Summer Reading List 2022
Summer is here at last. And while these months might be associated with barbecues and beaches, there’s something to be said for spending a lazy afternoon with a good book. As a company of voracious readers (and an active book club), Team Tribal wanted to share the fiction and nonfiction books we’re reading this summer. […]
Meet Our Recruiting Team: Brandon Cook, Senior Physician Recruiter
Today we’re featuring a physician recruiter – Brandon Cook, who connects our partner facilities to top-notch providers. Brandon has a lot of expertise in a lot of areas; in his college days, he played football for Texas Christian University, then transferred to Kansas State University to finish his business degree in economics. After college, he […]
Solving the Critical Care Training Conundrum at Tribal Facilities
The industry conversation about healthcare disparities in rural areas is an entrenched one. We all know the barriers at this point – the provider shortages, the difficulty in obtaining specialty care, the transportation burden that falls on patients who need to drive three hours to an appointment. Receiving skilled critical care at a Tribal facility […]
COVID’s Aftermath: Mental Health Needs in Indigenous Communities
Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic changed the world, healthcare workers are beginning to – cautiously, tentatively – resume normal operations. Variants are still a concern. Public health researchers are studying long COVID. But most clinicians now spend their time on the conditions and injuries that used to dominate hospitals and exam rooms. Yet even […]
Climate Change and Indigenous Health
Are we out of time when it comes to climate change? Just about, according to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC.) Climate change hits the underserved especially hard – and it has a direct impact on our health. Wildfires, drought, flooding, and other environmental changes eventually come to everyone’s doorstep. Food […]
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Are a Healthcare Issue
An Interview with Debbie Nez-Manuel 84% of Native American women experience violence in their lifetime, facing murder rates at almost three times that of White women. Some are domestic violence cases where women suffer at the hands of a partner; others are targeted by strangers. Some women simply disappear. Many people have heard of the Highway […]
