If You're Sick, These 9 Hospitals In Alaska Are The Best In The State
By Casea Peterson|Published September 30, 2015
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Casea Peterson
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Casea Peterson grew up archery hunting, fishing, and camping throughout the Pacific Northwest. Motivated by her love for the outdoors she moved to Alaska to attend school and to spend time exploring the last frontier. If she doesn’t have a pen in hand or her nose in a book, she can be found out on a lake or up in the woods around a fire with friends.
It’s always a comfort to know that you or your family member is being treated at a respectable facility, so make sure you’re getting the best care possible and check out these highly ranked hospitals in Alaska. Our list is generated from HealthGrove who base their rankings off of their “Smart Rating” which combines ratings from US News Rankings, Truven Analytics Rankings, and a handful of other rankings available to the public. See if your local hospital made the cut!
PAMC is the state’s largest hospital and a nationally recognized trauma center. They offer comprehensive care from cancer treatment to children's services.
CPH is a 49 bed, full service hospital that approaches wellness by including all aspects of healing – mental, emotional, spiritual, social and physical.
The three-story facility contains fifty medical/surgical beds and eight each of intensive care, progressive care, and obstetric beds, all in private rooms. In 2008, Sarah Palin, then the governor of Alaska (and future Republican vice-presidential nominee), gave birth to her son Trig at Mat-Su Regional.
Owned by the people of Fairbanks through the Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation, FMH is operated by Banner Health, a nonprofit health care system. The hospital has won many awards including the Mountain-Pacific Quality Health Care Achievement Award.
Alaska Regional is the only non-military hospital in the state with its own landing strip. The hospital has consistently been accredited by The Joint Commission, the nation’s leading healthcare monitoring organization.
This award-winning not-for-profit critical access hospital is operated by The Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace.
Have you been to any of these hospitals? What was your experience? Let us know if you think your hospital deserves to be on this list of the best medical centers in Alaska!
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