Wounded care: failure at one Indian Health Service hospital reveals a system in crisis. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Wounded care: failure at one Indian Health Service hospital reveals a system in crisis. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Newspaper/Magazine Article
 
• Published December 2016

Wounded care: failure at one Indian Health Service hospital reveals a system in crisis.

Herman B, Fei F. Mod Healthc. December 2, 2016.

Underserved communities face challenges to receiving high quality care. This magazine article reports on pervasive problems in the Indian Health Service (IHS) that result in an unsafe care system, such as chronic lack of funding and high workforce turnover. The article includes insights from tribe advocates seeking improvement in the IHS.

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