Published June 06. 2026 09:10AM<\/p>\n
Jefferson Health has launched its newest health unit on wheels: the Mobile Health Care Coach.<\/p>\n
At a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Lehigh Valley Hospital\u2013Hecktown Oaks, health system leaders turned the key and started the engine that will fuel increased health care access throughout Northampton County.<\/p>\n
The motor coach is equipped with two exam rooms where patients can get vaccines, blood work and tests. There is also virtual care technology so patients can connect with their clinicians from afar.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Health Care Coach provides many of the same state-of-the-art technologies found in primary care, JeffExpress or ExpressCARE offices,\u201d said Eric Bean, DO, emergency medicine physician.<\/p>\n
The coach can partner with schools at health events and with businesses to launch employer-empowered wellness initiatives. It can bridge the gap to primary care services and allow services to be delivered where health care access is geographically challenging or economically disproportionate.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone deserves to be cared for, and we aim to overcome barriers by bringing care directly to residents through the Health Care Coach,\u201d said Lisa Liddington, chief operating officer, Lehigh Valley Hospital\u2013Hecktown Oaks.<\/p>\n
The unit can be utilized at specialty and community events, too.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe look forward to giving countless community members the high-quality care they need, when and where they need it,\u201d said Baligh R. Yehia, MD, MPP, MSc, president of Jefferson Health.<\/p>\n
The Mobile Health Care Coach is the latest example of Jefferson Health driving top-quality care directly to the community. Mobile mammography coaches offer women across the region a convenient way to be screened for breast cancer. The Miles of Smiles van, part of Lehigh Valley Reilly Children\u2019s Hospital, travels to schools to provide dental care for students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published June 06. 2026 09:10AM Jefferson Health has launched its newest health unit on wheels: the Mobile Health…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-212468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}