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 […]
Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Are a Healthcare Issue: Part II
Last month, we talked to Debbie Nez-Manuel, a leader in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW), also known as Missing and Murdered People (MMIP.) This week, we’re extending the conversation on why MMIP is a healthcare issue by sharing 8 ways frontline staff can help at-risk patients. While we focused on women in our […]
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 […]
