TEXAS A&M MOBILE CLINIC ARRIVES IN BURTON

  
Students, professors and administrators in Texas
A&M's School of Nursing came to Burton on
Monday to showcase the mobile care clinic to the
community.

The Texas A&M University School of Nursing unveiled its mobile care clinic in Burton on Monday.

The mobile clinic will be stationed in the Burton ISD Administration Office parking lot once a week to deliver direct care.  It will also visit schools in Brenham, Round Top-Carmine, Hearne, Iola and Leon.

Dr. Cindy Weston, Associate Dean for Clinical and Outreach Affairs at the School of Nursing, said this program is meant to help provide medical services to underserved rural areas.

One of two exam rooms in the Texas A&M School of
Nursing mobile care clinic.

Services to be provided include primary care, treatment for acute and chronic conditions, health promotion, disease prevention, physicals, screenings and vaccinations.  Some services are offered at no charge, while others will take commercial insurance, Medicaid, Medicare and sliding-scale cash rates.

According to Dr. Weston, the exact schedule for where the mobile clinic will be every day of the week has not been finalized, but telehealth care through the school nurse’s office will be available on days where the mobile unit is not onsite. 

Dr. Weston said the clinic gives students an in-depth look at nursing and other fields of health.

Equipment inside an exam room in the Texas A&M
School of Nursing mobile care clinic.

The program was made possible through the School of Nursing securing a $4 million federal grant.  The funding will last for the next four years, with the hope of certifying the mobile unit as a rural health clinic to keep operating once the grant funding is fully expended.  Dr. Weston said the clinic will also help the School of Nursing determine what the capacity and need for a brick-and-mortar facility is in the community.

Dr. Weston said some services like physicals and health screenings are available now, while others like dental screenings will roll out in the summer.  Full comprehensive primary care will begin in the fall. 

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