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Migrant Health Program Primary Care Effectiveness Review

Author: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Health Resources and Services Administration
Date Published: 1998


This is the Primary Care Effectiveness Review (PCER) protocol for Migrant Health Programs (MHP). These are programs which are unlike traditional Migrant Health Centers (MHC) in that they are generally in areas where the numbers and/or density of farmworkers cannot justify the establishment of a MHC. These programs often arrange or contract for services for farmworkers through local health care resources. Because of the differences between the traditional health center model and the MHP model, an adaptation of the Bureau's PCER protocol was undertaken. A PCER is a comprehensive onsite performance review protocol to support continuous quality improvements for all Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) services delivery grantees. In addition to its intended use as part of the competitive renewal grant applications review process, the PCER should serve as a useful tool for service delivery grantees to identify opportunities for improvements, needs for technical assistance, and for conducting periodic self-assessments of their operations. The PCER reviews elements of the clinical and administrative systems of grantee which are either required by law, regulation or program expectations or recommended as good products.

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