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Dental Services

Located in the Maniilaq Health Center in Kotzebue, the Dental Clinic offers professional, affordable dental care to residents of the Northwest Arctic Borough throughout the year. Services include restorative care, extractions, dentures, partials, and preventive services. Clinic dentists routinely travel to surrounding villages, offering dental care services to residents of those communities. Dental Services includes a staff of six dentists, ten dental assistants, two hygienists, a receptionist, and an administrative assistant. The clinic is open for appointments and walk-ins from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Eye Care

Located in the Maniilaq Health Center, the Eye Clinic provides comprehensive eye care services to the Northwest Arctic Borough and Point Hope. The clinic provides eyeglasses and eyeglass repair, contact lenses, eye examinations, and therapeutic medications and procedures for detection of eye diseases. The program also refers and coordinates any necessary follow up care with the Ophthalmology Department of the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage. Eye Care is staffed by an optometrist, dispensing optician, and ophthalmic technician.

Laboratory

The Laboratory performs most of the routine lab tests requested by physicians at the Maniilaq Health Center. Generally, test results are available to physicians the same day that specimen is received. The Laboratory is accredited by The College of American Pathologists, the national accreditation agency for laboratory medicine, and is constantly reviewing and updating in-house test menus to expand the range of testing that can be completed at the Maniilaq Health Center. On average, the Laboratory performs 4,000 tests per year.

Medical Staff

Ten physicians, one nurse midwife, one nurse practitioner, and one medical staff coordinator staff this department which provides a full range of medical care to Kotzebue and the eleven outlying villages within Maniilaq Association’s service area.

  The medical staff relies extensively on telemedicine technology to diagnose and treat patients in outlying villages. Using a computer telemedicine unit, a community health aide (CHAP) can take digital pictures of eardrums, rashes, and wounds and send the pictures via satellite to physicians in Kotzebue for review. The department also uses live video conferencing, allowing providers in Kotzebue to directly view critically ill or injured patients. The images provide additional information that can be very helpful in making long-distance diagnoses and improving the care of village patients.

Patient Social Services / Translation

The Social Services Department is on-call 24 hours a day with the goal of facilitating patient care throughout the NANA region. The department consists of five full-time employees. Three Patient Support Workers are located at ANMC and provide transportation and patient support that includes interpretation, referrals, and financial assistance with applications. Additionally, we have one Social Work Assistant located at Maniilaq Health Center that orders Durable Medical Equipment, transports elders from the Senior Center to Anchorage and assist with Advance Directives, and Funeral arrangements.

The Social Work Manager is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker that coordinates services between medical personnel caring for patients at the hospital, Senior Center and the villages. Social Services also refers patients to other programs such as the Maniilaq Recovery Center, Legal Aid, Public Assistance and others.

All our staff provide spiritual support for patients regarding medical concerns, grief over illness and death, substance abuse, domestic violence and more.

Pharmacy

The Maniilaq Health Center Pharmacy provides comprehensive and accessible high quality services to residents within the Maniilaq service area. The Pharmacy staff of four clinical pharmacists and two pharmacy technicians provides pharmaceutical products and clinical pharmacy services to outpatients, inpatients, village residents, and residents of the Kotzebue Senior Citizen's Cultural Center.

Physical Therapy

Maniilaq created a full-time physical therapy department in November 2002. The goal of physical activity is to help patients with pain or other muscle, skeletal, or neurological limitations to return to meaningful activity, whether as a professional sports player or participant in subsistence activities such as hunting and fishing. In contrast to prescribing medication as a physician might, physical therapists usually prescribe exercise and more holistic approaches to healing.

Radiology

Radiology provides several services for residents of the Northwest Arctic Borough, including routine radiography (x-ray) and fluoroscopy, mammography, ultrasound, EKGs, and pulmonary function tests. The program is ACR-FDA accredited and includes a staff of three technologists and one administrative assistant.