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County and clinics describe mobile street medicine; providers urge sustainable funding and partnerships
Summary
County Primary Health Services, Ellica Health Centers and One Community Health described mobile clinics and street medicine outreach, reporting thousands of mobile visits and expressing concern about one-time funding and long-term sustainability.
County health staff and community clinics on March 25 described mobile street medicine efforts that bring urgent and primary care to people living unsheltered, and they urged sustained funding and better coordination with other county programs.
Noel Vargas, deputy director of Primary Health Services, said the county's mobile medical clinic is an extension of the county's federally qualified health center and that teams provide acute urgent care, longitudinal primary care visits, STI testing, immunizations, medication administration and referrals. Dr. Kate Ryslak, a family-medicine and addiction-medicine physician who works on the mobile unit, said the most common conditions seen include high blood pressure, diabetes, congestive heart failure and chronic lung disease, and that substance use…
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