CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – For many people across central Virginia, it is difficult or impossible to access primary care. Some people have no choice but to travel to UVA Health’s Emergency Room.
The volume of nonemergency patients coming through the ER has at times, the hospital system said, become problematic.
“Having a four-wheel drive vehicle like this is really critical, really allows us to do some things that we’ve always wanted to do,” UVA Health CEO Doctor Mitch Rosner said. “The more that we’re able to keep patients getting the care at their home, or outside the emergency room, that frees up resources here.”…