Providence Health & Services

 

The Patient-Centered Medical Home is a model of health care delivery that aims to improve the quality and efficiency of care. The standards emphasize the use of systematic, patient-centered, coordinated care that supports access, communication and patient involvement.

 

Providence gains national recognition for quality care and patient safety efforts 
The Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals: Health System Benchmarks is an annual, quantitative study from objective, independent research using public data sources. The study recognized the 15 health systems setting the highest benchmarks as well as the best-performing 64 health systems of the 321 researched.

 

Providence Alaska Medical Center has been recognized for achievement in using evidence-based guidelines to provide the best possible care to patients through The American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® program.

 

Providence Earns ACR-ASTRO Accreditation For Radiation Oncology 
Providence Alaska Medical Center has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in radiation oncology as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR) and The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO). Radiation oncology (radiation therapy) is the careful use of high-energy radiation to treat cancer. A radiation oncologist may use radiation to cure cancer or to relieve a cancer patient’s pain.

 

 

Mountain-Pacific Quality Health awards Providence Alaska Medical Center with their highest honor 
Providence Alaska Medical Center is a recipient of the 2010 Quality Achievement Award presented by Mountain-Pacific Quality Health. The award was presented during the Alaska State Hospital & Nursing Home Association (ASHNHA) annual conference.

 

Providence Alaska Medical Center has been recognized for achievement in using evidence-based guidelines to provide the best possible care to patients through The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines program.

 

Providence Alaska Medical Center has earned Advanced Primary Stroke Center Certification from the Joint Commission. Achievement of certification signifies that an organization uses evidence-based practices to achieve optimal outcomes for patients with stroke.

Statewide health system recognized for improvement in health care technologies
The publishers of Hospital and Health Networks magazine recently recognized that commitment by naming PHSA a winner of a 2007 Most Wired award in their July issue.

 

PECC recognized for pain management program
Residents of Providence Extended Care Center have seen the daily pain they experience reduced by a remarkable degree over the last few years — from 15 percent in 2004 to only three percent today.

 

PAMC the 2006 Employer of Choice in the Greater Anchorage Area
Providence Health & Services Alaska was named the 2006 Employer of Choice among large companies by the Anchorage Society for Human Resource Management. The 2006 Employer of Choice Award was open to all employers in the Greater Anchorage area.

 

Providence Alaska Recognized for Rapid Response Team
Providence Alaska Medical Center (PAMC) has been recognized by VHA Inc., the national health care alliance, for improving team performance with its Rapid Response Team. PAMC is the only hospital in the state to earn recognition from VHA for performance improvement activities.

Providence Internet site receives national recognition
Providence Alaska's Internet site received national recognition for Best Site Design among hospitals with 200-399 beds at the 2006 eHealthcare Leadership Awards.

Working Mother names PAMC one of 100 Best - again!
For the second consecutive year, Working Mother magazine has named Providence Alaska Medical Center (PAMC) one of the nation's most family-friendly companies. PAMC joins such companies as Microsoft, IBM, Johnson and Johnson, and Ford Motor Co. in the magazine's Top 100 list just released in the October 2006 issue.

Providence Alaska Medical Center named Top 100 Company
Working Mother Magazine has honored Providence Alaska Medical Center with an award that names it as one of the nation’s 100 best family-friendly companies.  Providence Alaska Medical Center joins companies such as Microsoft, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, American Express and General Electric in the magazines Top 100 list just released in the October 2005 issue.

Association of Air Medical Services Award of Excellence
Providence LifeGuard Air Ambulance was awarded the prestigious Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) 2005 Fixed-Wing Award of Excellence. This award recognizes a team that has made significant contributions to enhance the development or promote the improvement of patient care and safety in fixed-wing air medical transport.

Qualis Award of Excellence in Health Care Quality
Qualis Health has named Providence Alaska Medical Center the winner of an Award of Excellence in Health Care Quality. Qualis, a private, nonprofit health care organization dedicated to quality improvement, selected Providence for “outstanding work in 2004 to improve the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia and other complications of mechanical ventilation.

 

Providence Alaska Honored with 2005 Excellence Award
Providence Alaska Medical Center received a 2005 President’s Award for Excellence presented by Providence Health System. The award was presented on April 25 to the multidisciplinary team for its success in significantly improving ventilator management, specifically for decreasing the rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Success By 6 presents the 2005 Work/Family Awards
Providence Health System in Alaska received the Work/Family Award for the large non-profit category. This marks the second consecutive win for Providence and the forth win in five years.

 

Facilities Support Department Recognized for Best Practices
Providence Facilities Support Department was recently acknowledged for three "best practices" for hospital projects in the American Society for Healthcare Engineering publication in the March-April 2005 issue.

 

Lifeline Receives Service Area Support Fund Award
The Service Area Support Fund of Providence Health System awarded $1,874,887 to programs and services that serve the poor and vulnerable.

Cancer Center Receives Honor as One of the Nation’s Best
Providence Cancer Center was recently granted three-year approval as a Community Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Program from The Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons.

Providence Joins National Campaign to Save 100,000 Lives
Providence has joined the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s 100,000 Lives Campaign, the first-ever national campaign to save 100,000 lives by implementing proven health care improvement techniques.

 

Surgical Infection Prevention Project receives President’s Award
Providence Alaska Medical Center’s Surgical Infection Prevention Project received the first annual President’s Award for Excellence presented by Providence Health System.

Press Ganey selects Providence for Prestigious Compass Award
Providence Alaska Medical Center has been named as one of the winners of the prestigious Press Ganey 2003 Compass Awards for outstanding performance improvement in the Ambulatory category of the Press Ganey survey.

Providence Alaska Web Site Wins National Award
The Providence Health System in Alaska Web site received national recognition as it was given second place honors in Best Site Design for hospitals with 200-399 beds at the 2002 eHealthcare Leadership Awards.

 

Sisters Honored with Prestigious Gold Pan Award
The Sisters of Providence were honored with the prestigious 2001 Gold Pan Award for Distinguished Service by the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce.