Mobile Health Clinics

Mobile health clinics are prone to obsoleteness and lack of new facilities such as upgraded electrical generators and cabling network to enable smooth running of operations. Their presence in deep rural areas subjects them to problems due to lack of supportive infrastructure. Some of the beneficiaries of MMC cannot afford to pay for certain services due to their poverty level hence constraining sources of funds. Inaccessibility to some areas is also a major challenge in responding to emergencies that require instant reactions. accessibility to medical experts that may be of help is more difficult while offering services in remote areas, this leads to offering of services that are of help only on short term durations as opposed to offering a total solution for the problem at hand.

Those living in poverty are not to access reliable and affordable modes of transportation to access the services. The inaccessibility of some areas translates to shortage of health professionals; some companies have offered solutions by providing grants such as the GlaxoSmithKline to support transportation of services.

Due to the mobility of the clinics, difficulties exist in determination of the patient’s health history that may be of help in offering treatment.

Supporting the health care providers in mobile clinic is faced with various challenges such as:

Lack of capabilities to design an environment that is in line with and one that offer support to clinical processes. Enough space is not available for equipment such as facilities to enable provision of high quality electrical power. The clinics also find it very hard to comply with some regulatory standards such as privacy and security of health information of persons due to the nature of their activities. Various environmental factors call for unique clinical settings which is difficult to comply with, a situation that poses many difficulties to