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Best of the MCN Blog: Most Important Stories of 2019
Jan 9, 2020
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Happy New Year! In 2019, Migrant Clinicians Network published 167 blog posts. Whew! With so many posts, it can be difficult to keep up! As we start a new year, many articles rise to the top,…
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Managing Care during Emergencies: Resources for Before, During, and After an Earthquake
Jan 7, 2020
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Anonymous
Resources Specifically for EarthquakesThere are a number of organizations that provide information on the local and national level in the case of earthquakes. The United States Geological Survey (…
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Going Platinum: Migrant Clinicians Network Earns GuideStar’s Highest Seal of Transparency
Dec 18, 2019
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Claire Hutkins Seda
This month, Migrant Clinicians Network earned a 2019 Platinum Seal of Transparency, the highest level of recognition offered by GuideStar, the world’s largest and most trusted source of nonprofit…
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Saul Delgado: From a Childhood in Cuba, to Health Network Database Specialist
Dec 2, 2019
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Saul Delgado’s childhood summers were spent climbing mango trees with his cousins in his grandmother’s backyard in San Juan y Martinez, a tobacco-growing region in the western Cuban countryside.…
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MCN’s Fifth Annual Women’s Conference: Empowerment, Community Organizing at the Mexican Consulate
Nov 14, 2019
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Migrant Clinicians Network
This weekend, 126 Austin-area Latinas gathered for the annual Women’s Conference, hosted by the Mexican Consulate in Austin and Migrant Clinicians Network. With the late autumn Texan sun…
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Mary Englerth, PA, Clinical Hero in Pennsylvania, Retires
Oct 22, 2019
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Claire Hutkins Seda
After over three decades of service of farmworkers in rural Pennsylvania, Mary Englerth, PA, is retiring. “Hermana Mary,” as many know her in the farmworker camps, is a Maryknoll Missioner and,…
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In the Field: Binational Health Week Kickoff with Ventanilla de Salud, Austin
Oct 17, 2019
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Migrant Clinicians Network
By Luis Edwardo Retta, Health Network AssociateOctober is a month for health awareness and the Ventanilla de Salud likes to begin the month with it its annual Binational Health Week Kickoff, which…
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Health Care is a Human Right: MCN’s Statement on Finalized Public Charge Rule
Aug 14, 2019
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Claire Hutkins Seda
“I have a pregnant patient here legally but not a citizen who is refusing to apply for Medicaid because her attorney advised her this could jeopardize her ability to become a citizen. She plans to…
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Changes to Health Care Rights Law Endanger Health of My Patients
Aug 10, 2019
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Jannette Nuñez
My patient, Alma, came to the emergency room with chest pain radiating to her left breast. She was 55 and had already had a lumpectomy for suspected breast cancer five years ago. She was worried…
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35 Years of Caring: Celebrating Karen Mountain, RN, MCN's Leader and Defender of Health Justice
Jul 24, 2019
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Claire Hutkins Seda
“I always knew I wanted to go into health care,” says Karen Mountain, MBA, MSN, RN, Migrant Clinicians Network’s Chief Executive Officer, the first and only leader that MCN has had since its…
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Diabetes Clinical Teams: Q&A with Kevin Alfaro-Martinez, Eva Galvez, MD, and Sarah Deines, PharmD, from Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center
Jun 25, 2019
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Kevin Alfaro-Martinez and Eva Galvez stand in front of health center. Kevin Alfaro-Martinez is a Primary Care Community Outreach Worker at Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center, a community…
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Blue Tarps: Puerto Rico, Hurricane Season, and Vulnerable Populations
Jun 13, 2019
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Anonymous
At the beginning of this month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) through their Climate Prediction Center released the 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook predicting…
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Diabetes, Disasters, Late Night Outreach: The Life of a Migrant & Neighborhood Health Nurse in North Carolina
Jun 5, 2019
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Claire Hutkins Seda
“It’s very, very busy this time a year.” That’s the update from Gena Byrd, RN, a nurse with Greene County Health Care, a community health center in North Carolina. One of the true migrant health…
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Ghettoization of the Migrant Population: Perspective from Dr. John Ghertner
