New Alliance Aims to Boost Health Care Access for Tribal Communities
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, 24 urban and rural Tribal organizations, medical schools, health plans, teaching hospitals, medical residencies, and physician advocates launched the American Indian Medical Education Strategies (AIMES) Alliance. The AIMES Alliance, whose mission is to address physician shortages in Tribal communities, is the first funded policy and communications organization singularly focused on advancing and advocating for federal policies that bring graduate medical education (GME) partnerships to more urban and rural Tribal medical facilities.
- "I am honored to lead the Alliance and to support AIMES members in shaping the future of IHS, Tribal, and Urban Indian Health GME programs.
- As an American Indian physician, I recognize the critical need to form an alliance of community leaders and partners in the Tribal health and medical education and training space.
- "Removing barriers for new physicians to practice in Tribal communities is essential to boost health care capacity and improve public health," said Dr. Michael Toedt, the AIMES Alliance Senior Advisor and former Chief Medical Officer of the Indian Health Service.
- Alliance members represent some of the most recognized Tribal health and academic medical innovators in the field.