Preparing for Joint Commission Surveys
By Brian Gallagher The overhead page repeats three times: “Gotham City Hospital would like to welcome the Joint Commission.” It’s the one page that can strike panic into even the most prepared organization. Team members run through the department making sure there is no food or drink visible. Cabinet doors and drawers are locked, wipe […]
The Rural Health Transformation Program: How It’s Changing Native and Rural Health
“Healthcare is broken.” We hear that all time, don’t we? And magic bullet solutions don’t exist anywhere except in someone’s imagination. So it’s understandable that there’s been a lot of excitement about the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program – a new source of federal funding for rural healthcare. States applied last fall for a […]
Observing Orange Shirt Day
September 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – colloquially known as Orange Shirt Day. It began in Canada but now we observe it in the U.S. too: a day to recognize the atrocities of the residential school system that devastated so many Indigenous communities. The U.S. government ran their boarding school program […]
Beyond the Bedside: Advice to The Next Generation of Nurses
By Whittney LaCroix, President and Chief Nursing Officer of Tribal Health This year brought one of those big life milestones: my oldest son started college to pursue a nursing degree. I am a nurse, my mother was a nurse, and seeing my son carry on the family tradition made me proud, hopeful, and a little […]
Meet our August Nurse of the Month: Khyle Jackson
Meet Khyle Jackson, a dedicated and experienced nurse who’s described as “an integral part of our team. We can’t imagine working without him!” He talked to us about his entry into nursing and why he loves working in Indigenous health. Hi Khyle! So tell us – how did you get into nursing? It kinda […]
Update: Measles Outbreaks in Tribal Nations
2025 has seen the biggest measles outbreak in the U.S since 1992. 165 people have been hospitalized; 3 have died. Most of the 2025 cases involve unvaccinated patients – and unfortunately, Native communities often have lower vaccination rates than the overall U.S. population. There are a few reasons for this and they’re reasons that play […]