Human Resources

SEARHC recognizes the power of its Native people

... to achieve innovation ...

At SEARHC, we take pride in the innovative abilities of our employees. That's one reason we are among the nation's leaders in tribal health care. By encouraging each other to think outside the box, SEARHC employees have been able to bridge gaps and enhance health care services provided to tribal beneficiaries.

Through the power of people SEARHC has become a pioneer in:

• Telemedicine
  SEARHC is among the first organizations in Alaska to offer teleradiology, telebehavioral health, telenutrition and telepharmacy services.
• Dental Health Aide Therapy
  SEARHC employees helped the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium develop the state's new Dental Health Aide Therapist program, which uses dental assistants with specialized training to provide preventive and routine dental care in remote communities that can't support a full-time dentist. Dental Health Aide Therapists are trained to fill teeth and perform tooth extractions under the remote supervision of a dentist. Dental Health Aide Therapists are common in nearly 50 other countries, but Alaska's program is the first in the United States.
• Community Wellness Advocates
  SEARHC employees developed the award-winning Community Wellness Advocate program, in partnership with the University of Alaska Southeast-Sitka Campus, to train local residents to provide health education and health promotion services in their villages.
• Frontier Extended Stay Clinics
  SEARHC served as the lead agency for the Frontier Extended Stay Clinic (FESC) national demonstration project that helps remote clinics provide a safe, comfortable place for patients who need to be treated and monitored for limited periods of time.
• Tobacco-Free Policy
  SEARHC is one of the first health care organizations in Alaska to implement an employee initiated tobacco-free policy for all of its facilities.
• Electronic Medical Records
  SEARHC is one of the first tribal health organizations in the country to begin implementing electronic medical records and online patient management systems, as well as financial and human resources software.