Jun 4, 2019
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Claire Hutkins Seda
John Ghertner, MD, has been living and working as a physician for the migrant community in the Finger Lakes region of New York State since around 1980. His integration into the community -- he says…
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Medscape Perspective: Stagnant Patient Records Are Public Health Problem
May 16, 2019
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Mobile patients -- whether a professional who gets sick at an out-of-town conference or a farmworker who moves every three weeks for work -- often find that health records aren’t available when…
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Dr. Madaras at the UN: TB Can Be Controlled through Universal Health Coverage
May 14, 2019
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Claire Hutkins Seda
At the end of April, MCN’s Chief Medical Officer Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH headed to the United Nations in New York City for a multi-stakeholder hearing on universal health coverage, ahead of a UN…
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Complicated Conversations on Cost: New MCN Research Article
May 9, 2019
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Claire Hutkins Seda
How many clinicians hold a conversation with patients around the potential costs of this visit’s care? For low-income patients, who have little to no savings, the fear of paying for a health…
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Patients' Health Goals in Montana, with Be Prepared to Be Engaged
May 1, 2019
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Earlier this year, Vicki Thuesen, NP, learned about a simple new strategy to better patient outcomes during a Migrant Clinicians Network and the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium learning…
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Spring Streamline: Motivational Interviewing: A Primer for Improving Outcomes for Patients with Diabetes
Apr 24, 2019
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Claire Hutkins Seda
Rocio*, an agricultural worker, has just been diagnosed with diabetes. With an A1C of 12 and a plan to return to Florida in about three weeks, Rocio is at risk for her diabetes to continue out of…
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2019 Clinician Poll: Help us better serve and connect health centers serving immigrants and other underserved populations.
Apr 18, 2019
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Migrant Clinicians Network
For the last two years, we have asked clinicians around the country if they had seen any changes in their migrant and immigrant patients’ perspectives on health access. Your responses have helped us…
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In the Field: MCN Hosts Training of Trainers with Ventanillas de Salud in North Carolina and California
Apr 9, 2019
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Migrant Clinicians Network
Every day, millions of workers face potentially life-threatening risks from hazards such as chemicals, machinery, ladders, and temperature extremes. For immigrant workers, challenges including…
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From the Border: Refugees and Their Health Needs, with Dr. Marsha Griffin
Apr 4, 2019
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Claire Hutkins Seda
What’s happening at the border bridges? Dr. Griffin explains that, typically, an immigrant who wishes to seek asylum approaches the center of a walking bridge that crosses the Rio Grande to the US…
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New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Health Network Case Study Highlighting Social Distance
Mar 22, 2019
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Claire Hutkins Seda
A 39-year-old pregnant farmworker faces numerous health risks. Engaged in heavy physical labor and exposed to pesticides and heat, she may also face poor living conditions, contaminated water, or…
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A Pregnancy and A New HIV Diagnosis: Case Study from Clinician Consultation Center
Mar 8, 2019
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Migrant Clinicians Network
By Carolyn Chu, MD, MSc, Clinical Director of the Clinician Consultation Center An obstetrician working with a local health department called the national Perinatal HIV Hotline about a 29-year-…
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Resilience: Puerto Rico Conference Shows Post-Maria Shift in Emergency Preparedness Leadership
Mar 7, 2019
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Claire Hutkins Seda
By Claire Hutkins Seda, Staff Writer and Editor The term resilience implies that after a trauma the original condition is regained. After 2017’s Hurricanes Irma and Maria inflicted mass trauma on…
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A Hotel Housekeeper, A Needle Stick, A Hepatitis C Diagnosis: Case Study from the Clinician Consultation Center
Feb 7, 2019
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Migrant Clinicians Network
By Carolyn Chu, MD, MSc, Clinical Director of the Clinician Consultation Center A provider called the PEPline to discuss baseline testing results regarding a 58-year-old woman who works in…
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