Shiprock Clinic provides general family practice services
Providing an alternative is one reason why
Staff said they see 45 to 60 patients a week at the clinic, which has a large waiting room, a triage room and three examination rooms.
Nurse practitioner
The clinic provides general family practice services, diabetes education, in-house testing for diabetes, monitoring for diseases like high cholesterol and high blood pressure and procedures such as removing stitches or tending to ingrown toenails.
Clinic staff can also refer patients to medical services in
The clinic, which does not offer urgent care services, complies with state, federal and tribal regulations. Among the insurance the clinic accepts is the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System,
McAlexander, who is
McAlexander and Benally got the idea for starting the clinic while they were working for a local home care company.
Because both were raised in
"We can pick up some of that need and take some of the pressure from
They said they also understand the importance of contributing to the community.
"We were always told, 'Go home and help the people you can,'" McAlexander said.
Benally said the clinic provides a much-needed service that's close to home, especially for the community's elderly population.
"As a Navajo person, being taught to always respect your elders, it's more of a passion for me than a job. It's more of caring for other people and our elders and doing what I can to give back to our community," Benally said.
She added that the staff is knowledgeable about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, and patient privacy is strictly protected.
"What happens here, stays here," she said.
Another unique aspect to the clinic is that it uses electronic records, so patients can access their medical records online, McAlexander said.
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