Providence Alaska Medical Center
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Providence Alaska Medical Center is located at 3200 Providence Drive in Anchorage, Alaska
, is Alaska's largest hospital
, has 341 beds and more than 500 physicians on staff. It is a full-service facility, featuring the state's most advanced medical equipment and treatment systems available. Some features include: The Children's Hospital at Providence, the only one of its kind in Alaska; a Maternity Center, featuring the state's only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; Heart
and Cancer
Centers; Alaska's largest Emergency Department with LifeGuard air ambulance transport; full diagnostic, rehabilitation and surgical services; and both inpatient and outpatient mental health
and substance abuse
recovery services for adults and children. Other programs include a Family Practice Center, Sleep Disorders Center, Providence Imaging Center, Providence Home Health Care and telemedicine services for other Alaskan communities.
Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage is part of the Providence Health & Services in Alaska
, which oversees several other Alaska medical centers and long-term care facilities. With more than 3,000 employees, Providence Health System is the second-largest private employer in Alaska.
As of 2010, a $150.3-million expansion project that affects NICU, Prenatal and Mother-Baby Units, surgery, pharmacy, sterile processing, and materials management is in its beginning stages. It is named the Generations project because of the Providence commitment to care for generations of Alaskans. A Certificate of Need has been applied for, and construction is expected to start in January, 2011. Construction and renovation is not expected to be complete until 2014.
With the increased need and demand for physician services in Alaska, especially for specialists, Providence Alaska Medical Center continues its construction on expanded medical office buildings and parking for the new facilities, started originally in 2005.
Providence Alaska Medical Center is also transitioning to an Electronic Health Record (EHR) that patients will eventually have access to from their homes, their doctor's office, or wherever it is needed. Implementation of the new system is expected to begin in 2011.
Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...
, is Alaska's largest hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
, has 341 beds and more than 500 physicians on staff. It is a full-service facility, featuring the state's most advanced medical equipment and treatment systems available. Some features include: The Children's Hospital at Providence, the only one of its kind in Alaska; a Maternity Center, featuring the state's only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; Heart
Heart
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and Cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
Centers; Alaska's largest Emergency Department with LifeGuard air ambulance transport; full diagnostic, rehabilitation and surgical services; and both inpatient and outpatient mental health
Mental health
Mental health describes either a level of cognitive or emotional well-being or an absence of a mental disorder. From perspectives of the discipline of positive psychology or holism mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life and procure a balance between life activities and...
and substance abuse
Substance abuse
A substance-related disorder is an umbrella term used to describe several different conditions associated with several different substances .A substance related disorder is a condition in which an individual uses or abuses a...
recovery services for adults and children. Other programs include a Family Practice Center, Sleep Disorders Center, Providence Imaging Center, Providence Home Health Care and telemedicine services for other Alaskan communities.
Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage is part of the Providence Health & Services in Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
, which oversees several other Alaska medical centers and long-term care facilities. With more than 3,000 employees, Providence Health System is the second-largest private employer in Alaska.
As of 2010, a $150.3-million expansion project that affects NICU, Prenatal and Mother-Baby Units, surgery, pharmacy, sterile processing, and materials management is in its beginning stages. It is named the Generations project because of the Providence commitment to care for generations of Alaskans. A Certificate of Need has been applied for, and construction is expected to start in January, 2011. Construction and renovation is not expected to be complete until 2014.
With the increased need and demand for physician services in Alaska, especially for specialists, Providence Alaska Medical Center continues its construction on expanded medical office buildings and parking for the new facilities, started originally in 2005.
Providence Alaska Medical Center is also transitioning to an Electronic Health Record (EHR) that patients will eventually have access to from their homes, their doctor's office, or wherever it is needed. Implementation of the new system is expected to begin in 2011.