Winslow Indian Health Care Center Information

WIHCC serves eight (8) chapter areas in the southwest region of the Navajo Nation. These chapters include Birdsprings, Dilkon, Indian Wells, Leupp, Teesto, Tolani Lake, Jeddito and White Cone. WIHCC also provides services to the people living in the border towns of Winslow such as Joseph City and Holbrook. The Navajo Area User Population for FY 2016 is 245,611. Out of that number, WIHCC has a user population of 16,403 which accounts for 6.7% of the total area. The number of patient visits during FY 2015 was a total of 193,924 far from the 65,053 visits in 2002 when WIHCC first began operating under P.L. 93-638. These visit account for the abundant services provided by WIHCC providers which range from primary care, dental services, and pharmacy, to public health nursing, physical therapy and specialty care. The 85 year-old building is now used for non-clinical activities/functions as this building is under Arizona State Historic Preservation status. Clinical services are now provided in the state-of-the-art Medical Office Building. This facility houses a wide range of specialty services that include Rheumatology, Nephrology, Neurology, Surgery, Podiatry, Gynecology, Cardiology, and Maternal and Child Health. Winslow Indian Health Care Center maintains professional relationship with the LCMC, a private non-profit organization, which extends privileges to WIHCC medical staff to care for Native American patients. This unique arrangement provides otherwise unavailable inpatient care in a cost effective manner as well reducing expenses associated with patients traveling to outside health care facilities. The higher acuity patients are referred to other facilities such as Flagstaff Medical Center as well as hospitals in Phoenix or Tucson. WIHCC integrates with other programs including community health, preventive health services, and complementary care such as traditional Navajo health practices. The Health Promotion/Disease Prevention program is designed using the Navajo Model and Philosophy of four cardinal ...