 3C - The Clinical Consulting Cooperative — bringing expertise in value-based care, Medicaid, reimbursement, and emerging payment models

❤️ Amelia Rukema, Maine Mobile Health Program — bringing the mobile health operator and FQHC perspective, including what braided funding looks like in practice

❤️ Stewart Hudson, Leon Lowenstein Foundation, Inc. — bringing a systems-level philanthropic perspective on infrastructure, collaboration, and strengthening the mobile health field

❤️ Meredith Tierney, Sanofi US— bringing the corporate partnership perspective and experience with long-term investment in community-based healthcare

Together, they’ll explore how these perspectives and funding streams can help build stronger, more resilient mobile healthcare programs.

We’re excited to bring this conversation to the field and advance thinking about the future of mobile healthcare.

Are you attending the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) 2026 Community Health Conference? We’d lo...
08/17/2026

Are you attending the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) 2026 Community Health Conference? We’d love to see you there! 👋

Join Assistant Director Kait Guild today for two important conversations about mobile healthcare:
📍 Building Strategic Community Partnerships: A Value-Driven Framework for Success. 8:15–9:15 AM PDT | Primrose 6
📍 Partner of Choice: State of Mobile Health 2026. 2:45–3:45 PM PDT | Juniper 4

Kait will be bringing the Mobile Health Map perspective to conversations about building stronger community partnerships and understanding the data behind mobile health’s impact, ROI, and sustainability.

If you’re at , come find Kait, say hello, and connect with us! We’d love to meet you.

🎥 Across the country, mobile clinics are creating opportunities for the next generation of healthcare leaders to learn, ...
08/14/2026

🎥 Across the country, mobile clinics are creating opportunities for the next generation of healthcare leaders to learn, listen, and serve alongside the communities they hope to care for.

By working directly in communities, students and emerging health professionals gain something that can’t be taught in a classroom alone: firsthand experience understanding the people, places, and barriers that shape health.

They see what happens when care is brought to people where they are. They learn the importance of trust, relationships, and meeting people with compassion. And they discover that healthcare can look very different when the community is at the center of it.

This summer, The Family Van welcomed six interns to its mobile clinic team. Two of them, Salroh Abdol and William Bishop, recently spoke with WBZ | CBS Boston about their experience bringing healthcare to the Boston communities they call home.

Their story is one example of something happening across the mobile health sector: mobile clinics are not only delivering care today, they are helping nurture the healthcare leaders we need tomorrow.

🎥 Watch the WBZ story:

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/video/the-family-van-provides-free-health-screenings-in-boston-neighborhoods/

Are you attending the Mobile Healthcare Association’s 22nd Annual Mobile Health Clinics Conference? Our team will be the...
08/05/2026

Are you attending the Mobile Healthcare Association’s 22nd Annual Mobile Health Clinics Conference? Our team will be there!

This annual gathering brings together mobile health leaders from across the country to share innovations, strengthen partnerships, and advance the future of community-based care.

We’re excited to contribute to the conversation with several presentations, including:

✅ Advancing Public Health Quality for Mobile Clinics: A National Quality Improvement Tool

This session will highlight the importance of evaluating quality across the mobile health field and introduce our easy-to-use tool designed to help programs strengthen their impact and demonstrate the value of care delivered in communities.

We look forward to connecting with fellow mobile health leaders in Kansas City, Missouri, September 26–28!

In Dr. Nancy Oriol’s recent TEDxBoston talk, she shared a powerful story from The Family Van that captures what mobile h...
08/04/2026

In Dr. Nancy Oriol’s recent TEDxBoston talk, she shared a powerful story from The Family Van that captures what mobile health is all about: meeting people where they are, building trust, and identifying health concerns before they become crises.

This story is one of thousands happening every day across the country. Mobile clinics are bringing care into communities, breaking down barriers, and connecting people to the preventive services and support they need to thrive.

At Mobile Health Map, we’re proud to support the growing network of mobile clinics demonstrating how this innovative model can improve access, advance health access, and strengthen our health care system.

