The Indian Health Service (IHS) has made huge strides in narrowing health disparities
between American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations and other racial and ethnic …

Background: The implementation of health technology is a national priority in the United
States and widely discussed in the literature. However, literature about the use of this …

Article-at-a-Glance Background Racial and ethnic disparities in health care have been
consistently documented in the diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes of many common …

The Indian Health Service (IHS), a federal health system, cares for 2 million of the country's
5.2 million American Indian and Alaska Native people. This system has increasingly focused …

• Inequities in access to necessary health care are unacceptable and contribute to gaps in
health status between indigenous and non-indigenous people.• Access barriers exist in …

Objectives. We evaluated heart disease death rates among American Indians and Alaska
Natives (AI/ANs) and Whites after improving identification of AI/AN populations. Methods …

Indigenous people are significantly underrepresented in the fields of science, technology,
engineering and math (STEM). The solution to this problem requires a more robust lens than …

Objectives: There are limited data regarding implementing electronic health records (EHR)
in underserved settings. We evaluated the implementation of an EHR within the Indian …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Although Native Americans experience substantial disparities
in health outcomes, little information is available regarding healthcare delivery for this …

Article-at-a-Glance Inequality in Quality Disparities in health care and quality for racial,
ethnic, linguistic, and other disadvantaged groups are widespread and persistent. Health …