St. Andrew’s Children’s Clinic, which provides medical care to impoverished and disabled children from Mexico, is undergoing various changes under new director Bob Phillips.

Along with plans to transform the clinic from a volunteer-run organization to more of a professionally-run corporation, Phillips plans to develop a way of recording medical records from patients who visit the SACC.

Founder and orthopedic surgeon, Mark Frankel is working with Phillips on the new changes to the structure of the clinic. Frankel said that there’s a need to update the medical records of patients, and he and Phillips met with a research specialist to devise the new system.

The new record-keeping system will help when asking large foundations for donations for the SACC.

“We know that what we do is good work, but we can’t go to a large foundation and say ‘Hey we do good work, we’ve been here all this time,’” Frankel said. “They’re going to ask ‘What are your results?’”

Patients will be given a brief questionnaire after each visit with just about three questions on it in order to monitor medical results and create an actual outcome study, Frankel said.

Much thought has also been given on possibly relocating the SACC from St. Andrew’s Church to another location.

“It has to be a multipurpose building for the community since we use it one day a month,” Frankel said. “Just as a guess I envision perhaps a Boys and Girls Club. I can’t think of other commercial tenants who would be suitable for a situation like this with a big waiting room and various examining rooms.”