Alaska Community Health Aide Program Home Page

-CHAP Essential Document Updates-
1. 2006 CHAM Standing Orders Tests have been revised and are available
through the ANTHC CHAP office upon request

2. Presession Student and Instructor Handbooks are updated and in the web library

-Alaska Community Health Aide/Practitioner-
-Clinical Practice Description-
Prepared by
Christine L. Golnick, MD
Data and Clinical Support Group
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

-Distance Delivery Presession Class-
beginning February 10, 2010

-ANTHC Business Resource Information for CHA/P Programs- new
including Top Ten CHA/P Documentation Errors
-link-

-The next Community Health Aide Association teleconference-
will be held February 11, 2010

-The November 2009 Certification Board Newsletter is available online-
-link to newsletters-

2009 Health Aide of the Year Anna Frisby

Shining Star Award In many communities, the Community Health Aides/Practitioners remain the single providers who persevere through long hours, hardships and isolation to serve their patients and communities. The purpose of the annual Shining Star Award is to demonstrate appreciation and recognize the accomplishments of a CHA/P working in the Alaska Tribal Health System.

Of Interest:

www.iknowmine.org-
Great CHAP, Community and Patient info site

CHAP Immunization Updates-
H1N1 Immunization Information and Trainings

Alaska Tribal Health System Website-
The Alaska Tribal Health System is a statewide voluntary affiliation of more than 30 tribal organizations providing health services to Alaska Natives/American Indians. The entire ATHS serves approximately 130,000 Alaska Natives and provides comprehensive services across the entire continuum of care. The ATHS Website is meant to provide a platform for discussion, coordination, systems development, implementation, evaluation, advocacy, resource and infrastructure development and alignment toward the ATHS vision "Healthy Alaska Native People". Visit the ATHS Website by clicking here.

AFHCAN- Access without limits-
AFHCAN supports telemedicine in the Tribal Health system, and Federal facilities across Alaska.
 The program offers videoconferenced (VTC) CME opportunities, and training on the AFHCAN cart and software.  For upcoming VTCs, click here:  www.afhcan.org    To access past programs, click here: http://www.afhcan.org/clinical/default.aspx

Dental Therapist Training Program-
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, in partnership with the University of Washington School of Medicine's MEDEX program provides a narrowly focused, competency based, primary care curriculum that emphasizes community level dental disease prevention for the underserved Alaska Native populations. http://depts.washington.edu/dentexak/mission.html