Welcome to Patient Housing at ANMC, your home away from home while receiving care at the Alaska Native Medical Center. We look forward to your visit.
More than half of the patients at the Alaska Native Medical Center hospital travel from outside Anchorage to access a broad variety of health services. The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium is committed to ensuring that a lack of housing does not impact those seeking care. We are pleased to announce the opening of a new patient housing facility in early 2017. Our priorities are expanding services and support for our people who need care and providing a “home away from home” environment that facilities rest and recovery.
The ANMC Cafeteria in the hospital is open seven days a week and serves a variety of hot and chilled foods for the convenience of your family and friends. Visit anmc.org/dining for this week’s menus.
Please report any emergencies immediately by dialing “0.”
The building’s front doors and the doors leading into Patient Housing from the second floor sky bridge will be locked daily from 10 p.m.-6 a.m. daily. When locked they can be opened only with a guest room key card.
The building’s front doors and the doors leading into Patient Housing from the second floor sky bridge will be locked daily from 10 p.m.-6 a.m. daily. When locked they can be opened only with a guest room key card.
Visitors of any age may visit in our guest rooms; however, visitors ages 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Overnight guests are strictly forbidden unless they are registered as a patient escort.
In some cases for patient safety, a patient escort is approved and you may have a trusted friend or family member accompany you on your hospital visit. For your safety, it is important for us to reiterate the following responsibilities required of a patient escort:
The main hospital doors are closed after 9 p.m. each evening and reopened each morning at 6 a.m. Visitors may enter through the Emergency Room entrance on the east side of ANMC. After 10 p.m., security will have a screening desk set up. With approval from the nurses caring for the patient, they can issue after hours passes for visitors. Visitors will be required to provide proof of identification to security before they will issue a pass.
Calls from outside Patient Housing will be routed directly to your room through our switchboard. Your family and friends can reach you in your room by calling our main number, (907) 729-2400 and then dialing the room number after the prompt.
A courtesy phone is available at the front desk for visitors to call patient rooms.
Dial “9” to make a local call outside of Patient Housing. All local calls are free. Long distance calls can only be made by dialing collect or using a calling card.
There is a house phone located in each elevator lobby that will dial directly to the front desk.
Cell phones are allowed in all areas of Patient Housing. There are restrictions on the use of cell phones in certain areas of the hospital because they may interfere medical equipment, so please check with the nurses to make sure they are allowed in the area you are visiting. Visitors wishing to use a cell phone are asked to use the hospital cafeteria, lobby or waiting rooms to make a call. Visitors are asked to not take pictures of staff or patients with camera phones.
Rooms and bathrooms are cleaned daily. Housekeepers will visit your room every day, preferably while you are out, and sanitize the bathroom, clean all exposed surfaces, empty trash and replace towels as necessary. Every third day, we will change your bedding as well. If you would like additional housekeeping services or have questions or concerns about the cleanliness of your room, please dial “0” from the phone in your room and we will send an attendant immediately between the hours of 8 a.m.-6 p.m. to attend to your needs.
Each room in Patient Housing has a television. We offer a basic cable package with mainly local stations. We ask that you please be considerate of your neighbors when watching television and keep the sound volume low. The channel line up can be found on the stand below the TV.
Wireless internet is offered throughout Patient Housing. The network name is “Internet Only.” No password is necessary to connect to this network.
A small safe is available for you to use in your room. Instructions for use are on the front of the safe, located on the door of your clothes cupboard.
Parking at ANMC and Patient Housing is free. Please note that there are handicap parking spaces and Elder parking spaces provided in various areas on the grounds and in the parking garage attached to Patient Housing for your convenience. Elder parking is for our visitors over the age of 55.
Discharge waiting areas
Once you are discharged from the hospital, it is important that you vacate your room in Patient Housing as soon as possible so we can accommodate the next guest. If your transportation out of Anchorage is not until later in the day, you may choose to check your luggage with us and wait in our lobby or go across to the Discharge Lounge in the basement of Quyana House located in the ANMC hospital.
Floor two and four are outfitted with a fully functional kitchen for our guests to use. You can keep your large food items in the refrigerator/freezer, but please clean out your foodstuff before leaving. Please help us keep the kitchens tidy and clean up after each use.
A gym is located on the first floor in the lobby area. Please wipe down equipment with a sanitary wipe after use. Please limit use to one hour if other guests are waiting to use the equipment. Guests must be 18 or older to use the equipment and Patient Housing is not liable for any injury.
