Nashville Area Indian Health Service 2011 Annual Report

DIVISION OF TECHNICAL SUPPORT
The Nashville Area was given the “green light” to process pre-employment
clearances. In January 2011, the Division of Technical Support (DTS) assumed
the processing of eQIP, pre-employment suitability clearances, and HSPD
adjudications previously performed by Albuquerque Area Indian Health Service
(AAIHS). This will eliminate any downtime delays in processing PIV badges and
the process for background clearances for bringing on new hires and transfers.
Learning Management System
The Learning Management System (LMS) is a Department-wide system
that provides on-line training, classroom registration and tracks completed
training for all HHS and IHS employees. The LMS also facilitates learning
through computer-based technologies that offer online web-based training on
many topics. In FY 2010–11, Nashville Area expenditures totaled $127,388.26 in
training costs to further enhance employee job performance. The Nashville Area
has met 98% completion of annual training requirements to include EEO, Ethics,
Records Management, NOFEAR Act, Drivers Overview and Fleetcard Use.
Indian Health Service Scholarship Program
The IHS offers three scholarships to qualified American Indian and Alaska native
candidates: Preparatory Scholarship, Pre-Graduate Scholarship, and Health
Professions Scholarship. The Nashville Area Indian Health Service Scholarship
Program reviewed 54 applications with 14 receiving funding for 2010 – 2011. For
fiscal year 2011 – 2012, 14 scholarship awards were approved for Nashville Area
students in the disciplines of:
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Chemical Dependency Counseling
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Physician, Allopathist
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Medical Technology
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Nursing, Bachelor of Science
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Optometry
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Physician Assistant
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Pre-Clinical Psychology
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Pre-Dentistry
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Pharmacy
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Pre-Medicine
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Social Work
Did you know?
During the 2010
Combined Federal
Campaign (CFC),
Nashville Area
employees contributed
over $2,500 to the
Tennessee Regional
CFC Campaign.
“Kudos to Phoenix,
Tucson, Alaska, Portland,
Nashville and California
for bringing their
award numbers up from
previous years. All areas
are represented this year
and the quality of the
scholar applicants is
getting better every year.”
—Dr. Dawn A. Kelly (CAPT, USPHS),
Indian Health Service
The Division of Technical Support (DTS) provides support to all offices and divisions within the Nashville
Area Office. In addition, the DTS functions include processing travel authorizations, Freedom of Information
Act (FOIA) requests, the IHS Scholarship Program and overseeing the Area Ethics Program and training
coordination. The DTS objective is to provide efficient and effective technical support to the NAO and serve
as the mechanism to expedite administrative functions to achieve agency goals and fulfill the IHS mission.
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