Western Shelter Mobility, United Health Group and Project Hope Team Up to Bring Healthcare to Those in Need.

Bringing quality health care to people in need, especially those in remote areas, has been a challenge for many years. When United Health Group and Project Hope discovered the need for more diabetes treatment and care facilities, Western Shelter Mobility provided a unique solution. The Mobility team designed an innovative system of 28’ trailers that could interconnect to form a quickly deployed and fully functioning mobile clinic.

Harnessing the power of telemedicine, these mobile clinics are equipped with satellite technology to provide real-time consultations between medical specialists and patients. This allows mobile clinics to be set up in areas of need, often in a remote setting, yet still connect patients to specialists across the globe. In order to achieve this goal, the team at Mobility outfitted each trailer with a 1.8 meter satellite dish that enables video conferencing and streamlined communications. Additionally, each trailer comes complete with standard medical technology from weight scales to retinal scanners. These devices, combined with telemedical technologies, allow practitioners to provide high quality care in a comfortable mobile medical environment.

This innovative combination of cutting edge medical practice and expert mobile design, allows United Health Group and Project Hope to take preventive and treatment based care where it is most needed. The first installment of these interconnecting trailers will be heading to New Mexico May 1st, 2010. These trailers will be deployed as a mobile diabetes clinic that will offer both prevention and treatment options.