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Annual IHS National Combined Councils Meeting
“Partnership for Change”    February 8-13, 2008

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Addiction Trauma Connection Integrating Behavioral Health Primary Care READ PDF icon (PDF-110KB)
Addressing Costs Increasing Revenue Making READ PDF icon (PDF-244KB)
Creating Motivating Work Environments READ PDF icon (PDF-80KB)
Dialogue about Ideas for Renewing the Indian Healthcare System READ PDF icon (PDF-2168KB)
Gender Matters Creating Services For Women And Girls READ PDF icon (PDF-391KB)
IHS Organizational Chart- Headquarters Office Directors/Area Directors READ PDF icon (PDF-190KB)
IHS Organizational Chart- Headquarters Office of the Director READ PDF icon (PDF-133KB)
IHS Organizational Chart- Headquarters Office of Clinical and Preventive Services READ PDF icon (PDF-106KB)
Indian Health Manual, Part 1, Chapter 4, Organization of the Service READ --
IHS Prescription Drug Abuse What Can IHS Do READ PDF icon (PDF-268KB)
Outcomes Of A Nursing Foot Care Clinic READ PDF icon (PDF-485KB)
PMAP READ PDF icon (PDF-90KB)
Renewing IHS READ PDF icon (PDF-3614KB)
Strategies for Healthcare Recruitment and Retention-Headquarters READ --
Strategies for Healthcare Recruitment and Retention-Local READ --
Transformation Change READ PDF icon (PDF-243KB)
Treatment of Diabetes in the Indian Health System READ PDF icon (PDF-906KB)
UFMS READ PDF icon (PDF-171KB)

The National Councils (Clinical Directors, Chief Executive Officers, Chief Medical Officers, Oral Health, Pharmacy, and Nurse Consultants) for Indian health host this annual meeting. This exciting and informative program is planned to address health care issues relevant to American Indians and Alaska Natives and offer solutions to common concerns throughout Indian country.

The meeting will provide an opportunity to: exchange information with national leadership; engage in thought-provoking and innovative discussions about current issues in Indian health; identify practical strategies to address these health care issues; cultivate practical leadership skills to enhance health care delivery and services; share ideas through collegial networking and collaboration, and receive accredited continuing education.

Attendees will also include IHS Chief Clinical Consultants, Public and Private Sector Health Policy Executives, Financial Managers, IHS Area and Headquarters Staff.

Featured Speakers

Robert McSwain headshot Robert G. McSwain
Director
Indian Health Service
Kenneth W. Kizer Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH
Chairman of the Board
Medsphere Systems Corporation

Greg Crow headshot Greg Crow, EdD, RN
Emeritus Professor and Director of Graduate Programs in Nursing Administration, Education and Case Management, Sonoma State University
Senior Consultant, Tim Porter-O’Grady Associates, Inc.

Ty Reidhead photo Charles Ty Reidhead, MD
Chair, IHS Chronic Care Initiative
Kelly Acton photo Kelly J. Acton, MD, MPH, FACP
Director, Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention
Indian Health Service
Stephanie Covington photo Stephanie S. Covington, PhD, LCSW
Co-Director, Center for Gender and Justice
The Institute for Relational Development

 

 

RADM Robert C. Williams headshot RADM Robert C. Williams, PE, DEE
Deputy Surgeon General
U.S. Public Health Service

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