Thursday, May 13, 2010

Medical Centers Extend Telepharmacy to Rural Alaskans


A telepharmacy provider, Alicia Roberts Medical Center in Klawock, won the "Outstanding Rural Health Organization Award" at the Alaska Rural Health Conference in Anchorage on April 28. According to "Stories In The News" out of Ketchikan (and later Capital City Weekly), they were able to greatly expand their medical services with funding through the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

Meanwhile, the Maniilaq Health Center in Kotzebue provides telepharmacy services to surrounding villages in Northwest Alaska:
Clinic Administrator Donna Miller and SEARHC Community Health Care Services Medical Director Dr. David Vastola

Northwest Alaska Villages
According to their website, "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." You wouldn't know it by just reading their site, but this US Air Force article pronounced the fact, and Freddy Kaniki confirmed it to me via email.