PMID- 17929601
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20071120
LR  - 20221207
IS  - 0002-4538 (Print)
IS  - 0002-4538 (Linking)
VI  - 49
IP  - 2 Suppl
DP  - 2007
TI  - The family wellness warriors initiative.
PG  - 16-21
AB  - Southcentral Foundation (SCF) is an Alaska Native 501(c)(3) non-profit healthcare 
      organization established in 1982 by the Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI), which is 
      one of thirteen Alaska Native regional corporations created by Congress in 1971 
      under the terms of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. CIRI established SCF 
      to improve the health and social conditions of Alaska Native people, enhance 
      culture, and empower individuals and families to take charge of their lives. SCF 
      is totally customer-owned and managed by the tribal authority of CIRI. Under the 
      federal Indian Self Determination Act of Public Law 93-638 and Section 325, SCF 
      provides health and human services to approximately 45,000 residents within a 
      geographical area of 107,413 square miles extending from the Canadian border on 
      the east to the entire Aleutian Chain and Pribilof Islands on the west. SCF owns 
      and manages primary care services, community services, behavioral health 
      services, dental services, and residential treatment centers. Our funding sources 
      are 45% Indian Health Service funding, 45% Medicare, Medicaid and private 
      insurance, and 10% grants, contracts and research funding. SCF has experienced 
      dramatic growth over the past fifteen years: the workforce increased from fewer 
      than 100 to about 1,300 employees, and the operating budget has grown from $3 
      million to $118 million. While managing nearly two decades of exponential growth, 
      SCF distinguished itself as one of the nation's leading care providers for Alaska 
      Native and American Indian people, launching such innovations as the nation's 
      first fetal alcohol syndrome prevention program and implementing healthcare 
      industry best practices such as a fully-integrated primary care system and 
      system-wide "open access." SCF has drastically changed the healthcare system from 
      a slow bureaucratic system to a customer-responsive, customer-owned and 
      customer-driven healthcare system.
FAU - Gottlieb, Katherine
AU  - Gottlieb K
AD  - Southcentral Foundation, USA. kgottlieb@scf.cc
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Alaska Med
JT  - Alaska medicine
JID - 0370457
SB  - IM
MH  - Alaska
MH  - *Community Health Services
MH  - *Family Health
MH  - *Health Promotion
MH  - Health Services Accessibility
MH  - *Health Status
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Inuit
MH  - Ownership
MH  - Patient Satisfaction
MH  - Population Groups
MH  - Program Development
MH  - United States
MH  - United States Indian Health Service
EDAT- 2007/10/13 09:00
MHDA- 2007/12/06 09:00
CRDT- 2007/10/13 09:00
PHST- 2007/10/13 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/12/06 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/10/13 09:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Alaska Med. 2007;49(2 Suppl):16-21.