While working in rural communities requires more autonomy and a broader set of skills, many emergency physicians feel ill-prepared to manage more than the first 20 minutes of most emergency conditions…
As discussed in previous blogs, the IHS is responsible for providing care to AI/AN individuals. However, there are systems in place to allow for Tribal sovereignty when providing healthcare.
In the previous post of this series, we briefly described the IHS’s authority for healthcare delivery and gave an overview of its provision of healthcare to American Indian and Alaskan Natives (AI/AN). In this post, we explore how poor funding of the IHS has proved to be a barrier to care.
In the previous post of this series, we briefly described the history of the Indian Health Service (IHS) and the legislative foundations of its authority. This post explores the IHS’s authority for healthcare delivery and is an overview of its provision of healthcare to American Indian and Alaskan Natives (AI/AN).
While working in rural communities requires more autonomy and a broader set of skills, many emergency physicians feel ill-prepared to manage more than the first 20 minutes of most emergency conditions…
