Ford Donates Transit Connect to University of Kanas's WellCar Program

JACKSON, Mich - Ford Donates a Transit Connect to the University of Kanas's WellCar Program as the school looks to deliver medical care to rural areas that would regularly require a medical center or doctor's office. For those who live in rural areas, travel time to seek a doctor or health care facility may take hours. The University of Kansas took this issue into their own hands and created the WellCar program, a rolling medical workstation that can provide those in rural areas with testing, diagnosis and treatment and even prescribed medications for non-ambulatory patients. When it came to choosing a vehicle, the University of Kansas was in search of a van that allowed them to communicate information wirelessly for treatment, travel to at least six patients a day and also carry of all the necessary medical equipment. The WellCar vehicle also needed to be functional in order for nurse practitioners to provide an array of comprehensive, prevention-based patient care services. 

It was none other than the Transit Connect which possessed all of the ideal features that the school was looking for. The vehicle has top notch efficiency, cargo capacity and maneuverability that will allow nurse practitioners to provide various medical services. The Transit Connect can also be ordered without windows in the cargo area to enhance security and has the capability to securely transfer medical data through its own Wi-Fi hotspot to a medical center for immediate evaluation. Students in the University of Kansas advanced industrial design and engineering studio will be developing the specifications for the installation of medical equipment, then incorporate the equipment and connectivity into the WellCar Transit Connect. 

Ford Donates a Transit Connect to the University of Kanas's WellCar Program, just one of the four WellCar Transit Connect vans that the school plans to deploy to serve western Kansas. This is not the last we will hear of the WellCar program; the school has already received inquiries about extending the program to Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Nebraska.

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