Category: Alaska Native Medical Center

Our latest projects to expand the ANMC Infusion Center and Oncology, Palliative Care and Hematology Clinic and will open on Monday, Oct. 3. This addition of 20,000 square feet of new clinic space has been designed to provide our people with a healing environment to enhance the healing treatment provided. The fourth floor of the Healthy Communities Building (HCB) on the west side of the Alaska Native Health Campus has been remodeled for additional patient care space to meet the ...

As the flu season approaches, ANMC is gearing up for our annual flu vaccine clinic, which will be held every Saturday in October (Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29) at the Anchorage Primary Care Center in the Primary Care Clinic 2 East. The clinic is for patients age 5 and older who have an established medical chart at ANMC. The Saturday Flu Vaccine Clinic will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Saturday. No appointment is necessary to ...

When it comes to recovering from an injury or illness or facing a terminal illness, for many of our patients, there is more to the healing process than medicine and care received from our medical staff. Many of our patients welcome visits from clergy volunteering at the Alaska Native Medical Center. On Sept. 9, the Rev. Norman H. V. Elliott passed away in Anchorage. “Father Norman,” as we lovingly know him, was a kind, gentle man who loved the people ...

In partnership with Tanana Chiefs Conference, ANTHC will support a Health Fair held at the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) Conference Thursday, Oct. 20 and Friday, Oct. 21. The health fair will offer a variety of health information and services for the thousands of conference attendees at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks. As Alaska enters flu season, offering free influenza vaccines to all adult attendees is one of the health fair’s most important and immediate contributions. Other programs and services ...

The ANMC Transitions of Care (TOC) team recently won the National Indian Health Board (NIHB) 2016 Area Impact Award for their exceptional service in American Indian and Alaska Native health. The team consists of pharmacists Lara Nichols, Michelle Locke, Honeylit Cueco and Matthew Walker; and pharmacy technicians Stephanie Cook and Brian Guting. The TOC team was chosen to receive the award for their phenomenal contributions in advancing Tribal health and for their service to Indian country, which has been noted ...

Our growth at ANMC focuses on improving access to care for our people, while also enhancing the quality and experience of the care we provide. Our latest projects to expand the ANMC Infusion Center and Oncology and Hematology Clinic and will help achieve these goals through the addition of 20,000 square feet of new clinic space. The fourth floor of the Healthy Communities Building (HCB) on the west side of the Alaska Native Health Campus is being remodeled for additional ...