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Health Network Video Release

Sep 8, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Health Network is a bridge case management system that helps thousands of mobile patients get care as they move... But how does it work, and how do clinicians take part? Watch our brand-new two-…
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Five on Friday | September 4, 2015

Sep 4, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Labor Day: Double issue! One of the best ways we can honor our country’s workforce is to stay informed on the many issues that affect their health and safety. This Friday, we commemorate the…
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Thanks for the work you do!

Sep 3, 2015
By: KerryBrennan
Migrant and immigrant workers are employed in some of the most demanding and dangerous yet essential industries is the US. They labor tirelessly to harvest our food, build our houses, and landscape…
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Navigating the telehealth waters: Two approaches to telehealth in primary care

Sep 1, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
On the remote island of Matinicus off the coast of Maine, there is no health clinic, which is to be expected: The tiny lobster and fishing community is home to just 50 residents, although that…
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Five on Friday | August 28, 2015

Aug 28, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Migrant Clinicians Network staff had lots to share this week. Here are the top five reads that we recommend to you. 1. Del, Director of International Projects, Research, and Development, offered up…
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Announcing our Health Justice Plan

Aug 25, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“Migrant Clinicians Network works to engage members of our clinical network and all relevant stakeholders to advance health justice for the mobile poor. We believe that migratory status should not…
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Five on Friday | August 21, 2015

Aug 21, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
There’s lots to learn from this week’s list of health justice news and notes, recommended by MCN staff. Have you ever heard of carbon nanotubes? Can you guess the most commonly held job by immigrants…
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On the Path to Migrant Health, Part 2

Aug 18, 2015
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Starting at an early age, my parents instilled in me the importance of giving back and helping others. I can remember going with my dad to pick up food from local businesses to donate to the soup…
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Five on Friday | August 14, 2015

Aug 14, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Across the country, the harvest season is in full swing: farmworkers are shaking the almond trees in California, raking the blueberries in Maine, and harvesting the wheat and barley in Minnesota. In…
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National Farmworker Health Day: A celebration of migrant clinicians across the country, a review of how far we’ve come, and a reminder of the work that remains

Aug 13, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Today is National Farmworker Health Day, sponsored by the National Association of Community Health Centers. And, while we celebrate the 50-year-long and thriving partnership between health centers…
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Preparing Clinicians to Care for Farmworkers

Aug 12, 2015
By: KerryBrennan
A study in Pediatrics showed that 80% of children with organophosphate poisoning were transferred from the emergency department with the wrong diagnosis. While acute pesticide poisoning may not be…
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A Clinical Perspective on Compassion: Dr. Ed Zuroweste discusses the import of compassion in health care, the publication of Sir Elton John’s letter on compassion and AIDS patients

Aug 4, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Pop quiz for the clinicians out there: Why did you become a clinician? To save people’s lives; To make money; To discover new cures for diseases; To show compassion to others. Pop quiz for…
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Five on Friday | July 31, 2015

Jul 31, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
We’re belly-flopping into those last few sticky-hot weeks of summer before the kids head back to school. Want some last-ditch-effort summer reading? Check out the top five suggested reads from our…
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In the Field: New Migrant Clinician Training for Medical Residents at University of Minnesota

Jul 30, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week, medical residents at the University of Minnesota’s Global Health Pathway track began an innovative new month-long rotation, entitled, Global is Local: Mobile Migrant Farmworker Health…
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Dr. Luis Zayas Provides Testimony on Family Detention

Jul 29, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Yesterday, Luis Zayas, PhD, a member of MCN’s External Advisory Board, offered testimony to members of congress and others at the Family Detention Forum in Washington DC, hosted by the…

Announcing: Streamline, Summer 2015

Jul 28, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Our summer issue of Streamline, our quarterly clinical publication, is hot off the presses! Download the new issue and view dozens of back issues here. Here’s a sneak peek at some of the content, in…
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Five on Friday | July 24, 2015

Jul 24, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
The offices of Migrant Clinicians Network are spread out over several states, the main one being in Austin, TX, and the other very small “satellite” offices on both West and East Coasts. Each of our…
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ONE YEAR LATER Out of the Detention Center, and Into the Exam Room: What Clinicians Need to Know

Jul 22, 2015
By: Brenda Ramirez
By Dr. Ed Zuroweste, MD, Chief Medical Officer, and Claire Hutkins Seda, Writer & Editor In 2014, an unprecedented 63,000 unaccompanied children arrived at the US/Mexico border. It is…
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Huge Win for Farmworkers: Washington State Piece-Rate Workers To Get Paid Rest Breaks

Jul 20, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
The Washington State Supreme Court last week determined that farmworkers who are paid piece rate wages deserve paid rest breaks. The unanimous decision in the case, Demetrio et al. v. Sakuma Brothers…
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Five on Friday | July 17, 2015

Jul 17, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week’s Five on Friday provides new clinical resources, articles on migrant perspectives and realities, and, of course, the obligatory light-hearted TED Talk, all recommended by MCN staff. 1.…
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ONE YEAR LATER Fostering a Refugee Son in Washington State

Jul 16, 2015
By: Elaine Penn
Right about the time that I joined Migrant Clinicians Network, at the beginning of 2014, I received an email from a local organization that worked with the University of Washington. It was about…
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ONE YEAR LATER Post-Migration Trauma and Evaluating Children in Texas Immigration Facilities: Q&A with Dr. Luis Zayas

Jul 14, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Luis Zayas, PhD, is the Dean and Robert Lee Sutherland Chair in Mental Health and Social Policy, at the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Social Work. He is also a member of Migrant…
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Five on Friday | July 10, 2015

Jul 10, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Our work is focused on migrants in the US, but that work necessarily encompasses borders that are thousands of miles away. This week’s Five on Friday takes us around the world and into our own…
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On the Path to Migrant Health, Part 1

Jul 7, 2015
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Why do I want to become a physician? Like most future medical students, the first thought that I have is that I want to help others. But one can help individuals by pursing many careers beyond…
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Five on Friday | July 3, 2015

Jul 2, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Proud to be in America? Yes! Last week, in a statement regarding the Supreme Court decision requiring states to recognize same-sex marriage, President Obama said, “Today should give us hope that, on…
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In the Field: Welcoming the New Consul General

Jul 2, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
On Monday, Migrant Clinicians Network’s Karen Mountain and Deliana Garcia met with Carlos González Gutiérrez, the new Consul General of Mexico in Austin, TX. He arrived from Sacramento one month ago…