What’s a patient survey and why should you participate?
After a specialty clinic appointment, Emergency Services Department visit, day surgery procedure or hospital stay the Alaska Native Medical Center (ANMC), patients may receive a survey by text, email or mail asking for their feedback. Participating in these surveys is a great opportunity to make your voice heard and to help us make improvements at ANMC. ANMC partners with Press Ganey to help us administer patient surveys and ensure all responses are confidential. While ANMC uses the data from surveys ...
Save the date: 2024 ANTHC Annual Meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 4
Patients, families, and communities are at the heart of everything we do. Every day, our teams work together to meet the unique health needs of the people we serve. To achieve this, we foster collaborative partnerships with Tribes and Tribal health organizations to provide access to high-quality, comprehensive health services. The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) Annual Meeting is an opportunity for the people we serve and partner organizations to learn about our work over the past year ...
ANMC hospital celebrates 25 years as a Level II Trauma Center
This year, the Alaska Native Medical Center celebrates its 25-year anniversary as a Level II Trauma Center, first receiving designation in 1999. In 1996, ANMC received designation as Alaska’s first Level III Trauma Center. Upon reverification in June 1999, ANMC received an upgraded designation as a Level II Trauma Center, which was also a first for any hospital in Alaska. ANMC first received verification as a Level II Pediatric Trauma Center in 2018. These achievements recognize ANMC’s dedication to providing ...
Emergency Services Expansion update – Nov. 8
Ongoing demolition and construction activities for the ESE Expansion project will continue to create noise and vibrations at the ANMC hospital. Construction Update: Construction crews are nearly through with brick and footing demolition! The demolition of existing footings and brick on ANMC’s east side is scheduled to be complete early week of Nov. 18. As crews finish the last bit of brick demolition on the second floor exterior and use jackhammers to breakup and remove the last of footings, this ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommended $24.2 million in funding through the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant program (CPRG) for an ANTHC-led project to install 1 MW wind turbines and battery energy storage systems in the communities of Chevak and Toksook Bay. These clean energy projects will be transformative for both local microgrids, providing more than half of the electricity used in Chevak and Toksook Bay. The projects will also benefit the electrically intertied communities of Nightmute and Tununak. ANTHC’s Rural Energy ...
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and ANTHC’s Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation (HANF) have partnered to manage a rapid response fund on behalf of Tribes. 100 percent of proceeds will be directed to the Native Village of Kotzebue to help respond to the coastal storm and devastating flooding in northwest Alaska last week. ANTHC and HANF partnered with the Native Village of Kotzebue to manage the Fund so Tribal officials and first responders can focus on recovery. The natural disaster ...
Emergency Services Expansion update – Oct. 18, 2024
Ongoing demolition and construction activities for the ESE Expansion project will continue to create noise and vibrations at the ANMC hospital. Construction Update: Brick demolition continues at the east side, north corner of the ANMC hospital. This will create noise and vibrations as the brick is removed from the exterior of the building. Brick demolition will continue through the month of October into early November. Demolition of existing footings and retaining walls continues. This will create noise and vibrations as ...
Speak Up About Your Medications
October is National Pharmacy Month. We encourage you to learn more about medication usage, storage and safety! Medication safety is a team effort. You, your doctor, pharmacist, and other caregivers all have a role in making sure you get the right medication, take the correct dosage and avoid bad reactions. It’s important to know what questions to ask about a new medication and to speak up if something doesn’t sound right. Follow these tips and questions to ask your provider ...
Emergency Services Expansion update – Oct. 4, 2024
Ongoing demolition for the ESE Expansion project will continue to create noise and vibrations at the ANMC hospital. Construction Update: Demolition of the entry to the old Emergency Department is tentatively scheduled for the week of October 7. This work will create noise and vibration. Construction crews continue demolition of the exterior brick on the east side of the ANMC hospital in the north corner, and of existing footings and retaining walls. This work will create noise and vibrations as construction crews ...
The ANTHC Behavioral Health Wellness Clinic is offering a new group to improve parenting and caregiving skills. Ayuq is a group where individuals can learn skills to better take care of the children in their lives (current custody is not required). Ayuq is a 12-week workshop starting Tuesday, Oct. 8, and will be offered every Tuesday from noon-1 p.m. This group blends traditional Alaska Native knowledge and Western psychotherapy to help group members from a culturally informed lens. Weekly group topics ...