9 Ways Telemedicine Transforms Indigenous Health
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed healthcare in so many ways. As the SARS-coV-2 virus rolled across the world, some communities suffered more than others; care disparities, chronic conditions, and provider shortages jumped into the media spotlight. Today we’re facing an epic nursing shortage. But there has been a silver lining: a sharp rise in telemedicine […]
Is Behavioral Health Ready for 988?
It’s one of the brightest healthcare developments in recent years: 988, the suicide hotline shortcut that goes live on July 16. Similar to 911, the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020 offers 988 as an easily remembered, quickly dialed, lifeline for people in crisis. In case you’re wondering – yes, 988 connects to the […]
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 […]
Native LGBTQ+ Youth and Mental Health Struggles
“Lumping diverse youth into broad identity categories and applying single-size approaches does a disservice to everyone, and makes our work to end LGBTQ youth suicide even harder. This year’s findings emphasize the importance of intersectionality in research, particularly among a community as diverse as LGBTQ youth, as disparities in mental health and suicide risk were […]
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 […]
