2026: In lieu of this year’s annual conference, the California Area Indian Health Service is hosting a California Healthcare Best Practices Education Webinar Series scheduled throughout the year. Each session will be held virtually via Zoom. Continuing education will be provided to those that attend the live events.

Topics include:

Health Information Management (HIM) Restrictions; Purchase/Referred Care (PRC), Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund (CHEF); Duplicate Records; Physician Burnout; Substance Use Disorder Treatment; Ethical Dilemmas; Infection Prevention & Control; American Indian Maternal Support Services; Medicare 340B; Social Drivers of Health; Health Literacy; Data Sovereignty; Honoring our Stolen Sisters Voices; Cancer Epidemiology in American Indian / Alaska Native (AI/AN) Populations in California; Comprehensive Cancer Centers & American Indian Health; Improving Native Cancer Health Outcomes; Tobacco Cessation; Community Health Aide Program (CHAP) & Dental Therapy Program; Ambient Scribe with Artificial Intelligence (AI); Autism & Co-Occurring Mental Health Conditions; Vector-Borne Diseases; Occupational Well-being; Understanding Challenging Behaviors in Autism (ASD); Valley Fever; Health Information Technology (IT) Modernization; Treating Stimulant Use Disorder; Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Panel; Wildfire Smoke & Health; Motivational Interviewing; Obesity Management; Integrating Indigenous medicine - Pain Management; Public Health Response - Infectious Disease; Insulins; Different Faces of Diabetes; Utilizing Community Health Representatives-Improving Diabetes Management

2024

Topics include:

Documenting Health Literacy in EHR; HIPAA Security Risk Assessments; Health Literacy; Commercial Tobacco-Free living; Clinical Side of Autism; Food Insecurity in Indian Country; Syphilis Overview; Impact of Extended Screen Time; STIs and Tools of Prevention; Immunization Update; VFA Updates; VFC Updates; Administering Naloxone; Weight Loss Medications; GPRA 101; Exploring New Weight Loss Medications; Culturally Adapted Approaches to Suicide Prevention; Strategies for Improving NDW Data Exports; Improving GPRA Measure Outcomes in NextGen EHR; Integrated Care Coordination; Addressing Dementia in Tribal Communities; QA, Accreditation Readiness, and Infection Control and Prevention; CAIR Update; CHAP Overview; New Supervisor 101; CHAP & DHAT; Board of Registered Nursing; Nursing Leadership Role in Quality Assurance and Accreditation Readiness; Using Medical Devices and Treating People with Diabetes; Patient Centered Approach to CVD Risk Reduction; Gut Health and Diabetes; Kwa Xho Community Garden Project