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Founded in 1992 by current Medical School Dean for Students Nancy E. Oriol, The Family Van has been providing free health screenings at six sites in the Boston neighborhoods with the highest rates of obesity, heart disease, and diabetes. A small staff of health professionals regularly sees residents like Miller for preventative screenings ranging from blood pressure checks to confidential HIV testing and counseling...
...like many other mobile health clinics in Boston, The Family Van was forced to slash its budget by roughly 20 percent—or a little over $100,000—in 2008 and to cut back on staff and services including community health awareness events...
...Eventually, after talking to many men on the street, the barber shop, we crystallized the idea of a family van,” Oriol says...
Serving approximately 5,000 patients a year, The Family Van focuses on cost-effective prevention with free tests and counseling services in Boston’s low-income neighborhoods...
...Family Van is estimated to save the healthcare system roughly $20 million a year by treating patients who otherwise would not have regular access to primary care and saving them the cost of potentially expensive emergency room visits, Oriol explains...