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The Indian Health Service ( IHS) is an operating division (OPDIV) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). IHS is responsible for providing direct medical and public health services to members of federally recognized Native American Tribes and Alaska Native people. IHS is the principal federal health care provider and ...
The Indian Health Service works in collaboration with the University of Arizona College of Medicine to maintain the Native American Cardiology Program. This is a program that acknowledges the changes in lifestyle and economics in the recent past which have ultimately increased the prevalence of heart attacks, coronary disease, and cardiac deaths.
The Indian Health Services (IHS) is a government organization created in 1955 to help combat poor health and living conditions of Native Americans and Alaska Natives. The IHS still exists in the United States, and is a blend of various organizations created to combat specific health problems for Native American and Alaskan Natives.
Horizon, based in Howard, plays a critical role in filling the gaps in rural and reservation health care in South Dakota. The not-for-profit health system has 31 health or dental clinics in 22 ...
Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail (1903–1981) ( Crow - Sioux) was the first Crow and one of the first Native Americans to graduate as a registered nurse in the United States. Working for the Indian Health Service, she brought modern health care to her people and traveled throughout the U.S. to assess care given to indigenous people for the Public ...
Mary L. Smith (born August 28, 1962) is an American lawyer, senior executive, and civic leader in private and public sectors. She served as the CEO of the Indian Health Services from October 2015 to February 2017, a $6 billion national healthcare system with 15,000 employees, 26 hospitals and over 50 clinics.
The Indian Health Service (IHS) was established within the Public Health Service in 1955 to meet federal treaty obligations to provide health services to members of federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribes. The IHS consists of three branches of service: the federally operated direct care system, independent tribally ...
The Native American Health Center, Inc. was founded in 1972 as the Urban Indian Health Board, Inc. NAHC operates two sites in San Francisco, two sites in Oakland, one site in Richmond, and eight school based health centers. NAHC provides medical, dental and family services to Native Americans and the residents of the surrounding communities.