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 />
National <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Service</strong> Corps<br />
At the direction of the <strong>Nashville</strong> <strong>Area</strong> Director, the <strong>Nashville</strong> <strong>Area</strong> Chief<br />
Medical Officer (CMO) made a presentation to <strong>Nashville</strong> <strong>Area</strong> Tribes in May<br />
of <strong>2011</strong> to inform them of the benefits available to them as participating sites<br />
in the National <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Service</strong> Corps (NHSC). This presentation informed<br />
them of the recruitment and loan repayment opportunities. Prior to <strong>2011</strong>, only<br />
seven <strong>Nashville</strong> <strong>Area</strong> Tribes were signed up as NHSC sites. By the summer<br />
of <strong>2011</strong>, there were 28 Tribes signed up as participants.<br />
Chief Medical Officer CAPT Harry Brown, MD at the USET <strong>Annual</strong> Meeting & Expo in Choctaw, Mississippi.<br />
26 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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