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DocGo, a New York-based medical company, has partnered with Dollar General to test whether patients will use urgent and primary care from a van parked in the retail giant's parking lots.

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A mobile clinic parked at a Dollar General? It says a lot about rural health care

4:23pm October 11, 2023

by Sarah Jane Tribble

Dollar General's primary care experiment could help solve rural America's care shortage. But it's getting a chilly reception in Tennessee.

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Clinics in rural areas with fewer doctors, dentists and nurses are turning to mobile health care clinics to take care to where it's most needed. The Healthy Communities Coalition organizes a few mobile dental events each year in Lyon County, Nev.

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Clinics on wheels bring doctors and dentists to health care deserts

11:11am March 17, 2023

by Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez

Health care vans that provided COVID testing and vaccines in the pandemic are now providing a range of health services in hard-to-reach communities. New access to federal funds could expand the trend.