Improving health outcomes for Alaskans is at the heart of a multi-billion dollar federal plan aimed at improving rural healthcare systems. Alaska is in line to receive as much as 1.3 billion dollars over 5 years. What will the funding support-- and what do state health officials think Alaska’s healthcare system needs to help all Alaskans have healthier lives? We’ll learn about the Rural Health Transformation program on this Talk of Alaska.
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Rural health funds | Talk of Alaska
Improving health outcomes for Alaskans is at the heart of a multi-billion dollar federal plan aimed at funding rural healthcare systems.
HOST: Lori Townsend
GUESTS:
- Heidi Hedberg, Commissioner of the state department of Health
- Dr. Anne Zink, emergency room physician and a senior clinical fellow at Yale, former chief medical officer for Alaska
- Phillip Hofstetter, CEO of the Petersburg Medical Center
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