Category: Alaska Native Medical Center
Emergency Services Expansion update – March 14, 2025
Construction Update: Construction crews are making exciting progress on the Emergency Services Expansion, with an additional 18 emergency exam rooms opening on Saturday, March 15! These are individual patient rooms outfitted with the latest technology, including privacy windows that become opaque at the push of a button. The latest phase of construction completes “Zone Delta.” Construction crews will complete the final furniture, fixture, and equipment installation, go through their punch list, and finalize commissioning before we open the new space. ...
Observing Patient Safety Awareness Week, March 9-15
Patient Safety Awareness Week is March 9-15 and a reminder of the critical role patient safety plays in health care and the continuous efforts needed to ensure patients receive the highest quality of care. This week, our staff are reflecting on the importance of safe practices, celebrating progress and highlighting areas still in need of improvement. Patient safety matters Patient safety is at the core of every interaction at the Alaska Native Medical Center including travel, outpatient care, diagnosis, facility ...
Emergency Services Expansion update – Feb. 7, 2025
Construction Update: Construction will block the first floor, east-west corridor of the Mountain Path side at the Alaska Native Medical Center near elevators 7-9 from February 8-16. Access to the elevators will be maintained and the impact regarding patient and visitor walkways will be minimal, but patients accessing Imaging will use the route above highlighted in blue. A temporary construction barrier will be erected. Crews will be removing ceiling, cutting into existing ductwork, cutting sheet rock, and installing a new ...
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) has a great need for certified nursing assistants (CNA) and we have developed our own curriculum and training program to “grow our own.” We are looking for interested candidates to apply for our Certified Nursing Assistant Training Program! Alaska Native and American Indian applicants will receive hiring preference. Accepted candidates will be hired as patient observers and will begin ANTHC’s five-week CNA Training Program on the Alaska Native Health Campus. In early March 2025, ...
Before the Alaska Native Medical Center The Anchorage Medical Center of the Alaska Native Service (ANS) opened in downtown Anchorage in 1953, under management of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Two years later, in 1955, the Indian Health Service (IHS) was established as a bureau of the U.S. Public Health Service, and took over operations of ANS. When IHS was established, the leading cause of death for Alaska Native people was tuberculosis (TB) — introduced to Alaska Native communities ...
Emergency Services Expansion update – Dec. 20, 2024
Construction Update: Construction crews are making exciting progress on the next phase of the Emergency Services Expansion. For Phase 1B, which will add an additional 18 emergency exam rooms in March 2025, framing is complete; drywall install will be complete this week; tape and paint is ongoing; rough-in for mechanical, electrical and plumbing above the ceiling is ongoing; floor preparation is ongoing; the ceiling grid installation has begun; door frame installation is nearing completion; and wall protection installation has begun. ...