NSHC is currently constructing the addition to house the MRI machine adjacent to the Emergency Department on the first floor of the hospital. An Alaska Native company out of Utqiagvik (Barrow), UIC Construction, is on schedule to have the $6.2 million project completed by the end of this year. Frank Irelan has been working for Read More
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Why the Liitfik Center? Why Now? Our Elders Weigh In
“Liitfik – A place to come to your senses, a place of learning, and a sobering place” The need for the Liitfik Wellness Center: Alcohol abuse is one of the biggest problems in the region, with the current solution involving taking intoxicated people to the emergency room at the hospital or Anvil Mountain Correctional Center, Read More
Kaniqsirugut News – Fall 2018 Issue
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BHS to Expand Substance Misuse Services With HRSA Grant
$6 million out of almost $400 million in federal funds has been awarded to Alaska health centers to better address substance abuse and misuse throughout the state. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded Norton Sound Health Corporation just shy of $285,000 earlier this year. According to a Read More
NSHC Awarded for Quality Improvement Measures
Norton Sound Health Corporation raked in the second-highest grant amount statewide through the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) annual Health Center Quality Improvement awards. HRSA awarded NSHC $87,248 based on five different improvement categories and named NSHC a National Health Center Quality Leader — one of only three in Alaska. Two of NSHC’s awards, Read More
NSRH Named 7th Most Beautiful Hospital
For the third consecutive year, the Norton Sound Regional Hospital ranked among the Top 20 Most Beautiful Hospitals in the U.S. This year, NSRH took seventh place out of 68 hospitals nationwide. In 2017, NSRH came in ninth place and in 2016, it received sixth place honors. NSRH received its first Top 20 recognition in Read More
Submit Your World Breastfeeding Week Nominations!
Do you know a breastfeeding super supporter? How about a breastfeeding mighty mom? World Breastfeeding Week is August 1-7 and is a time to recognize the importance of working together to protect, promote and support breastfeeding. The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action honors breastfeeding through a week of promotion and recognition by acknowledging that “in Read More
NSHC to use ANMC to Coordinate Medicaid Travel
Effective June 25th, the ANMC Travel Management Office will take over coordinating Medicaid travel for all NSHC patients. Download information on how the coordination will work here.
DHAT Grad is NSHC’s Fifth Tribal Member to Complete Program
Homegrown DHAT to work in sub-region after preceptorship ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – Norton Sound Health Corporation is celebrating the graduation of its newest Dental Health Aide Therapist (DHAT), Melinda Gray. Gray was among the most recent graduating class of the Alaska Dental Therapy Educational Program, a partnership between Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and Ilisagvik Tribal College. Read More
NSHC Names Kelly Bogart VP of Hospital Services
Locally raised Nomeite to become NSHC division leader NOME, ALASKA -Norton Sound Health Corporation hired a new Vice President of Hospital Services to replace outgoing administrator Phil Hofstetter. Kelly Bogart will take over leadership of the large NSHC division, which includes most hospital-based departments, and she will also take on the role of Nursing Home Read More
