AAAHC Accreditation Statement
United Indian Health Services, Inc. (UIHS) is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC), the nation’s leading accrediting organization of outpatient facilities.
Being accredited means that UIHS has undergone a rigorous professional scrutiny by highly qualified AAAHC professionals and found to provide quality care. So congratulations; you’ve made an excellent choice by choosing to receive your healthcare services at UIHS.
AAAHC accreditation means that UIHS:
Was visited by experienced AAAHC Health Care Professionals
Was measured against nationally recognized standards of care
Demonstrates a strong commitment to maintaining patient safety
Is dedicated to protecting your privacy
Meets all federal, state and local laws as well as AAAHC Standards for the care it provides.
Patient-Centered Medical Home
UIHS is proud to practice a Patient-Centered Medical Home for our native people and their families. Our focus is on improving the health of whole people, families, the community and on increasing trust, respect, and dignity with patients primary care providers and their health care team.
Our home is a health care setting that encourages partnerships between individual patients, their personal primary care providers, and when appropriate the patient’s families to assure patients get the care they need and want. We strive to create a culturally sensitive atmosphere that will enable patients to trust and participate in their health care decisions.
The Patient Centered Medical Home is not a final destination instead, it is a model for achieving primary care excellence that focuses on patient-and-family-centered care while ensuring access for all native patients and their families where care is of high quality and improves the health care of the individual and the strength of the family.
