Clinician-to-Clinician: A Forum for Health Justice

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By: Claire Hutkins Seda, Jun. 4, 2019 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 he’s a padrino for several children, and is a designated guardian for a local child should the parents be deported -- has led him to be a migrant health advocate as well, even after...Read More

By: MCN Admin, May. 31, 2019 Today is National Heat Awareness Day.  As we roll into the summer, with the Southwest already experiencing a significant heat wave, let’s take a moment to read up on the news, resources, and information around heat-related illness, with our five recommendations from MCN staff.  Alma sent along the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards’ “Safeguarding Summer”, which highlights the...Read More

By: MCN Admin, May. 23, 2019 May is close to the end; it’s the official kickoff to summer!  Before you head to the barbecue or pack up your swimsuit and sunscreen, take a moment to read some of the news pieces and resources that we shared amongst ourselves here at MCN this week.  Marysel sent over this article on the shocking number of people still struggling in poor conditions after...Read More

By: MCN Admin, May. 17, 2019 In many parts of the flood-hit Midwest, farmers are still waiting for soil to dry out to plant.  In California, an unusual late-season storm brought winter rain to summer crops that typically rely only on irrigation.  It seems most of the country is experienced strange weather, and such fluctuations affect farmworkers, who haven’t arrived in some areas, which in turn affect the many...Read More

By: Claire Hutkins Seda, May. 16, 2019 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 they are most needed.  In our tech-obsessed and hypermobile society, how have our health records lagged so far behind?  In a new perspective piece published on Medscape, entitled “Stagnant Patient...Read More

By: Claire Hutkins Seda, May. 14, 2019 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 High Level Meeting on the topic in September.  The meeting “aims to accelerate progress toward universal health coverage (UHC), including financial risk protection, access to quality essential...Read More