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Valerie MillerMedical Transportation SpecialistCommunity Transportation Association of [email protected]
When health care is provided but the patient can’t access it, is it really health care?
Is transportation any good if we don’t take people where they need to go?
Especially in rural areas, when the two intersect, better health outcomes resultTransportation solutions come from collaborations , combined funding and resources and coordination
Transportation Resources are only a click awayhttp://www.apta.com/links/state_local/ by
state and by county transportationhttp://www.ctaa.org/arc click on United We
Ride Ambassadorswww.eldercare.gov for senior service
transportationwww.cancer.org for the American Cancer
SocietyOr call your metropolitan planning
organization to see if they work with transportation coordination in the area.
What can be done to make the connection work better?
Health care and transportation working together can make the outcome more successfulTransportation can be when it is neededTransportation can be where it is neededTransportation can be more affordable
South Dakota ProjectPublic Transit in Pierre South DakotaHospital in Pierre South DakotaAmerican Cancer Society Midwest
DivisionSDDOT
Health professionals and transportation professionals All worked together to form a pilot project
to schedule medical trips for cancer treatment geographically so long distance medical transportation needs could be served.
Team meets monthly to continue outreach to patients and to insure transportation routes are on appropriate days
Group is identifying new ways to expand to other areas
Don’t let the intersection turn into a dead end.Rural medical transportation is not a
sure thing. The need is growing.As our population ages, more people rely
on some means of transportation to have access to medical care.
In order that this transportation receives the necessary funding to exist, it is important to continue to educate those around us to make them aware of the need.
Health care and TransportationThe intersection of collaboration and coordination
We have to work together for healthy communities
Valerie MillerCommunity Transportation Association of America
Medical Transportation Specialist202 294 [email protected]