Mobile Community Health (MCH) is a collaborative program that brings medical care directly to people in need. Known locally as the Community Health Alliance Clinic or simply the Mobile Clinic, the program is a partnership between Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s Department of Community and FaithHealth, North Carolina Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (NCAFCC), and several community-based and faith-based organizations.
MCH provides medical, nursing, nutrition, cancer screening, and health education services to uninsured adults and teens. People without health insurance who are at or below 300% of the federal poverty level are eligible to receive a wide range of services with no out-of-pocket costs. These include preventive care, treatment for minor illnesses, and ongoing management of chronic conditions, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and asthma. The clinic also offers health education, no-cost lab services, and referrals to specialists when needed.
Mission
To improve the health of communities in our region by providing premier, community-informed health care, and by providing appropriate access to health care services.
Motto
Partnering with communities to achieve healthy populations, one individual at a time.
- Forsyth County Department of Public Health: Provides in-kind support through STI screening and lab processing, Pap smears and flu immunizations.
- Crisis Control Ministry: Supports patients through a free pharmacy that offers prescription medications at no cost, as well as assistance with food insecurity and financial emergencies.
- DEAC Clinic: Expands access to specialty care by sharing no-cost services through this free and charitable clinic partner.
- FaithHealthNC: Enhances patient care by providing community connectors who link individuals to food resources and other essential community services.
- Love Out Loud: Strengthens clinic operations through volunteer recruitment, direct volunteer engagement and leadership development support.
- Wake Forest University School of Medicine: Enriches clinic services and medical education by engaging students from first-year to fourth-year in direct patient care. The MCH clinic is also part of the third-year ambulatory internal medicine rotation.
All services are provided at no out-of-pocket cost to uninsured adolescents and adults and include:
- Primary and preventive care for patients
- Sick visits
- Lab testing for common medical conditions
- Prescriptions (Our program DOES NOT prescribe narcotics, opioids or other controlled substances)
- Referrals to HealthCare Access for access to ongoing primary care and specialty care services
- Cancer screenings: breast, colorectal, lung and prostate
