Category: ANTHC
ANTHC’s Rural Energy Initiative was recently awarded a National Director’s award from the Indian Health Service for its energy efficiency project work to improve the sustainability and reduce operating costs of rural sanitation systems and health care facilities across Alaska. The program was recognized for its accomplishments in identifying and implementing energy efficiency and renewable solutions through partnerships with rural communities, funding agencies and utility companies. The Rural Energy Initiative brings substantial benefit to the IHS portfolio of public health ...
New television ads promote Alaska Native health
Two vibrant new television ads promoting the health of our Alaska Native people are now running on various channels, including GCI cable, ADN.com, ANMC TV, Patient Housing at ANMC, YouTube and other ANTHC social media. Each 30-second spot promotes a theme of Native health care provided at ANMC and ANTHC: a comprehensive, holistic view of health and cutting-edge technology. Click the links to view the ads on YouTube: Holistic Health: https://youtu.be/CcNtj2zGiPcModern Technology: https://youtu.be/oOZMOUl7YLQ “Holistic Health” takes you on a trip ...
Patient housing at ANMC now open
After years of planning and months of construction, the patient housing facility at ANMC is now open for guests. This new building for patient lodging officially opened on Jan. 2 with more than 100 guests in rooms on the Alaska Native Health Campus. The leadership of our health system’s Tribal governance, represented by ANTHC’s Board of Directors, recognized that providing safe lodging is an important piece of access to care for our people. Thanks to their vision, safe and convenient ...
Campus growth means better access to care for our people
In its second year, the Strategic Access department continued to help ANTHC increase and improve the care and services we provide. This year, we remodeled and expanded several clinics and inpatient areas, adding capacity to our hospital and helping ensure specialty clinic appointments are available when needed. Our largest projects from 2016 included the remodel of the Healthy Communities Building to accommodate 40,000 square feet of new clinic space and the opening of patient housing at ANMC mentioned above. ANTHC, ...
Each year, ANTHC honors staff members who stand out for exceptional dedication and innovation, for embodying our Consortium’s mission and vision, and for contributing significant achievements during the past year. We recognize these individuals and teams with ANTHC Employee of the Year awards and present the awards to winners in the company of their fellow staff, family and friends at the annual ANTHC Holiday Party. This year, ANTHC presented awards to 13 individuals and one team at our holiday celebration ...
Patient housing facility gears up for January opening
The last walls have been built and the final touches are being prepared for the six-story, 202-room patient housing facility to welcome its first guests in January 2017. Earlier this month, ANTHC obtained the certificate of occupancy from the Municipality of Anchorage, which has allowed ANTHC staff to begin filling the guest rooms with the amenities that will truly make it a home away from home for the 60 percent of ANMC patients that travel to Anchorage for their care. ...