Watch Nancy’s TEDx talk and learn why mobile health is an innovation worth celebrating! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WB_MsmVz_w

In the latest episode of The Rural Impact Podcast & Publishing, hosted by Michelle Rathman, Kait Guild, Assistant Direct...
07/30/2026

In the latest episode of The Rural Impact Podcast & Publishing, hosted by Michelle Rathman, Kait Guild, Assistant Director of Mobile Health Map, joins Alan Morgan, CEO of the National Rural Health Association, and Jed Hansen, PhD, APRN, FNP-C, Executive Director of the Nebraska Rural Health Association, for a timely conversation about the future of rural healthcare.

As states move forward with Rural Health Transformation Plans, Kait discusses:

✅ Why mobile healthcare is uniquely positioned to improve access in rural communities.

✅ The biggest gaps she sees in many state plans.

✅ Why purchasing a mobile unit isn't enough—and what it takes to build sustainable mobile health programs that communities can rely on for years to come.

If you're interested in rural health, mobile healthcare, or how policy can translate into lasting impact, this episode is worth a listen.

🎧 Listen here: https://www.theruralimpact.com/podcasts/the-rural-impact/episodes/2149235997

Breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting women in Washington State, yet one-third of women are not receiving re...
07/23/2026

Breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting women in Washington State, yet one-third of women are not receiving regular screenings, placing the state among the 10 lowest in the nation for mammography screening rates.

Thanks to a $75,000 grant from The MolinaCares Accord, in collaboration with Molina Healthcare of Washington, Peninsula Community Health Services (Washington) is launching the region's first mobile mammography unit, bringing lifesaving breast cancer screenings directly to women in underserved communities across western Washington.

As Jay Fathi, MD, President of Molina Healthcare of Washington, shared: "At Molina, we see mobile care as a powerful tool to reach people who may have challenges accessing care in traditional clinic settings."

➡️ We couldn't agree more! Mobile care helps remove barriers, expand access, and bring preventive care directly into communities.

Congratulations to The MolinaCares Accord, Molina Healthcare of Washington, and Peninsula Community Health Services on this incredible investment in women's health. We can't wait to see the impact this mobile mammography program will have across Washington! ❤️

Just days after devastating flash floods left parts of Reynolds County, Missouri, isolated, Missouri Highlands Health Ca...
07/16/2026

Just days after devastating flash floods left parts of Reynolds County, Missouri, isolated, Missouri Highlands Health Care deployed a mobile clinic to reach residents facing barriers to essential health care.

The team is bringing services directly to flood survivors, providing free Tdap vaccines, basic first aid, telehealth visits, and wellness checks for people cut off from traditional care.

➡️ In emergencies, mobile clinics don’t just bring services. They bring reassurance, connection, and support when communities need it most.

We’re grateful to the Missouri Highlands Health Care team for showing the agility and compassion of mobile health, bringing critical support to their community when it matters most.

07/15/2026

The true impact of a mobile clinic isn't measured only by the services it provides — it's also measured by the trust it earns.

During a recent Mobile Monday webinar hosted by the Tennessee Rural Health Care Center of Excellence, Shellie Hall, M.Ed., Executive Director of Sevier and Cocke County Services at the McNabb Center, shared the impact of the organization's mobile clinic since launching in December 2020.

In just a few years, their team has:
➡️ Served 1,167 adults and children
➡️ Provided over 8,400 services
➡️ Helped 79% of clients improve their blood pressure and 57% improve their BMI

But these data points stood out:
❤️ 95% of clients said they would continue coming to the mobile clinic even if other care options were available.
❤️ 95% of clients said they would recommend the mobile clinic to friends and family.

That is more than satisfaction. That is trust.

For many people, stepping onto a mobile clinic can feel unfamiliar. It takes a welcoming team, a comfortable environment, and meaningful relationships to turn a vehicle into a trusted place for care.

McNabb Center’s work is a powerful reminder that mobile clinics do more than bring services into communities. They build connections, reduce barriers, and create spaces where people feel seen and supported.

Thank you, McNabb Center, for sharing your story and showing the impact of bringing care where people are.

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