Aging Series Part 2: Elders & Aging Well
Nuka Health
This episode discusses SCF's approach to Elder care. This includes palliative care as part of whole-person care, advance care planning, and the Elder program.
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Aging Series Part 1: Maternal Child Health
Nuka Health
This episode covers SCF's approach to maternal child health. It discusses how SCF supports customer-owners from before pregnancy through 2-3 years of age.
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Trauma Informed & Responsive Care
Nuka Health
This episode discusses the topic of trauma-informed care, and how SCF works to support people impacted by trauma. Learn about how SCF embraces the role of story in the healing process.
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Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Nuka Health
Substance use is a complex issue with many facets and a wide variety of approaches have been tried with varying degrees of success. Southcentral Foundation has developed an approach that differs from more standard treatment in significant ways. The approach has enabled SCF to build relationships with those impacted by substance use, reduce barriers to engagement, and increase community awareness of support available.
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Rural and Remote Care
Nuka Health
This episode covers how SCF provides care in rural and remote areas of Alaska, many of which are only accessible by air. It details how SCF partners with remote communities and provides perspective from SCF employees who have worked in these communities.
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Operationalizing Relationships
Nuka Health
This episode focuses on SCF’s Core Concepts training, which teaches communication and relationship-building skills that SCF employees use to build relationships with customer-owners and each other. Several SCF leaders and employees give their perspectives on the training and how it supports quality health care.
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Special Holiday Thank You!
Nuka Health
Southcentral Foundation sends holiday wishes and shares a story from SCF's Elder Christmas Party in this teaser for season 2 of the Nuka Health Podcast.
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Investing in the Workforce
Nuka Health
This episode discusses how Southcentral Foundation supports workforce development, including workforce training, job/career progression, recruitment, onboarding, workforce competencies, SCF’s Core Concepts training, and more.
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Data in Action
Nuka Health
This episode discusses Southcentral Foundation’s unique approach to data and information management, including the history of SCF’s Data Services department (separate from Information Technology), SCF’s Integrated Information Teams and Data Stewards (who represent the data needs of SCF’s divisions), and SCF’s Data Mall, a customized program that makes data easy to access and use while safeguarding Protected Health Information.
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Strategic Planning for Sustainable Improvement
Nuka Health
This episode discusses SCF’s approach to improvement and strategic planning. It covers how and why SCF uses the Baldrige framework for improvement, how SCF determines budgeting, and how every part of SCF participates in the strategic planning process. SCF’s Functional Committee Structure is also discussed, with an example given about the Employee Wellness Committee.
info_outlineThis episode gives an overview of SCF's Nuka System of Care and discusses how the transition to being customer-owned changed the system.