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Design Awards judge Agnessa Todorova calls the Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center her favorite project and describes it as emotional, small-scale and modern yet traditional in a natural setting.This didn't happen by accident.
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For the past six years, a University of Washington program has trained indigenous tribal members across Alaska as dental hygienists to combat the epidemic of tooth decay suffered by native Alaskans and others living in Alaska's rural areas.
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As more of Alaska's healthcare providers transition to electronic medical records, a health information exchange network is being lauded as better for doctors and patients, but also has its share of controversy over privacy.
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Last year, two of the largest pediatric groups in Anchorage, Alaska, discovered what Alaska Regional Hospital is charging for a simple infant procedure. And they decided to take a quiet stand against a fee they feel is unreasonably high.
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The complex machinery of healthcare is being reimagined everywhere in the nation through the combined prism of new regulations and shifting economics, even here on the continent’s frosted fringe.
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Just months before the creation of a $4 billion health system, the two Roman Catholic hospital operators behind the deal have abandoned talks for now, citing disagreements over back-office functions.
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Unlike in earlier rounds of budget brinkmanship, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans both seem content to fight out their latest showdown on the current terrain, let across-the-board spending cuts take effect on March 1 and allow them to stay in place for weeks if not much longer.
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Providence Health & Services will have another physician as its president and CEO, as officials have promoted Dr. Rod Hochman to lead the 29-hospital Catholic healthcare system.
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HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Thursday that states would have four more weeks to decide whether to operate their own health insurance exchanges under the healthcare reform law.
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Alaska's health and social services department has been recognized by the federal government as a national leader for its efforts to enhance the safety and quality of healthcare by embracing the use of health information technology.
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