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How transient is the      Can you make
                                 local population,         repeat trips to the
                                 or are they fixed         same site for a
                                 enough to provide         needs assessment?
                                 reliable data?
              Needs                                        If not, is there a local
              assessment         Are there nearby          partner program
                                 programs you can          who can execute?
                                 partner with, or
                                 are you creating
                                 redundancies in
                                 care?



                                 Will your vehicle be      Is there access to         Do you need to connect
                                 parked near tall, old     landline phones            to the cloud to store
                                 buildings that may        in case of spotty          client data?
                                 block signals?            connection?
                                                                                      Will there be sufficient
                                 Will your vehicle         Are satellite phones       connection on the
                                 be parked near            an option in areas         vehicle for printers and
                                 intersections             of limited or no           other devices?
                                 or areas where            connectivity?
                                 underground                                          Are there local
                                 electronics can           Can client data and        telecommunication
                                 interfere with            images or scans be         or law enforcement
                                 signals?                  stored in batches          resources who can
              Connectivity                                 and forwarded to           provide information on
                                                           record systems             connectivity?
                                                           later?
                                                                                      Is the environment near
                                                           Is there a backup          salt water or prone
                                                           system in place for        to heavy rain, which
                                                           client data stored on      can corrode external
                                                           the vehicle in case        antennas?
                                                           of power surges?


                                                           Are handheld
                                                           radios an option for
                                                           communicating with
                                                           staff on site?











           MOBILE HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION                                                                       23
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