Science Applications International Corporation recently announced it has been awarded the Indian Health Service (IHS) Electronic Dental Record Implementation Support contract from the General Services Administration (GSA). Under the $16 million contract, SAIC will help improve dental health care for more than 1.9 million American Indians and Alaska Natives by implementing an electronic dental record system that interfaces with other IHS health care systems. SAIC will help ensure operational success by providing program management, quality control, certification and accreditation, and business- process engineering services.
Here on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation our greatest need is DENTISTS, not a record keeping system. We have to wait 3-6 months for an appointment. If you go to emergency clinic you need to arrive by at least 7:15a.m. to be seen by 10:00 a.m. Dental SERVICES should be the number one priority. Right now we have one dentist to serve 5,000 Tribal members.
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