March is Social Work Month, which raises awareness about professional social workers and their commitment to improving social conditions and quality of life opportunities for patients and families at ANMC. Social Work Month provides an opportunity to recognize ANMC’s dedicated social workers and the valuable services they provide. The ANMC hospital has six social workers – Deanna Thomas, LCSW; Paulette Bryan, LMSW; Michelle Kimbrell, LCSW; Claire Barber, LMSW; Lisa Typpo, BSW; and Spark Perry, LCSW. The ANMC Oncology Clinic has ...
Help us celebrate and cheer on our friends, neighbors, relatives and everyone in recovery! This March is Alaska’s fifth statewide Sobriety Awareness Month. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram to see how people across the state are talking about sobriety. Discover the ways that culture, community, health and support inspire Alaskans in their recovery journeys. Join the #AKSobrietyAwareness conversation each week by commenting with what recovery means to you! We also encourage everyone to wear a white ribbon throughout the month to promote ...
Stay well – make your health appointments at ANMC
Now more than ever, it is important to make sure you are keeping up with preventative and routine specialty health appointments. Like many health care organizations, ANMC has seen a decline in patients seeking care for emergency and chronic conditions since the emergence of COVID-19. ANMC has safely reopened its specialty care clinics for in-person appointments, including elective surgeries, cancer screenings such as mammograms and colonoscopies, and other health care needs that are difficult to complete over telehealth video appointments. ...
Jacque Quantrille, ANMC Director of Nursing, Critical Care, Progressive Care and Respiratory Therapy, was recently presented with the LifeSaver Award. A LifeSaver Award award is given to one individual per month across LifeCenter Northwest’s four-state, 230-hospital donation service area, and it honors those who demonstrate a commitment to improving donation outcomes and culture through their actions, time and energy. LifeCenter Northwest recently worked with ANMC to evaluate a potential organ donor following a timely donation referral. At the time, ANMC ...
Meeting Remote Alaska Challenges with Modern Ingenuity
Running water is something most of us take for granted. Turn a tap and it is there, safe and clean. In remote Alaska communities, running water is another story, one that, at its heart, belongs to the unsung master of the water treatment plant: its operator. “It takes a certain kind of person to do this job,” Brian Berube, senior program manager at ANTHC, recently said of Alaska’s small water treatment plant operators. “Water plant operators care deeply about their ...
2021 Federal Energy and Water Management Award winners
Congratulations to Capt. Hugh Denny, Indian Health Service Alaska Area and members of the ANTHC Environmental Health and Engineering for having been selected as the 2021 Department of Energy, Federal Energy and Water Management Award winners. Capt. Denny and members of ANTHC Environmental Health and Engineering are recognized for their collaboration and efforts that are vital to the sustainability of facilities in rural Alaska. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Indian Health Service (IHS) Alaska Area and ...
HIV and STI self-testing kits available through iknowmine.org
ANTHC recognized World AIDS Awareness Day on Wednesday, Dec. 1, and encouraged Alaskans to seek HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing options, such as self-testing. This service bridges the gap for many people living in remote and rural Alaska where access to HIV testing is limited or there are concerns about privacy and confidentiality. While positive results do need to be confirmed with an in-person appointment, self-tests can limit visits to the clinic and increase access to HIV and ...
Congratulations to ANMC DAISY Award winner, Liu Rachel Liu, RN in the Progressive Care Unit. DAISY Awards are considered from nominations received directly from patients and colleagues. Liu was nominated by a patient. ANMC’s nurses provide culturally appropriate, family-centered care in a unique hospital environment, and they are constantly seeking ways to improve the services and care we provide. In an effort to further recognize our nurses for their outstanding work, ANMC partnered with the DAISY Award, an international program ...
Congratulations to ANMC DAISY Award winner, Megan Webb, RN in Family Birthing Services. DAISY Awards are considered from nominations received directly from patients and colleagues. Webb was nominated by a fellow nurse and colleague, Jamille Tucker. ANMC’s nurses provide culturally appropriate, family-centered care in a unique hospital environment, and they are constantly seeking ways to improve the services and care we provide. In an effort to further recognize our nurses for their outstanding work, ANMC partnered with the DAISY Award, ...
November 18 is the Great American Smokeout
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a disease that affects the respiratory system, which primarily includes your lungs and your ability to breathe. Smokers and people using vape pens or e-cigarettes may have less efficient lungs and may be hit harder by breathing issues resulting from the virus. ANTHC and the State of Alaska have resources available for quitting smoking, vaping and other tobacco product use. Contact the Alaska Tobacco Quit Line at 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669) to learn more about free services ...