Women on treadmill, My AK Wellness

Southcentral Foundation’s methods of data collection, as well as how SCF uses data for improvement, have been previously discussed on this blog. However, SCF also makes tools available to customer-owners so that they can use data for their benefit as well. One of these tools is My AK Wellness.

providing high quality care in remote locations

Providing health care in rural areas can be quite challenging. Depending on the location, accessibility, high cost of living, harsh weather conditions, and/or lack of infrastructure are all factors that can make it much more difficult to provide needed health care services to people in those areas.

Customer-Owner

Southcentral Foundation is continually striving to realize its vision and execute its mission, and is assisted in this by several elements of its corporate structure. One of these is SCF’s Operational Principles.

Emotional and Spiritual Aspects of Care

Southcentral Foundation’s vision is a Native Community that enjoys physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellness. SCF works with customer-owners to ensure that all of those aspects of wellness are achieved.

Anchorage Native Primary Care Center

Southcentral Foundation’s facilities are designed to be beautiful and to reflect Alaska Native culture, with spaces for the display of Alaska Native art. SCF’s facility design also promotes focus on relationships, not only with customer-owners, but also between employees.

Nuka Conference 2017

Southcentral Foundation’s 7th Annual Nuka System of Care Conference begins today! The conference begins with the pre-conference Core Concepts session, which will run from Monday through Wednesday, followed by the general conference on Thursday and Friday.

Nuka System of Care

Southcentral Foundation would like to express our thanks to three organizations which have chosen to sponsor this year’s Nuka System of Care Conference: Cerner Corporation, Wells Fargo, and Parker, Smith & Feek.

Katherine Gottlieb

On June 19, the 7th Annual Nuka System of Care Conference will begin! There is still time to sign up for the conference and learn about what has made Southcentral Foundation’s Nuka System of Care one of the world’s leading health care systems, so reserve your place today!

Behavioral Based Interviewing

Hiring is critically important for health care organizations. Recruiting the right people can go a long way toward ensuring the success of health care services and programs. However, recruiting can be difficult for health care organizations, and Southcentral Foundation has certainly faced challenges in this area.

Population Based Case Management

Within the integrated care teams, case managers at Southcentral Foundation have multiple roles and practice standards. Learn how they ensure continuity of care and build relationships with customer-owners, which helps them support positive behavioral change, encourage self-care and benefit the overall wellness of customer-owners.