California Area Office

Clinical Management

The California Area Indian Health Service offers this Clinical Management section to support health care professionals to learn more about the health care delivery system. 

Behavioral Health Program: read about the support available to eliminate behavioral health diseases and conditions such as substance abuse and mental health issues. 

Dental: learn about ways to fight dental decay and prevent periodontal disease in the American Indian community. 

Diabetes: visit this section for annual diabetes audit instructions; standards of care; CAN-DO updates; and educational resources.

Disaster Preparedness: find ways to prepare for possible disasters in communities; information on sharing; education; networking; and training.

Electronic Health Record (EHR): provides secure access to the most up-to-date patient records and management of treatment activities.

Government Performance & Results Act (GPRA): discover how the California Area continues to work with tribal and urban Indian health programs in California to improve their local GPRA performance through: bulletins; instructions; and statistical data.

Health Promotion Disease Prevention Program (HPDP): fosters healthier lifestyles that lead to the reduction of health disparities in current and future generations of California Indian people by: networking; supporting; and empowering prevention initiatives.

Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA): read how your facility can comply with the requirements of this law through: forms, policies and procedures; updates; answers to frequently asked questions; and training information.

Immunization: provides information about: vaccine preventable diseases; the benefits of immunizations; the risk of disease verses the benefit of immunizations; and other educational resources and materials.

Information Resource Management (IRM): offers RPMS Site Managers and Health Program IT technical staff RPMS support, security and miscellaneous IT resources.

Nursing: learn ways that nurses are advancing and strengthening their role within the California tribal and urban health care delivery settings.