Our growth at ANMC focuses on improving access to care as well as improving the quality and experience of the care we provide for our people. This week, ANMC’s Internal Medicine, Podiatry and Pulmonary Clinics opened in our new location in the Healthy Communities Building (HCB) on the west side of the Alaska Native Health Campus. These new clinics add an additional 20,000 square feet of clinic space to our campus. The third floor of the HCB was remodeled for ...

ANTHC partners with a variety of educational programs to bring the best professionals into our Tribal health system. In 2016, ANTHC and our Tribal health partners welcomed two physicians from the University of Washington Global and Rural Health Fellowship, a new program designed to provide clinical training and education in traditionally underserved health care systems. ANTHC’s partnership for this new program with the University of Washington (UW) began in 2015. Recognizing that physicians in internal medicine or emergency medicine rarely ...

In partnership with the statewide Village Safe Water engineering group, ANTHC Tribal Utility Support staff members Darrin Bartz and Pierre Costello provided operator training in the operation of the new Buckland fluoridation system for the Northwest Alaska community. Buckland recently commissioned a new state of the art water treatment plan facility which highlights a fluoridation system installed to improve oral health in the community. Both Bartz and Costello have several years of experience in the application of fluoride systems in ...

The ANTHC Diabetes Program has new office space on the first floor of Healthy Communities Building and is using its central location to celebrate the traditional subsistence activities that help keep our people healthy. Visitors to the lobby of the Healthy Communities Building will see new murals with the theme, “Hunt, Fish, Gather, Grow,” which have been featured in other Diabetes Program materials as a way to show how traditional foods contribute to a healthy lifestyle. The colorful artwork is ...

Updates for patients and visitors of the Alaska Native Medical Center The Alaska Native Medical Center hospital is welcoming the new year with changes to masking requirements and visitation policies.  Masking optional: Per CDC guidelines, masking is now optional for patients, visitors and staff at ANMC hospital when you are feeling well and have no symptoms of cold or flu. Masks will continue to be provided at all open entrances. Masking may be required in certain situations and staff will practice ...

Akiak Native Community Report