Mobile Health Unit

Children treated during prehospital encounters with emergency medical services often do not receive medication doses that are concordant with national guidelines, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

Greater effort is urgently needed to address substantial disparities in prostate cancer incidence and mortality among Black men, according to a review published in Cancer Reports.

Mobile stroke units operating in the densely populated area of Manhattan, New York, can reduce the dispatch-to-thrombolysis time by 30 minutes compared with patients transported via conventional ambulance, and patients have a shorter average ride.

HOUSTON — To receive medical care for diabetes, most people visit a physician’s office, clinic or hospital. Michael J. Rush, PharmD, BCACP, CDE, NCTTP, director of HealthWise and pharmacy residency programs and assistant clinical professor of pharmacy practice at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio, has helped reverse that and bring medical care to people wherever they may be. As one of the developers of a mobile clinic for diabetes care, he and his colleagues are able to provide care across rural communities that might otherwise struggle to gain access.