Wildflower Court, a long-term care facility, in Juneau, Alaska. The facility has had an outbreak of COVID-19 among residents and staff, but despite the vulnerable patient population, most cases have ...

Alaska is projected to have the highest number of nurse vacancies by 2030, with 23% of positions going unfilled, according to an Oct. 24 news release from Renton, Wash.-based Providence, the ...

Incoming staff nurses get trained on IV equipment at the Alaska Native Medical Center on Friday, Oct. 1, 2021 in Anchorage. (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) Alaska is short on health care workers — ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Thursday expanded the special session agenda to include bills dealing with nursing and telehealth amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in the state. The ...

Alaska Pacific University, based in Anchorage, has pushed to establish partnerships and grow its licensed practical nursing program to fill gaps in Alaska’s healthcare workforce. Now it’s set to ...

As Alaska grapples with a nursing vacancy rate of 24%, the clash between staff and administration underscores a larger question: Can technology truly alleviate systemic health care challenges? Amid ...

The Alaska Senate on Friday passed a trio of bills broadly aimed at improving delivery of health care, granting final approval to the measures. All three, which originated in the House, are now headed ...

One of Anchorage, Alaska’s largest nursing homes was fined more than $310,000 by CMS after investigators discovered multiple instances of extended isolation of and chronic bedsores on residents, the ...

Imagine providing nursing care in a place where snow-peaked mountains meet the water and the temperature is minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.