Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska is supporting a new video campaign with the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ (ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½) to encourage people to pursue careers in behavioral health, which includes care for mental health conditions and substance use disorders.
In a recent analysis of the state’s healthcare workforce, the Alaska Hospital and Healthcare Association found that job vacancies are increasing, and not enough people are entering the workforce to make up for it. Leaders in Alaska discussed the pressing healthcare workforce crisis in the state and ways to support and retain providers at the 2023 Alaska State of Reform Conference last month.
After serving a year as the President-elect of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), Yvonne Chase is now the president. Dr. Chase shares some of her vibrant background in human services that led her to ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½.
A partnership between East Carolina University and the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ is bringing speech-language pathology rehabilitation services to remote communities.
Restorative justice is a form of resolution that allows victims of crimes to work with the criminal justice system to address and correct the harm caused. ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½â€™s Ingrid Johnson from the Justice Center and Rei Shimizu from the School of Social Work spoke to the Alaska Beacon about how restorative justice can be used in cases of domestic violence.
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