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A tent with a table and chairs under it at the side of a parking lot with a mobile health van next to it and buildings in the background. Tent says LION Mobile Clinic, Learning - Innovation - Outcomes - Navigation, and Penn State College of Medicine.

How LION Mobile Clinic makes a difference

Increasing access to health care and helping the community make proactive choices leads to better long-term health, cost savings and less of a strain on the health system.

Since 2022, LION Mobile Clinic has attended multiple events across central Pennsylvania including – Snow Shoe, Phillipsburg, State College, Bellefonte, Howard and Centre Hall.

See highlights of how the clinic has made an impact below.

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Community Impact

Mobile Clinic Visitors
  • 440 visits
Average Costs
  • $184 per visit
  • 226
    influenza immunizations
  • 150
    COVID-19 vaccinations
  • 97
    Emergency Department visits avoided
  • 21
    quality adjusted life years saved
  • $41:$1
    return on investment
  • $1,531,697
    dollars returned

Educational Impact

Penn State College of Medicine

  • Masters of Public Health internships: Two
  • Health Equities Clerkship: Clinical site for 23 students

Penn State College of Business

  • Management 453 class project: 80 students

Volunteers

  • Alpha Epsilon Delta, PSAMA: 16 students; 80 service hours
Tent and table with LION Mobile Clinic and Penn State College of Medicine logos, with students standing behind the table and a bus behind them.

LION Moble Clinic members set up in the State College area.