MCN's expert clinical team can provide both on-site and distance consultation services. The experienced team provides a number of critical services including consultation on clinic systems, protocols and procedures as well as program development and evaluation; patient tracking and bridge case management; environmental and occupational medicine, pesticide awareness, and worker’s compensation issues for health centers; immigration and how it effects health centers.
Additionally, MCN offers assistance and consultation for migrant research through the Institutional Review Board.

Consultation Case Study

The following example is just one way in which MCN’s clinical experts can provide tailored consultation services. Beginning in the summer of 2008 MCN began working with a newly funded migrant health center to provide onsite assistance in the development, implementation and review of clinical policies and program expectations as set forth in the narrative of the New Access Point plan. Specifically, MCN has been

addressing unmet needs for this health center in the absence of an on-site medical director. MCN will continue to provide consultation through the hiring and orientation of a permanent medical director. This will be accomplished through site visits and conference calls as outlined below. The full scope of work includes, but is not limited to:

• Health Care Plan objectives that specify the medical director as the respon
  sible person for oversight.
• Assistance with recruitment and retention plan for providers
• New provider orientation to migrant health
• Center trainings on selected topics such as occupational health, adolescent and adult immunizations, cultural competency, immigration issues, continuity of care while migrating, identifying migrant and homeless patients at each encounter, access to care, infectious diseases, and emergency preparedness for special populations.
• Integration with Primary Care Association efforts around health disparity reduction and collaborative care.
• Performance improvement and QI plans for the center.
• Governance issues for medical directors.
• Integration of new services, such as expanded dental and mental health, into existing care provision.
• Development of sustainable effective collaboration between medical director, board, and executive director.
• Comprehensive orientation of medical director to 330 programs, networks, and supports with opportunity for ongoing mentoring.

To find out more about MCN's consultation services contact Karen Mountain, MBA, RN at 512-327-2017 or via email.