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 25, 2024 How Much Ventilation Does Your Confined Space Need? April 25, 2024 From One-Facility Startup to Thriving Utility Solutions Across the Nation April 25, 2024 A Complacent Attitude Can Put Your Safety on the Job at Risk April 25, 2024 Product Focus: Utility Locating, Surveying, Safety and Education April 25, 2024 Success Stories: Utility Locating, Surveying, Safety and Education April 25, 2024 Training Tools Are Available to Improve Crews 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.