With the 15th anniversary of Southcentral Foundation’s Nuka System of Care Conference coming this year, we’d like to take a moment to reflect on how it all began.
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Through a needs assessment done by Southcentral Foundation, cardiovascular disease was identified as one of the greatest health concerns of Alaska Native people. In response to not meeting the 75th percentile goal for the “Controlling High Blood Pressure” Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measure, SCF formed a workgroup to determine ways to make improvements to blood pressure control for customer-owners.
Southcentral Foundation continually works to make care as accessible as possible for customer-owners. One of SCF’s Operational Principles is “Access is optimized and waiting times are limited,” reflecting SCF’s commitment to access to care.
At Southcentral Foundation, family is at the center of care and well-being. As one facet of a comprehensive approach to supporting family wellness, SCF has implemented the New Generations project, which is a targeted interdisciplinary effort to incorporate best practices of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) into services at SCF.
Author Dan Heath has recently published a book titled Reset: How to Change What’s Not Working. Southcentral Foundation follows many of the principles outlined in the book for improvement efforts.
Part of the evaluation phase is employee evaluation, in which each employee’s performance over the past year is evaluated by their supervisor/manager according to four core competencies, all of which were developed to support SCF’s mission, vision, and corporate goals.
To support its vision of a Native Community that enjoys physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual wellness, Southcentral Foundation is investing in an expansion of behavioral health services.
Over the last few years, organizations have sought assessments of their integrated care teams from subject matter experts working in SCF’s Nuka System of Care.
SCF will be joining with the Anchorage Park Foundation, Native Village of Eklutna leaders, and community partners for the Indigenous naming ceremony of Tanaina Peak near Flattop Mountain.
Southcentral Foundation has created the Nuka Strategic Planning Software, developed in-house to provide employees with a flexible tool that supports work on annual plans.
