Mobile Health and Cancer Screening Unit
Virtua Health's mobile health unit visits local businesses, places of worship, and community centers to provide access to potentially life-saving cancer screenings in Camden, Burlington, and Gloucester counties.
Bringing Cancer Screenings into the Community
Preventive screenings such as mammograms save lives. When cancer and other chronic conditions are found and treated at earlier stages, people generally have a greater chance of survival and better overall quality of life. Yet, many people in our community don’t have access to these vital tests. Barriers such as lack of transportation, lack of health insurance, or scheduling conflicts due to job demands or childcare often prevent people from seeking routine health screenings.
Virtua Health is helping to close the health screening gap in South Jersey by driving our Mobile Health and Cancer Screening Unit into the communities where it’s needed most. The state-of-the-art, 40-foot vehicle is staffed by a board-certified clinician and a technologist who provide onsite screenings and health education. We accept most health insurance providers, Medicare, and Medicaid. Our mobile unit also provides free cancer screenings through Virtua's NJ CEED program for individuals without health insurance.
On our mobile unit, women can be screened through the following services:
- 3D mammography - age 40 and older
- Clinical breast exams
- Gynecologic exams - age 21 and older
- Pap tests to detect cervical cancer - age 21 and older
- Colorectal screenings via a take-home stool kit or colonoscopy referrals - age 45 and older
For men without health insurance, we offer PSA screenings for prostate cancer at separate locations. To learn more, visit our NJ CEED at Virtua page.
Interested in Hosting an Event?
The Virtua Mobile Health & Cancer Screening Unit visits local businesses, places of worship, and community centers to provide convenient access to high-quality and potentially life-saving screenings. We travel to Camden, Burlington, and Gloucester counties. There is no fee to host the mobile unit.
Our unit is designed to provide a full day (6-8 hours) of comprehensive cancer screenings. Therefore, we cannot accommodate requests for only a few hours. While community health fairs are great, they are not appropriate for our unit because fair attendees often do not wish to take the time required for a cancer screening.
If your company or group is interested in hosting, can recruit at least 15 women for mammograms, and can provide an appropriate space, we would love to connect. To ensure the best experience for everyone, please carefully review the host requirements in the link below.
Please click to review the requirements and submit an application. If you have questions, please call 856-247-7375.
Are you an individual who does NOT have health insurance?
Virtua’s mobile unit holds free screening events each month for Burlington and Camden County residents who meet certain age and income requirements. To be eligible for the free cancer screening program, you must be a resident of N.J. between the ages of 21 to 64, uninsured or underinsured, and unable to pay for cancer screenings.
Free screenings are provided in partnership with the NJCEED program at Virtua. Services include breast exams, mammograms, Pap smears, pelvic exams, PSA blood tests (for prostate screening), and colonoscopy referral or fecal occult blood testing (for colorectal screening).
To view the requirements for free cancer screenings, please visit NJCEED at Virtua (also provided en español) or call 856-247-7388.
Are you an individual who has health insurance?
Option 1: You Received an Invitation to a Mobile Screening Event
If you’ve received an invitation to a Virtua Mobile Health & Cancer Screening Unit event in your community, please follow the scheduling instructions provided on your event flyer or email.
Option 2: You Want to Find a Screening Event Near You
If you don't have an event invitation, but would like to schedule your mammogram on the Virtua Mobile Health & Cancer Screening Unit, please call 856-325-3343.
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This program is made possible, in part, by Virtua’s generous philanthropic partners, including founding partner, Aetna Better Health of New Jersey. To support Virtua’s Mobile Health and Cancer Screening Unit, please visit www.GiveToVirtua.org.