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MEDICAL SPECIALTIES: Audiology Cardiology Dermatology Diabetes Services Endocrinology Ear, Nose & Throat Services Emergency & Trauma Care Gastroenterology General Surgery Hepatology Hospitalist Infectious Disease Inpatient Pediatrics Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Neurosurgery OB/GYN Services & Perinatology Oncology Ophthalmology Orthopedics Pediatric & Neonatal Intensive Care Physical Therapy Podiatry Rheumatology Urology PRIMARY CARE SERVICES: Behavioral Health Complementary Medicine Dental Laboratory and Imaging Services Pediatrics Pharmacy Services Primary Care Traditional Healing As an acute, specialty, primary and behavioral health care provider, the Alaska Native Medical Center provides comprehensive medical services to Alaska Native and American Indian people living in the state. The center includes a 150-bed hospital, as well as a full range of medical specialties, primary care services and labs. The hospital also works in close partnership with Alaska’s rural health facilities to support a broad range of health care and related services. As a statewide referral center, ANMC operates the Quyana House, a 56-room, 108-bed facility for out-of-town patients and their escorts. The Quyana House provides housing, travel services and Medicaid authorizations. MISSION: The Alaska Native Medical Center shall fulfill the mission and vision of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and Southcentral Foundation by working together with the Native community to achieve wellness by providing the highest quality health services for all Alaska Natives. HISTORY: In the 1940s, the U.S. Indian Health Service began providing health care for Alaska Native people. By 1998, ANMC’s transition to Alaska Native ownership was completed with its transfer to ANTHC and SCF. Today, ANMC has become a world leader in health care where advanced technology meets human caring. ANMC is also a gathering place where longtime friends celebrate life events, learn ways to maintain wellness and simply visit one another. ALASKA NATIVE MEDICAL CENTER: HIGHEST QUALITY HEALTH CARE

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Page 1: ALASKA NATIVE MEDICAL CENTER: HIGHEST QUALITY …...the Alaska Native Medical Center provides comprehensive medical services to Alaska Native and American Indian people living in the

MEDICAL SPECIALTIES:Audiology

Cardiology

Dermatology

Diabetes Services

Endocrinology

Ear, Nose & Throat Services

Emergency & Trauma Care

Gastroenterology

General Surgery

Hepatology

Hospitalist

Infectious Disease

Inpatient Pediatrics

Internal Medicine

Nephrology

Neurology

Neurosurgery

OB/GYN Services & Perinatology

Oncology

Ophthalmology

Orthopedics

Pediatric & Neonatal Intensive Care

Physical Therapy

Podiatry

Rheumatology

Urology

PRIMARY CARE SERVICES:

Behavioral Health

Complementary Medicine

Dental

Laboratory and Imaging Services

Pediatrics

Pharmacy Services

Primary Care

Traditional Healing

As an acute, specialty, primary and behavioral health care provider, the Alaska Native Medical Center provides comprehensive medical services to Alaska Native and American Indian people living in the state. The center includes a 150-bed hospital, as well as a full range of medical specialties, primary care services and labs. The hospital also works in close partnership with Alaska’s rural health facilities to support a broad range of health care and related services. As a statewide referral center, ANMC operates the Quyana House, a 56-room, 108-bed facility for out-of-town patients and their escorts. The Quyana House provides housing, travel services and Medicaid authorizations.

MISSION: The Alaska Native Medical Center shall fulfill the mission and vision

of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and Southcentral Foundation by

working together with the Native community to achieve wellness by providing the

highest quality health services for all Alaska Natives.

HISTORY: In the 1940s, the U.S. Indian Health Service began providing health care

for Alaska Native people. By 1998, ANMC’s transition to Alaska Native ownership

was completed with its transfer to ANTHC and SCF. Today, ANMC has become

a world leader in health care where advanced technology meets human caring.

ANMC is also a gathering place where longtime friends celebrate life events, learn

ways to maintain wellness and simply visit one another.

ALASKA NATIVE MEDICAL CENTER: HIGHEST QUALITY HEALTH CARE

Page 2: ALASKA NATIVE MEDICAL CENTER: HIGHEST QUALITY …...the Alaska Native Medical Center provides comprehensive medical services to Alaska Native and American Indian people living in the

MILESTONES AND HONORS

ANMC earns the Gold Medal of Honor for Organ Donation from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for efforts that save and improve lives.

ANMC launches the Electronic Health Record (EHR) and receives the Project Excellence Award by Cerner for operational, financial and relationship excellence during implementation.

ANMC is renewed as Alaska’s only Level II Trauma Center.

ANMC is redesignated as Alaska’s only Magnet hospital for nursing excellence.

The ANMC Volunteer Auxiliary receives the prestigious American Hospital Association’s Award for Volunteer Excellence.

ANMC wins first of two consecutive Hospital Quality Achievement Awards.

ANMC becomes a tobacco-free campus.

ANMC receives Center of Excellence in Evidence-Based Practice award.

The Hepatitis Program establishes a molecular biology diagnostics lab, the first in the nation to be housed in a tribal facility.

ANMC achieves Alaska’s first and only Magnet Status for nursing excellence.

An advanced teleradiology project links imaging equipment in villages with radiology specialists in Anchorage, reducing time for diagnosis and treatment.

ANMC wins certification as Alaska’s only Level II Trauma Center, making it the highest quality emergency treatment provider in the state.

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and Southcentral Foundation jointly assume management of ANMC from the Indian Health Service.

World-class ANMC Hospital opens on Tudor Road, replacing the aging Third Avenue facility.

Under U.S. Indian Health Service management, ANMC opens on Third Avenue in Anchorage.

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1953

2011

Level II

Trauma Center

Providing the highest level

of trauma care possible

in Alaska, ANMC serves

as the referral center for

all Tribal health facilities in

the state.

Alaska’s only Magnet®

Hospital

Less than seven percent

of American hospitals

achieve Magnet

designation, a recognition

of nursing excellence

by the American Nurses

Credentialing Center.

Joint Commission

Accreditation

This accreditation and

certification is recognized

nationwide as a symbol

of quality that reflects

adherence to the highest

hospital performance

standards.

RECOGNITION AND AWARDS

FACTS & FIGURES

Service Population: 146,000

Types of Services: Acute, Specialty & Primary Care

Inpatient Admissions: 6,892

Births: 1,633

Number of Active Full-time Physician Staff: 166

Number of Associate/Midlevel Providers: 54

Nurses: 546

Outpatient Visits: 296,808

Emergency Department Visits: 57,417

Surgical Procedures: 14,784

Employees: 1,685

CONTACT

General Information(907) 729-2411

24-Hour Main Switchboard(907) 563-ANMC (2662)

Quyana Care Coordination(855) 482-4382

Emergency Department(907) 729-1729

Eligibility(907) 729-2353

Public Relations (907) 729-1967

Volunteer Services(907) 729-1120

HospitalAdministration(907) 729-1997

Primary Care Center Administration(907) 729-3250

2014 ANMC is redesignated for a third time as Alaska’s only Magnet hospital for nursing excellence.