Nashville Area Indian Health Service 2011 Annual Report
Nashville Area Indian Health Service 2011 Annual Report
Nashville Area Indian Health Service 2011 Annual Report
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PRIORITY THREE: IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF AND ACCESS TO CARE.<br />
Veterans <strong>Health</strong> Administration<br />
Collaboration<br />
In early <strong>2011</strong>, a table was developed to list all of the nearest Veterans Integrated<br />
<strong>Service</strong> Network (VISN) headquarters, Veterans <strong>Health</strong> Administration<br />
(VHA) Medical Centers and Outpatient Clinics for each IHS facility in the<br />
<strong>Nashville</strong> <strong>Area</strong>. <strong>Nashville</strong> <strong>Area</strong> Tribes are served by six different VISNs. In<br />
order to facilitate increased service to Native American veterans in Rhode<br />
Island and Massachusetts, the <strong>Nashville</strong> <strong>Area</strong> Chief Medical Officer (CMO)<br />
met with executive and clinical leadership at the Providence VA Medical<br />
Center (VAMC) in May <strong>2011</strong>. This meeting resulted in new outreach<br />
activities by the VA to improve access with the Narragansett and Mashpee<br />
Wampanoag Tribes. In addition, two <strong>Nashville</strong> <strong>Area</strong> Tribes (Choctaw and<br />
Cherokee) applied for and were accepted to participate in a grant program that<br />
extends palliative care training to the IHS by the VHA. This was the result<br />
of <strong>Nashville</strong> <strong>Area</strong>’s Eldercare Consultant working directly with the VHA on<br />
this program. The <strong>Nashville</strong> <strong>Area</strong> Emergency Management Coordinator has<br />
been participating on the national IHS/VHA implementation workgroup for<br />
emergency management.<br />
Veterans Integrated <strong>Service</strong> Network Regional Map<br />
20<br />
AK<br />
Republic of the<br />
Philippines<br />
HI<br />
21<br />
Guam<br />
WA<br />
20<br />
OR<br />
ID<br />
21<br />
CA NV UT<br />
22<br />
AZ<br />
American Samoa<br />
MT<br />
18<br />
19<br />
WY<br />
CO<br />
NM<br />
ND<br />
MN<br />
SD<br />
NB<br />
KS<br />
TX<br />
17<br />
23<br />
15<br />
OK<br />
AR<br />
LA<br />
12<br />
WI<br />
IA<br />
MO<br />
16<br />
IL<br />
MS<br />
11<br />
IN<br />
MI<br />
TN<br />
AL<br />
9<br />
10<br />
OH<br />
KY<br />
7<br />
GA<br />
WV<br />
SC<br />
8<br />
PA<br />
6<br />
FL<br />
VA<br />
NC<br />
NY<br />
2<br />
1<br />
ME<br />
NH<br />
VT<br />
MA<br />
CT RI<br />
NJ<br />
DE<br />
MD<br />
Washington, DC<br />
8<br />
Puerto Rico<br />
US Virgin Islands<br />
The <strong>Nashville</strong> <strong>Area</strong> collaborates with multiple VISN Regional Partners. (Adapted from the VISN Regional Map.)<br />
24 www.ihs.gov/<strong>Nashville</strong> <strong>Nashville</strong> <strong>Area</strong> <strong>Indian</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Service</strong>
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