FLIP launched the Clinical Exchange program in partnership with Fort Defiance Indian Hospital Board in the fall of 2021 as a concerted effort to advance medical, nursing, and technical educational partnerships between Brigham & Women’s Hospital and tribal healthcare systems in the Southwest. As a group of dedicated health professionals, FLIP is committed to improving, advancing, and sustaining emergency medicine in Indigenous and rural communities to address health disparities and build more equitable systems of care.
Our programs support communities that are underserved and face measurable health disparities. FLIP is a direct response to these disparities. In partnership with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, the FLIP program works to expand clinical capacity in Indigenous hospitals and rural health care centers.
The FLIP Clinical Exchange partnership program at Tséhootsooí Medical Center began in 2021-2022 and the program continues to this day. It is currently in its 4th year of a successful mutually beneficial clinical partnership. Here are a few testimonials:
