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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 ...
Alaska Native Medical Center. / 61.18278°N 149.80056°W / 61.18278; -149.80056. The Alaska Native Medical Center ( ANMC) is a non-profit health center based in Anchorage, Alaska, United States, which provides medical services to 158,000 Alaska Natives and other Native Americans in Alaska. [1] It acts as both the secondary and tertiary ...
The hospital was constructed in 1975 as part of the Indian Health Service. There were 75,000 patients in its service area of 6,000 square miles in 2011. The hospital management was transferred to the non-profit Tuba City Health Care Corporation in 2002.
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act (H.R. 623; 113th Congress) is a bill that would transfer some land in Alaska from the federal government to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium to be used to build a patient housing facility so that the organization can treat people who travel there from distant rural areas. [5]
Sioux San Hospital. / 44.074350; -103.271669. The Rapid City Indian Health Service Hospital formerly known as The Sioux San Hospital is an Indian Health Service hospital located in Rapid City, South Dakota. [1] It was built in 1898 as a boarding school for Native Americans and turned into a sanitarium in 1933.
In Southeast Alaska, Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium runs healthcare facilities across 27 communities as of 2022, including hospitals in Sitka and Wrangell; [2] although it originally served Native Americans only, it has expanded access and combined with other local facilities over time. [3] [4]
The leading causes of death by percentage for Native Americans and Alaska Natives for 2005. Heart disease accounted for 25% of deaths, cancer 22%, accidents 19%, diabetes 7%, liver disease 6%, suicide 6%, respiratory diseases 6%, stroke 4%, homicide 3%, and influenza and pneumonia 3%. Native Americans share many of the same health concerns as ...
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.