Announcing Tribal Health’s Telepsychiatry Services
If there’s one thing that underserved communities and tier-one hospitals have in common, it’s the behavioral health provider shortage. Yes, it’s true – even major health systems can struggle to find psychiatrists, social workers, therapists, and psych nurses to cover needs like ED consults or inpatient psychiatric services. So you can probably imagine how much […]
How to Start a SANE Program in Your Indigenous Community
No one likes to think about violence. But if the unthinkable should happen – to ourselves, to our children, to an elderly parent in a care facility or a best friend in a volatile relationship – most of us assume that the right services will be available should we need them. That we can walk […]
5 Practices for Improving Clinician Diversity
Look in any healthcare media outlet and you’ll hear mentions of diversity and cultural competence. But many of these conversations omit a piece from the conversation puzzle: clinician diversity. A diverse healthcare staff – and that includes full representation across ethnicity, disability, class, race, and sexual orientation – means a significant advantage not only in […]
Hand Hygiene, Nurse Manicures, and Infant Deaths
It’s Patient Safety Week – and if you’re a nurse, you’ve probably seen articles on the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) infant who passed away due to bacteria from a nurse’s long nails. It stirred up an upsetting – but valuable – Internet conversation on hand hygiene. In fact, Google searches around nurse nails and NICU […]
Heart Health in Tribal Nations
You see them every February: campaigns for American Heart Month reminding us that cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the U.S. Riding alongside Valentine’s Day ads, we’re told to check our blood pressure, start a fitness routine, and eat healthier. That one person dies from heart disease every 33 seconds. What […]
Announcing our Moms & Minis™ Program
“Maternal mortality” – those aren’t two words you ever want to hear together. But together, they describe a sad reality in healthcare. In the US, this is especially true for rural counties, where maternity mortality rates are 1.6 times higher compared to larger counties. And Tribal nations? Native women have the highest rates in the […]