Cultural Humility: Why It’s a Healthcare Best Practice
If you read this blog on a regular basis, you’ve heard of cultural competency – being able to work knowledgeably and respectfully with people across different cultures. To many healthcare professionals, it seems logical that learning about a culture will help them build closer patient relationships and make smarter care decisions. And there’s no […]
9 Practices for Building Health Equity
“You never know who’s swimming naked until the tide goes out.” Warren Buffett might have been speaking of economics when he said that, but the principle applies to healthcare as well. Sometimes it takes a disease, an accident – or a pandemic – to reveal who’s really unprotected when a medical disaster hits. The determining […]
6 Tribal Health Benefits to Help You Pay Down Debt and Boost Your Financial Life
It’s been a tough year for many Americans. Lots of us know someone out of work, prices keep going up, and credit card debt hit record highs this year. Personal finance seems to get more complex and confusing every year. Even physicians and nurses who feel they work around the clock can struggle to manage […]
Meet Our June Nurse of the Month, Jennifer Schindler!
Meet Jennifer, our June Nurse of the Month! As Angelia Frederick, FNP says, “Jen is a breath of fresh air. Working with Jenny is a delight – her positive upbeat attitude makes the night go by with ease. Jenny is very knowledgeable and she’s the nurse you want by your side when things go south. I love […]
Our 2024 Summer Reading List
What’s on your summer reading list? At Tribal Health, we are voracious readers – and we’ve got plenty of books waiting in our To Be Read pile. How could we not when this summer brings us a memoir from Salmon Rushdie, a fresh look at AI from Ray Kurzweil, a new novel from Tommy Orange, […]
An Indigenous Patient’s Perspective on Healthcare
By Cierra George (Navajo) Our ancestors taught us there’s no better medicine than traditional/natural herbs with ceremonies and that nobody can heal you better than a dedicated medicine man. In a cultural aspect, going to a hospital and having a White man provide you healthcare as a Native patient can be difficult to accept. Times […]
