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Disparities Fact Sheets - Indian Health Service (IHS)

(2 days ago) WebThe Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. These are broad quality of life issues rooted in economic adversity …

https://www.ihs.gov/newsroom/factsheets/disparities/

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Violated: How the Indian Health Service betrays patient …

(2 days ago) WebDozens of patients have died needlessly due to errors made in Indian Health Service hospitals in South Dakota alone. Doctors pulled Kathy Boyd’s heart out of her chest. Hundreds of miles from her home …

https://centerforhealthjournalism.org/our-work/reporting/violated-how-indian-health-service-betrays-patient-trust-and-treaties-great

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Improving Accountability and Performance in the Indian …

(Just Now) WebFor many decades, Native Americans have experienced higher rates of health problems than the general American population and other racial minority groups. …

https://www.mercatus.org/research/policy-briefs/improving-accountability-and-performance-indian-health-service

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Increasing Funding for the Indian Health Service to …

(9 days ago) WebFor many decades, Native Americans have experienced higher rates of health problems than the general American population and other racial minority groups. …

https://www.mercatus.org/research/policy-briefs/increasing-funding-indian-health-service-improve-native-american-health

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New Indian Health Service funding provides stability, but …

(4 days ago) WebHenshaw: The issues that we see in the Portland service area are issues that are prevalent throughout other IHS service areas as well. Some of the issues that IHS …

https://www.opb.org/article/2023/01/20/new-indian-health-service-funding-provides-stability-but-long-standing-issues-remain/

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Toward a New Era for the Indian Health System NEJM

(Just Now) WebThe Indian Health System is poorly resourced and understaffed. Now is a promising time to reflect on big solutions for fostering a transformative, rather than …

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2108894

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Native Americans Reliant on Hospital Feel Abandoned by U.S.

(2 days ago) WebThe pandemic has exacerbated the Indian Health Service’s decades-long weaknesses and has contributed to disproportionately high infections and death rates …

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/03/us/politics/indian-health-service-hospital.html

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Advance Appropriations for the Indian Health Service: Issues …

(2 days ago) WebSuch funding might pose certain operational challenges to the agency and budget process concerns to Congress. Since 2014, legislation has been introduced in …

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46265

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American Indian Health Policy: Historical Trends and …

(3 days ago) WebHowever, a long-standing history of underfunding of the Indian Health Service (IHS) and its predecessor agencies has led to significant challenges in providing proper care and …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4035886/

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Indian Health Service Indian Health Service (IHS)

(Just Now) WebThe Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and …

https://www.ihs.gov/

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A Fragmented Indian Health System Leaves Many Without Care

(4 days ago) WebIn 2013, Indian Health Service spending for patient health services was $2,849 a person, compared with $7,717 for health care spending nationally, according to …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/04/13/473848341/health-care-s-hard-realities-on-the-reservation-a-photo-essay

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Indian Health Service: Many Federal Facilities Are in Fair or Poor

(2 days ago) WebIndian Health Service (IHS) data show that the buildings that comprise its federally operated medical facilities range in age from 1 to 171 years, with a median age …

https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-105723

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Indian Health Service: Actions Needed to Improve Oversight of …

(8 days ago) WebThe Indian Health Service's (IHS) oversight of federally operated health care facilities' decision-making process about the use of funds has been limited and …

https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-21-20

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Native Americans: A Crisis in Health Equity - American Bar …

(5 days ago) WebThe Indian Health Service (IHS)—an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services—provides care to over 2.2 million Native Americans across the …

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/the-state-of-healthcare-in-the-united-states/native-american-crisis-in-health-equity/

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Advance Appropriations for the Indian Health Service (IHS)

(4 days ago) WebFor the Indian Health Services account, the CAA provided $4.9 billion in FY2023 annual appropriations and $4.6 billion in FY2024 advance appropriations. (The …

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN12087

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India health system review - World Health Organization

(6 days ago) WebIndia has made significant improvements in the health outcomes of its people. Life expectancy at birth increased to 69.6 years in 2020, from expected …

https://apo.who.int/publications/i/item/india-health-system-review

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Simpson Remarks at FY25 Budget Request For The Indian Health …

(5 days ago) WebIn FY 2023, Congress provided advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service for the first time. Advance appropriations provide the Indian health system with …

https://appropriations.house.gov/news/statements/simpson-remarks-fy25-budget-request-indian-health-service-prepared

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The Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease …

(4 days ago) WebServices Administration (HRSA), the Office of Rural Health Policy, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the Indian Health Service.2 The overall purpose of the funding is to …

https://jdc.jefferson.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1639&context=hpn

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Indian Health Service Testimony House Interior, Environment, …

(4 days ago) Web10 Indian Health Service authorities to address operational issues. Many of these proposals seek to enhance the agency’s ability to recruit and retain healthcare …

https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/117212/witnesses/HHRG-118-AP06-Wstate-TsoR-20240501-SD001.pdf

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Asian Indian Americans - History, Modern era, The first asian …

(7 days ago) WebPHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES Vijay Prabhakar practiced medicine for many years with the Indian Health Service, a branch of the U.S. Department of Health …

https://www.everyculture.com/multi/A-Br/Asian-Indian-Americans.html

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Track Covid-19 in Bergen County, New Jersey - The New York Times

(8 days ago) WebIt excludes counts from hospitals operated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Indian Health Service. Numbers for hospitalized patients are …

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/us/bergen-new-jersey-covid-cases.html

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