The Need

Mountainous terrain and limited public transportation create access challenges that will intensify as insurance coverage decreases.

The Solution

Deploy technology to bring healthcare access directly to communities, reducing the need for travel.

What This Could Look Like

• Mobile health units rotating through all 17 towns weekly, staffed by nurse practitioners, providing primary care screening and chronic disease monitoring for uninsured residents
• Telehealth access points in town halls and senior centers with private consultation rooms and connections to providers serving uninsured patients at reduced rates
• Cellular-connected blood pressure monitors and glucometers distributed to newly uninsured residents with automated alerts to nurse case managers

Why This Works

Addresses transportation as a key barrier, extends limited provider capacity, reaches homebound elderly, and builds infrastructure benefiting the entire community long term.