Cabin Creek Health Systems (CCHS) has impacted the way healthcare reaches those who cannot easily find transportation through its Mobile Health Unit, an initiative born from the understanding that effective care must transcend traditional boundaries and barriers. This mobile clinic brings a range of healthcare services directly to those who are often left behind, reaching into the far corners of our community to touch lives where it’s needed most.

While the Mobile Health Unit offers medical and behavioral health assistance to those underserved, the goal reaches beyond acute clinical health. The Mobile Health Unit addresses the intricate web of social determinants affecting health, from connecting individuals with resources to assist them with housing and food stability to programs to help support with bills, the initiative extends a helping hand. This is made possible by a collaborative effort from many organizations within our community.

We discovered providing healthcare for those most in need requires providers to meet people where they are and work diligently to build relationships over time. To assist with this, CCHS has worked with community partners to provide services outside the reach of healthcare. These partners specialize in identifying and addressing many social determinants of health including housing, food stability, clothing, bill pay support,
and many other services that meet individual needs. Community partners include United Way of Central WV, Kanawha Valley Collective, The Salvation Army, The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation, and many others.

The Mobile Clinic’s primary directive is to offer acute and primary care services to populations that do not seek routine care. This decreases pressure on community providers by improving population health, and improves patient outcomes by utilizing person-centered, evidence-based healthcare. Populations that are experiencing homelessness, or extreme poverty frequently report being alienated by traditional healthcare because of perceived stigma. CCHS addresses this stigma by maintaining that person-centered healthcare is the best way to improve population health and rapport with patients and communities.

Dates, times, and locations are subject to change