Utah Navajo Health System Incorporated

Utah Navajo Health System, Inc. (UNHS) is a premier, community-governed, not-for-profit health organization dedicated to providing comprehensive, high-quality, and culturally responsive care across southeastern Utah and the greater Four Corners region. Founded to bridge the gap in rural and underserved healthcare, UNHS operates as a vital safety net, offering an integrated, holistic approach to wellness. By blending modern clinical medicine with emergency response, mobile outreach, deep community advocacy, and a profound respect for local heritage, UNHS ensures that individuals and families receive compassionate care, emergency resources, and critical social services regardless of their circumstances.

Our Dynamic Footprint: Clinics, Care, and Advocacy

UNHS meets the diverse needs of the Four Corners region through an agile network of brick-and-mortar facilities, crisis shelters, and specialized outreach operations:

Four Core Community Health Centers: Offering vital primary medical care, pharmacy access, and behavioral health services rooted directly in the communities they serve:

- Montezuma Creek Community Health Center

- Monument Valley Community Health Center

- Navajo Mountain Community Health Center

- Blanding Family Practice

- San Juan Family Dental (Monticello): A dedicated, standalone dental office expanding essential oral healthcare resources to the Monticello community.

- Blue Mountain Hospital: Guiding regional healthcare infrastructure and ensuring local access to critical acute care, emergency services, and advanced diagnostics right in Blanding.

- Emergency Medical Services (EMS): Providing rapid, life-saving emergency response and medical transport across vast, rugged distances where every second counts.

- Two Women’s Shelters: Providing safe, confidential housing, crisis intervention, and supportive wrap-around services for women and families navigating domestic transition or vulnerability.

- The Gallup Advocacy Office: Extending UNHS’s reach into New Mexico, housing dedicated advocates who provide essential navigation, community support, and resource coordination.

- Innovation on Wheels: Mobile & Field Services. Recognizing that terrain and transportation are often the biggest barriers to health, UNHS takes care directly to the people through specialized mobile units and field teams:

- The Mobile Fleet: Three fully equipped mobile units, one Medical, one Dental, and one Mammography unit, bringing preventative screenings, acute care, and oral health procedures directly to remote neighborhoods and community events.

- The Rural Veterinarian/MD Duo: A unique, innovative home-visit team pairing a medical doctor and a veterinarian. This duo travels to rural homes to provide simultaneous medical care for residents and vital care for their livestock and animals, honoring the deep connection between family livelihood and holistic wellness.

What Makes UNHS Significant in the Four Corners Region

A True Holistic Safety Net: UNHS looks at health through a wide lens. By operating medical clinics alongside women’s shelters, emergency response teams, and dedicated advocacy offices, UNHS addresses the root social determinants of health—safety, dignity, and resource access—making it far more than just a healthcare provider.

Conquering Geographic Isolation: The Four Corners features some of the most rugged, isolated terrain in the country. UNHS is significant because it doesn’t just wait for patients to arrive; between its emergency EMS services and its three specialized mobile units, it actively pushes life-saving medical care past clinical walls and directly to the most remote doorsteps.

Cultural Competence & Trust: UNHS is uniquely attuned to the cultural, linguistic, and practical needs of the communities it serves. Programs like the MD/Veterinarian duo show a deep, respectful understanding of rural, agricultural life, fostering a level of comfort and trusted care that outside systems simply cannot replicate.

Cross-Border, Continuous Impact: Health and community needs don’t stop at state or reservation lines. With operations stretching from southeastern Utah down into Gallup, New Mexico, UNHS serves as a powerful, cohesive thread that unites resources across the region to uplift underserved populations.