Healthcare
Healthcare is one of Alaska’s fastest growing industries. Because of the state’s lack of infrastructure and its rural nature Alaska’s healthcare systems have found innovative solutions to some of these challenges including telemedicine, healthcare exchanges, traveling healthcare professionals, and mobile clinics. It’s widely acknowledged that healthcare costs are high in Alaska and the state’s key stakeholders continue to explore methods to lower healthcare costs.
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Checking In with Alaska Behavioral Health
Alaska Behavioral Health has provided mental health and wraparound behavioral health services to Alaskan children, youth in transition, adults, and families, including those with co-occurring substance misuse, for more than forty-five years.
Is Your Body in an Ideal State of Health?
SPONSORED BY IDEAL HEALTH: Ideal Health specializes in health coaching using a medically designed protocol that uses food as medicine and believes that weight loss is healthcare.
Providence Alaska Medical Center Named Best Hospital in Alaska
The annual ranking by US News & World Report recognizes Providence Alaska Medical Center as the Best Hospital in Alaska for 2021-22.
Beacon OHSS Moves to Midtown
Beacon OHSS, Alaska’s leading provider of occupational health and safety solutions, has moved from its old headquarters near downtown Anchorage to a midtown location at 701 East Tudor Road.
SAMHSA Grant Expands Access to Services and Training in Alaska
Alaska Behavioral Health has begun work under a new grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Child Traumatic Stress Network.
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Voices of Healthcare: Professional Perspectives
December 2021
"I think there’s been a change in culture, and I think Alaska has been a little bit more progressive in promoting women,” says Ella Goss, CEO of Providence Alaska Medical Center (PAMC). Goss started working at Anchorage’s largest hospital in 1997 as an ER nurse and rose through the ranks of management. Providence has intentionally promoted female leaders from within, she says, developing their potential because the talent pool in Alaska is so small due to the state’s population.