Norton Sound Regional Hospital

Name :

Norton Sound Regional Hospital

Address  :

306 West Fifth Avenue

Town  :

Nome

State  :

Alaska

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

99762

Phone  :

907 443 3311

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Daibetes, Endocrinology
Facilities

Description

OUR PURPOSE
Providing quality health services and promoting wellness within our people and environment

OUR CORE VALUES
Integrity

Cultural sensitivity and respect for traditional values

Always learning and improving

Compassion

Teamwork

Pride

OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE
By 2015 we will excel in tribally governed health care delivery systems globally

We will ensure all patients receive quality and respectful health care

We will educate patients to be proactive in caring for themselves and promoting wellness

We will increase wellness to reduce addictive behaviors and to raise the quality of life among our people and communities

We will advocate that our environment air land and water will be clean and our water and waste disposal systems are safe and affordable in order to ensure our subsistence way of life

We will assert and implement our tribal selfgovernance to achieve our vision through effective leadership

We hire and support our tribal members to deliver and manage our services
We will develop state of the art and efficient health care facilities throughout the region

We will be financially strong through aggressive effective and efficient financial management
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