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Health Justice in 2023: After Being Treated “Less Than Human,” A Teenage Boy Comes Back from the Brink of Death

Health Justice in 2023: After Being Treated “Less Than Human,” A Teenage Boy Comes Back from the Brink of Death

By: Laszlo Madaras

When the emergency department received 16-year-old Jorge,* he was unresponsive and intubated. He was found among many dead migrants in the back of a truck in extreme heat, at the US-Mexico border…

An image of paper lungs next to a stethoscope

Camila Velasquez, Health Network Associate, and Aracely, Her Patient with TB, Numerous Health Challenges, and No Connection to Care – And A Call to Action

By: Ashley-Michelle Papon

While long-time supporters of MCN are well aware of the lifesaving work of Health Network, MCN’s award-winning virtual case management program, lesser known are the stories which drive the…

Midwife and new mother looking at infant

Health Network for Babies, Children, and Mothers

By: Migrant Clinicians Network

Maria* was 36 weeks pregnant when she arrived at the immigrant shelter in McAllen, Texas, where the US-Mexico border is defined by the Rio Grande. Like so many fleeing violence, that is…

Luis Retta, Health Network Associate, on a virtual call

Virtual DOT: When A TB Patient Travels Across China, Health Network Steps Up Care

By: Migrant Clinicians Network

Health Network Associate Luis Retta can provide virtual DOT to migrating or traveling patients. Last year, Health Network Associate Luis Retta received a call from a nurse at a Pennsylvania…

Health Network's Alma Colmenero and Robert Corona discuss a case in the MCN office in Austin, TX.

A Six-Year-Old Asylum Seeker with Microcephaly and Frequent Seizures Struggles to Get Emergency Care, So Health Network Steps In

By: Claire Hutkins Seda

Health Network's Alma Colmenero and Robert Corona discuss a case in the MCN office in Austin, TX. A young Guatemalan mother and father and their two young sons crossed the border earlier this…

I heart MCN

Top 5 Reasons I <3 MCN

By: Claire Hutkins Seda

Migrant Clinicians Network makes us swoon. That’s because, as an organization, it has taken huge strides in improving the health and well-being of migrants and immigrants in its 35-year history --…

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An Asylum Seeker, Her High-Risk Pregnancy, and Deep Vein Thrombosis: A Health Network Case Study

By: Claire Hutkins Seda

Marisa*, a 40-year-old asylum seeker from Central America, was seven months pregnant when she was detained by border patrol. While in custody, she started having difficulty breathing, lower abdomen…

Deliana Garcia, MA, Director, International Projects and Emerging Issues

Deliana Garcia: Intrepid Champion for Health Justice

By: Claire Hutkins Seda

Deliana Garcia has been a relentless and intrepid champion for health justice with Migrant Clinicians Network for over three decades. Known for her determination, she has dedicated her career to…

Stagnant Patient Records Are Public Health Problem

Medscape Perspective: Stagnant Patient Records Are Public Health Problem

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…

Luis Retta, Health Network Associate

In the Spotlight: Luis Retta, Health Network Associate

By: Migrant Clinicians Network

''Luis will make for an incredibly informed medical doctor, the type that won't forget community experiences had while with a place like MCN. Another good guy for our side of the fight.” –…

Graphic stating only one in four people had access to MDR-TB Treatment

Tuberculosis: Migration Doesn’t Have to Be a Barrier

By: Claire Hutkins Seda

Don't work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition. - H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Tuberculosis is curable, easy to diagnose, and easy to prevent. Despite these simple facts, 1.3 million…

Young girl gets ear inspection

A Child's Ear Surgery, A Family's Migration: Health Network in Action

By: Migrant Clinicians Network

By Luis Retta, Health Network Associate While Health Network is available for any patient regardless of age, sex, race, or ethnicity, and for any health condition, it’s rare that we receive an…

In the spotlight: Robert Corona

In the Spotlight: Robert Corona, Health Network Associate

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…

In the spotlight: Alma Colmenero

In the Spotlight: Alma Colmenero, Health Network Associate

By: Migrant Clinicians Network

photo credit: Robert Corona “Alma is dedicated to her work. She’s a hard worker and reliable. She’s a very caring person, which is carried into her work. I know her patients are in good hands…

Ed Zuroweste treats baby

Giving Tuesday: Four Ways You Can Help Migrants and Refugees with Health Network

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…

In the spotlight: Saul Delgado

In the Spotlight: Saul Delgado, Health Network Data Specialist

By: Migrant Clinicians Network

photo credit: Robert Corona“Saul is a dedicated, conscientious, and caring person. His work exemplifies these qualities and we are very lucky to have him as part of the MCN team” – Theressa Lyons-…

VDS National team taking a moment to pay tribute UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

In the Field: Ventanilla de Salud Annual Conference in Dallas

By: Migrant Clinicians Network

Dallas, Texas was host to the annual conference of Ventanillas de Salud (VDS) at the end of April. Deliana Garcia, MA, MCN’s Director of International Projects and Emerging Issues, joined me in the…

University of Washington campus

In the Field: Latino Social Workers Come Together in Seattle

By: Migrant Clinicians Network

Last month, I found myself among a diverse group of Latinx social workers, walking together under the cherry blossoms that are central to the University of Washington campus, shivering as it…

Streamline Fall 2017

December Travel: What Do You Do When Your Patient Gets Temporarily Mobile?

By: Claire Hutkins Seda

For several months every winter, 66-year old Phuong* visits family and friends in her homeland of Vietnam. This year, however, Phuong, a US citizen, tested positive for tuberculosis in her lungs and…

health network associate on the phone

Health Network’s Unique Strategies for Communication with Mobile Patients: Streamline Reprint

By: Claire Hutkins Seda

Health Network Associates encounter numerous obstacles to ensuring continuous care for the mobile patients enrolled in Health Network, MCN’s innovative and effective bridge case management system.…

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Invest in Health on #GivingTuesday

By: Migrant Clinicians Network

A patient, Kara, is diagnosed with cancer. Her treatment plan is laid out for her, her appointments are scheduled, and she begins treatment. After just two weeks, Kara announces that she needs to…

hundreds of empty cots

Cots in Austin: Visiting the Local Shelter for Harvey Evacuees

By: Migrant Clinicians Network

This week, Austin is set to receive somewhere between 1,500 to 2,000 evacuees fleeing the receding waters in their neighborhoods around Houston. They are to be housed in several locations, one of…

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Excerpt from New Issue of Streamline: What to do when a patient with active TB leaves the country and stops treatment?

Different Countries, Different Diagnoses: Health Network Case StudyBy Rob Corona, Health Network AssociateOut of the dozens of Tuberculosis (TB) cases that I managed in 2016, one stands out in my…

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Health Network’s Bridge Case Management Goes Far Beyond Records Transfer

By: Claire Hutkins Seda

Health Network cases aren’t just a matter of setting up appointments; the illnesses and treatment regimens that patients face often inflict significant stress and emotional turmoil on the patients,…

downcast man holding cell phone

James and His Brother: A Health Network Case Study on TB and HIV Co-Infection

By: Claire Hutkins Seda

“When James* was first enrolled with Health Network, he was on the verge of death,” recounted Health Network Associate Olivia Hayes. James was enrolled in January 2016 by a mid-Atlantic state’s…

streamline newsletter winter-spring 2017

Top 4 Reasons To Drop Everything and Read the New Issue of Streamline Now

By: Claire Hutkins Seda

Streamline is here! And we’re convinced that you should share our slightly-over-the-top exuberance on the publication of the latest issue of our quarterly clinical publication. That’s because this…