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Ghettoization of the Migrant Population: Perspective from Dr. John Ghertner

Jun 4, 2019
By: 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
By: 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
By: 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…
Complicated Conversation on Cost

Complicated Conversations on Cost: New MCN Research Article

May 9, 2019
By: 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
By: 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
By: 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
By: 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
By: 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
By: 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
By: 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
By: 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
By: 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
By: 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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Wintertime at the Hospital: Flu Shots, RSV, and the 2019 Influenza Season

Jan 30, 2019
By: Jannette Nuñez
By Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH As many of us in health centers and hospitals around the country can attest, we are in the midst of the flu season. Seasonal flu activity typically occurs between…
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In the Field: MCN and Rebirth Inc Team Up for Training of Trainers Workshop

Jan 29, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Over the weekend, MCN continued their project “Filling the Gap in Worker Training: Capacity Building for Occupational Safety and Health” by holding a Training of Trainers workshop for Rebirth,…
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Climate Change: New England Journal of Medicine Asks Clinicians to Act

Jan 24, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Do clinicians have a role in addressing climate change? This week’s New England Journal of Medicine features an explosive perspective piece calling on clinicians to lead the fight. In “Climate…
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Dr. Laszlo Madaras on Immigration: Care and Respect is Part of the American Character

Jan 8, 2019
By: Jannette Nuñez
What a difference a half-century makes. 50 years ago in the fall of 1968, I arrived in America as a young boy, and my family was not very different from many of those waiting at the US-Mexico…
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Structural Differential: New England Journal of Medicine Features Maine Migrant Health

Dec 19, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Today, the New England Journal of Medicine published “Structural Differential -- A 32-Year-Old Man with Persistent Wrist Pain,” the first in a series of case studies in social medicine that the…
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Clinician Action Today: Why Public Charge Affects Public Health

Dec 10, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Today is the final day for public comments on the Trump Administration’s proposed changes to public charge. Despite the proposal not yet being into effect, the consequences are already being felt…
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In the Spotlight: Robert Corona, Health Network Associate

Dec 5, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
“Rob is able to see everything through a social justice lens and still challenge things in such a gentle way.” – Deliana Garcia Director, International Projects and Emerging Issues Robert…
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New Study: Oral Health is One of Mobile Agricultural Workers’ “Greatest Unmet Health Needs”

Nov 21, 2018
By: Elaine Penn
By Ileana Maria Ponce-Gonzalez, MD, MPCH, CNC, Executive Director, Community Health Worker Coalition for Migrants and Refugees Oral health is one of the greatest unmet health needs of mobile…
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Giving Tuesday: Four Ways You Can Help Migrants and Refugees with Health Network

Nov 13, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Health Network, Migrant Clinicians Network’s unique bridge case management system, saves lives, hundreds of lives, every year. People like Maria*, who needed surgery on her leg after being…
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Reverse Diabetes with Plant-Based Diets: Two Doctors Invite You To Try

Nov 8, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
(Photo by Earl Dotter) Top four reasons why Latino patients are good candidates to go plant-based In 2012, Dr. Leon and Dr. Carral, who originally hail from Mexico, launched Vegetariano en 21…
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New Streamline Article: Hypertension During Disasters -- Lessons from Puerto Rico

Nov 7, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
(Photo by CSM) “A patient had a stroke due to uncontrolled hypertension because his hypertension was untreated for two weeks and he was in continual stress. In this case, the doctor documents…
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In the Field: Next Steps in Worldwide TB Elimination at the Union Conference

Oct 31, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Deliana Garcia presenting to legislators from across the Americas on the importance of effective #TB care for migrants. Last week’s Union World Conference on Lung Health, held in The Hague, was…
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Voces Fuertes Benefit Concert: “We See You And We Care”

Oct 30, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“For the past two years, we’ve heard from clinicians all over the country variations on this theme, which is ‘my patients are experiencing increasing levels of fear and stress; the families that…