Tribal EM Wins $20M Contract to Provide Critical Care Training to Underserved Hospitals

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Mar. 22, 2021) – Tribal EM, the leader in tribal healthcare consulting, staffing and emergency medicine, announced it has been awarded one of two $20 million contracts to provide onsite critical care response training to Indian Health Services (IHS) and federal healthcare facilities. The contract follows a successful Critical Care Response Team (CCRT) program that launched in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Medical staff at rural or tribal healthcare facilities typically must travel to distant teaching clinics to learn new skills, which can leave underfunded hospitals even more short-handed. Onsite clinical training enables staff to update their skills without missing work – reducing patient transfers and increasing community confidence in local hospitals.

“We began flying out CCRT teams last year when tribal facilities asked us to help train their staff to manage critically ill patients,” Morgan Haynes, Chief Operations Officer, said. “Some of our providers are faculty in top medical schools, so we compiled our critical care experts and sent them to different IHS facilities to train their staff. Initially the instruction focused on COVID-19 protocols, but demand skyrocketed – and now our teams provide instruction on caring for any patients with critical needs.”

Tribal EM initially performed 10 deployments under an emergency bridge contract. In February 2021, the company was awarded a long-term contract for $20 million. Since then, it has been awarded deployments across the country.

“By teaching staff to be better healthcare workers, we have a positive impact on not only the facilities but the overall patient care experience,” said Sean Friel, a respiratory therapist who has provided instruction in multiple CCRT deployments. “When the right skills aren’t there, patients are transferred. This plays out every day and the consequence is a lack of community faith in their local hospital. As instructors, our goal is to teach advanced care protocols that build stronger community relationships and drive transformation long after our team departs.”

Tribal EM is currently launching additional clinical education programs in emergency medicine, behavioral health, and other disciplines.

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Valerie Fenyn
Tribal EM
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vfenyn@tribalem.com

About Tribal EM
Tribal EM provides medical expertise, quality assurance, process improvement, and staffing services to tribal healthcare facilities nationwide. The only organization of its kind, Tribal EM is committed to transforming Native American and Indigenous communities from within, improving access to care, empowering local providers, and delivering high quality, culturally sensitive care that is tailored to the needs of the patient population. Learn more at tribalem.com.

This release was published on openPR.