8 episodes
Nuka Health Nuka Learning Institute
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- Health & Fitness
Southcentral Foundation’s Nuka Health podcast offers insights into how SCF built its Nuka System of Care in collaboration with the Alaska Native community, and how it maintains the system with the community’s support. Each episode will give an in-depth look at different aspects of Nuka, with commentary from the people who helped build the system and keep it operating to a high standard of quality today. We hope you will appreciate the insight into the inner workings of a system that has been nationally and internationally recognized for providing high-quality health care.
Podcast music is provided by Polly Napiryuk Andrews, Cup’ik from the community of Chevak, Alaska. The song Niitaqamaa Wii (When I Hear) is sung in Yup’ik, and translates to “When I hear the voices of my ancestors, it’s beautiful, and it gives me flight”. This song is composed by Ossie Kairaiuak, rendition by Polly Andrews, with drums by Michael Ulroan. Polly is a Learning and Development Advisor with Southcentral Foundation Family Wellness Warriors, a movement that focuses on Alaska Native culture and strengths to end cycles of trauma.
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Special Holiday Thank You!
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
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
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
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.
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Behavioral Health Everywhere
This episode goes over behavioral health at Southcentral Foundation, including its history at SCF and how behavioral services are currently provided. It also details SCF’s system of integrated behavioral health, where Behavioral Health Consultants offer services in SCF’s primary care clinics.
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Philosophy to Action
This episode discusses Southcentral Foundation's Integrated Care Teams, and how those teams work with customer-owners in shared responsibility to support them in achieving wellness.