Campus growth means better access to care for our people
January 6, 2017
In its second year, the Strategic Access department continued to help ANTHC increase and improve the care and services we provide. This year, we remodeled and expanded several clinics and inpatient areas, adding capacity to our hospital and helping ensure specialty clinic appointments are available when needed. Our largest projects from 2016 included the remodel of the Healthy Communities Building to accommodate 40,000 square feet of new clinic space and the opening of patient housing at ANMC mentioned above.
ANTHC, in partnership with our people and the Alaska Tribal Health System, is focused on the future and devoted to providing the right care in the right place at the right time for our people. We are constantly investing in our people and infrastructure to ensure essential services are provided in order to advance our vision that Alaska Native people are the healthiest people in the world. Since our historic settlement with the Indian Health Service, we have focused on adding additional space and services for our people.
Strategic Access projects from 2016 include:
- Opened the Flex Unit – providing seven new inpatient beds and our first bariatric patient bed space as well as three additional post-op spaces for OR
- Opened a renovated and expanded Orthopedic Clinic in the ANMC hospital
- Opened the new ANMC Internal Medicine & Subspecialty Clinic in the Health Communities Building, which expanded the care provided with 53 exam rooms, consult rooms, a procedure and two treatment rooms, with on-site radiology, lab, and pharmacy services.
- Opened the expanded Hematology, Palliative Care and Oncology Clinic, Podiatry Clinic, Pulmonology Clinic and Infusion Center in the Healthy Communities Building
- Replaced the 20-year old slate tile flooring in the ANMC entrance and gathering space rotunda with a smooth, bright floor that makes travel across the floor by wheelchairs much easier
- Helped to coordinate more than 150 workspace moves to align teams for greater collaboration
- Replaced all the nurse call devices in ANMC with a new, updated and improved system
- Converted three offices to exam rooms to increase the clinical space used by Fast Track
- Replaced a number of mechanical units across campus to save energy and increase user comfort in our buildings
- Renovated and opened ANMC’s Quyana House discharge lounge as a comfortable place for patients to wait for their transport home after leaving their hospital room
- Designed and bid the Critical Care Unit addition project, with construction starting this month