The Health Wagon

• Project Title: Enhancing Primary Care for People with Diabetes in Southwestern Virginia
• Grant Period: 05/01/2009-04/30/2012
• Program Representative Interviewed: Teresa Gardner
• Location: Clinchco, VA
• Program Overview: Partnering with the University of Virginia Health System and Mountain States Health Alliance, the Health Wagon provides primary care services to patients with or at-risk for chronic diseases in Southwest, Virginia. Using a nurse practitioner care coordinator, the Health Wagon uses the chronic care model — including coordination with an endocrinology clinic for specialized diabetes care — to reach patients with diabetes and other chronic diseases.

Read more about The Health Wagon in RHIhub's Rural Health Models and Innovations.

Models Represented by this program:

• Clinical Partnerships Model