Online ExclusivesMobile Medicine Mobile Medicine Sanford Health wants to help workers by bringing preventive care options to the oilfields. By Cory Dellenbach October 07, 2014 Filed Under Bakken Extra Bakken Formation North Dakota Health Employee Sign Me Up! Join your colleagues who already get great content delivered right to their inbox. Sign up Digital! If you don't want to bring your iPad into the bathroom, we can send you a magazine subscription for free! Subscribe to Print! Sanford Health’s O.P.C. mobileMED units are located throughout western North Dakota in the Bakken Shale play. The units are used to help with occupational health services such as regular checkups, drug screenings and X-rays, to name a few. They went online in early July. The medical-care landscape of North Dakota is changing drastically with the oil boom, making it difficult for oilfield workers to seek out basic care. “North Dakota is fairly rural in nature, but many communities have health care facilities. I don’t think anybody was exactly... Please login or register to view Dig Different articles. It's free, fast and easy! Popular Stories April 18, 2024 7 Steps to Improve Safety and Worker Reliability April 17, 2024 Safety Tips to Prevent Slip-and-Fall Injuries April 11, 2024 Learning More About CIPP Styrene Emissions April 10, 2024 6 Soft Skills All Skilled Trades Workers Should Master April 09, 2024 Learn How to Understand What Your Business’ Data Metrics Are Telling You April 04, 2024 Product News: Cat Pumps, John Deere, FleetWatcher and More Discussion Comments on this site are submitted by users and are not endorsed by nor do they reflect the views or opinions of COLE Publishing, Inc. Comments are moderated before being posted. Please enable JavaScript to view the comments.