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Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium |
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For the second consecutive time, the Alaska Native Medical Center (ANMC) has been awarded the prestigious Magnet designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
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The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) provides statewide services in: specialty medical care; construction of water and sanitation and health facilities; community health and research; information technology; and professional recruiting. We are committed to providing the highest quality services possible for our people -- for our patients, affiliated tribal health organizations, and local communities. Please feel free to browse our Web site for more information about our award-winning services. |
Community Health Aide Program
http://www.akchap.org/SFinfo409.cfm
State of Alaska
http://www.pandemicflu.alaska.gov/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/
CDC guidance for clinicians
http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/guidance/
World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/index.html
What you can do to stay healthy (PDF document)
Alaska Native Medical Center wins highest honor in nursing excellence - Again!
ANMC has been awarded the prestigious Magnet Status© designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. ANMC remains the first and only Alaska hospital to achieve Magnet Status. Only 5 percent of all U.S. hospitals receive Magnet Status, and even fewer are designated a second time. Click here for more information.
Live Web Cameras!
Want to see the beautiful Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium campus? Or just interested in the view in picturesque Anchorage, Alaska?
Click here to visit our web camera page!
$1 million grant supports Hepatitis B research at Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
The National Institutes of Health has awarded $1 million to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium as part of one of 12 grants offered nationwide for the study of Hepatitis B. ANTHC will pool its resources with 10 other groups in Canada and the United States to complete the work.
Click here for more information about the project.
Tribal health organizations boost suicide prevention efforts
To stem the increasing numbers of suicides among Alaska Natives, organizations across Alaska have added staff, and stepped up staff training and the sharing of suicide prevention information. More...
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Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation
Click here to find out how you can help boost health services for Alaska Natives.
First U.S.-trained Dental Health Aides Therapists graduate
Click here or the image above to view a short presentation on the benefits of Dental Health Aides to Alaskans. Click here for a low-res version.
In December 2008, the nation's first dental health aide training center - DENTEX - graduated its first Dental Health Aide Therapists. For more information about DENTEX, click here. For additional information about Dental Health Aide Therapists, click here.
The U.S. Public Health Service Web site also includes information such as the need for the program, its history, and the rigorous Dental Health Aide Therapist training and certification process. Click http://www.phs-dental.org/depac/newfile50.html .
Click here to see the January-March 2009 issue of the Mukluk Telegraph, with articles about:
- ANMC achieves Magnet Status again!
- Tribal organizations boost suicide prevention
- ANTHC holds annual meeting
- ANMC first in Alaska to offer cochlear implants for deaf
- Board picks Andy Teuber of Kodiak as new Chairman/President
- Dental Health Aide Therapists update
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