{"id":70185,"date":"2026-03-19T13:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/?p=70185"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:35:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:35:24","slug":"mobile-prenatal-postpartum-clinic-launches-with-successful-open-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/news\/mobile-prenatal-postpartum-clinic-launches-with-successful-open-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Prenatal &amp; Postpartum Clinic Launches With Successful Open House"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article\">\n\t<header class=\"header\">\n\t\t<span class=\"type\"><\/span>\t\t<h1>Mobile Prenatal &amp; Postpartum Clinic Launches With Successful Open House<\/h1>\t\t<time>March 19, 2026<\/time>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div id=\"block_07d01a15addd2ea7f07e715e2e1c4395\" class=\"shs-block block-news-article entry-content\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>More than 50 people including two area politicians showed up to tour SamCare Mobile Medicine\u2019s new prenatal and postpartum clinic during an open house at Monarch on 4<sup>th<\/sup> in Corvallis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oregon State representative Sarah Finger McDonald and Albany Mayor Alex Johnson were led on tours of the van by Samaritan\u2019s Emily Yeast and Bryan Stephens who answered questions about the interdisciplinary care team and discussed referral processes and collaboration opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The open house was held March 16 and was a preview of the weekly mobile clinic. The clinic will start seeing patients on Monday, April 6, and will offer walk\u2011in prenatal visits, postpartum care, parenting support and peer support every Monday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Monarch on 4<sup>th<\/sup> in Corvallis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The location is a community hub for pregnant and parenting families that serves Benton and Linn counties. Before the open house, four people had already signed up for opening day appointments according to Monarch on 4<sup>th<\/sup> coordinator Roslyn Burmood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A certified nurse midwife will provide prenatal and postpartum services, while a traditional health worker will offer peer support, advocacy and referrals. The behavioral health team will be available for counseling and recovery services, and Samaritan clinicians will offer on\u2011site medical care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No appointments are needed, and most insurance plans are accepted, including <a href=\"https:\/\/ihntogether.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">InterCommunity Health Network Coordinated Care Organization<\/a> and Oregon Health Plan. Staff can assist individuals who do not have insurance with the application process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Community partners are invited to learn about referrals, strengthening collaboration and supporting expanded access to coordinated care for pregnant and postpartum families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find out more about the prenatal and postpartum medical clinic, <a href=\"mailto:eyeast@samhealth.org\">email<\/a> Nurse Midwife Emily Yeast at eyeast@samhealth.org.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<aside>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"303\" src=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/co-Mobile-Medicine-01.jpg\" class=\"attachment-cta size-cta wp-post-image\" alt=\"Four women, two in white one wearing blue and another wearing black stand in front of a mural on a mobile medicine unit.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/co-Mobile-Medicine-01.jpg 360w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/co-Mobile-Medicine-01-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/co-Mobile-Medicine-01-119x100.jpg 119w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><figcaption>Samaritan Nurse Midwife Emily Yeast , left, Rep. Sarah Finger McDonald, Monarch on 4th&#039;s Roslyn Burmood and Kourtney Hanks of Corvallis Pediatrics, <\/figcaption><\/figure><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/co-Mobile-Medicine-02.jpg\" class=\"attachment-cta size-cta\" alt=\"A man wearing a black jacket and tie stands in between two women one wearing a blue long sleeve shirt and the other wearing a black short sleeve blouse.\" \/><figcaption>Albany Mayor Alex Johnson joins Roslyn Burmood, left, and Emily Yeast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t<\/aside>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 50 people including two area politicians showed up to tour SamCare Mobile Medicine\u2019s new prenatal and postpartum clinic during an open house at Monarch on 4th in Corvallis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":70186,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_shs_workflow_notes":"","_shs_exclude_from_navigation":false,"_shs_promote_article_on_blogs":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[828,627,561,604,829,823,830,826,825,827],"news-topics":[496,286,294],"news-types":[272],"services":[238,252,255],"specialty":[71,606,86,33,714,80,36,19,295],"class_list":["post-70185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-alex-johnson","tag-center-for-women-families","tag-corvallis","tag-good-samaritan-regional-medical-center","tag-mayor-alex-johnson","tag-monarch-on-4th","tag-oregon-health-plan","tag-postpartum-care","tag-prenatal","tag-sarah-finger-mcdonald","news-topics-community","news-topics-pregnancy","news-topics-womens-health","news-types-news","services-family-medicine","services-obstetrics-gynecology","services-pediatrics","specialty-addiction-medicine","specialty-clinical-social-worker","specialty-family-nurse-practitioner","specialty-gynecology","specialty-maternal-fetal","specialty-midwifery","specialty-obstetrics","specialty-pediatrics","specialty-womens-health"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70185"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71305,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70185\/revisions\/71305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70185"},{"taxonomy":"news-topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-topics?post=70185"},{"taxonomy":"news-types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-types?post=70185"},{"taxonomy":"services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services?post=70185"},{"taxonomy":"specialty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/specialty?post=70185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}