Category: ANTHC
Despite the challenges of limited staffing and the COVID-19 pandemic, the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) Colorectal Cancer Control Program – a five-year (2020-2025) grant funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – has achieved significant progress in increasing colorectal cancer screening rates across Alaska. Over the past five years, the average screening rate among Tribal health organization partners increased from 46% to 62%, representing a 35% improvement. This progress has contributed to a meaningful reduction ...
Construction of the 78-bed, 92,000-square-foot Skilled Nursing Facility is underway and is expected to be completed by summer 2026. Project Achievements & Upcoming Milestones: While construction on the facility began in August 2024, the foundation was recently completed in March of this year. The Concrete has been poured for the second elevator and stem walls. Backfilling has been completed in the areas where shallow underground work was done. Crews will begin erecting steel on May 27 and will continue to ...
We’re excited to announce that applications are now open for ANTHC’s three signature leadership development programs: Pathways to Leadership, Leadership Excellence through Advancement and Determination (LEAD), and the Alaska Native Executive Leadership Program (ANELP). These programs are open to Alaska Native and American Indian employees and are designed to build confident, culturally grounded, and capable leaders across all levels of our organization and the Alaska Tribal Health System. Application period is open until June 8. Programs run from September 2025 ...
The 31st annual Alaska Tribal Conference on Environmental Management (ATCEM), organized by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC), convened in Anchorage, bringing together Indigenous leaders, environmental experts, policymakers, and community stakeholders to share experiences, inform change, and drive action. This year’s event featured a range of discussions, workshops, and presentations customized to ATCEM’s six tracks: capacity building, community infrastructure, solid waste, contaminated sites, One Health and resilience. A central theme throughout the conference was increasing youth engagement and how ...
Emergency Services Expansion update – April 4, 2025
With Zone Delta open and running smoothly and 18 additional rooms added to the Emergency Services Department, construction on the rest of the Emergency Services Expansion (ESE) project continues. Construction update: Interior framing is roughly 80% complete in Zone Charlie, with gypsum wallboard actively being installed and above-ceiling support going up for exam room lights. In-wall mechanical, electrical, and plumbing are also underway. Most of the ANMC hospital’s east parking lot is fenced off for construction activities. In preparation for ...
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) recently acquired additional patient lodging capacity to meet the increased demand for Alaska Native patients traveling to Anchorage for health care. With these two additional locations, we also have a new designation for these properties – ANTHC Lodging. ANTHC Lodging at Midtown is at 100 E Tudor Road and ANTHC Lodging at Old Seward is located at 700 E 34th Avenue. These new locations will add more than 225 rooms, once renovations at ...