In the News and Press Releases
In the News
Cancer navigation: Education, support, guidance through complexities
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (May 6, 2013)
Calorie budgeting: Calculating and categorizing your spending
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Apr. 22, 2013)
Alaska, Rhode Island and Maryland Celebrate HIE Successes
Leading Age (Apr. 18, 2013)
What does my doctor mean I need occupational therapy?
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Apr. 15, 2013)
Go the extra mile - full term pregnancy is healthiest
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Apr. 1, 2013)
What does vitamin D do for your heart? Are you getting enough?
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Feb. 4, 2013)
Be 'SMART' when making New Year's resolutions
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Dec. 30, 2012)
Word of Thanks
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Nov. 13, 2012)
Interior Alaskans first to benefit from health information exchange
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Nov. 4, 2012)
Fairbanks hospital creating virtual flu barrier for patients
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Oct. 7, 2012)
Culture and Familiarity Matter to Elders
Provider Magazine (Sept. 22, 2012)
Timeless advice: Wash your hands
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Sept. 9, 2012)
Emergency water purification unit for Fairbanks unveiled
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (June 19, 2012)
Women honored for contributions to Fairbanks community
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (May 4, 2012)
Fairbanks medical team preps for Indonesian surgery mission
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (March 22, 2012)
Hospice joins with hospital to bring medical care to terminally ill
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (March 7, 2012)
One small leap: Fairbanks welcomes several babies on leap day
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Feb. 29, 2012)
Fairbanks hospital makes structural upgrades to withstand an earthquake
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Jan. 29, 2012)
Fairbanks Memorial Hospital policy promotes full-term labor and delivery
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Nov. 23, 2011)
Fairbanks Memorial CEO earns Citizen of the Year award
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Dec. 13, 2010)
New Fairbanks Heart Center hosts grand opening
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (May 25, 2010)
Press Releases
Denali Center at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital receives prestigious award
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (July 9, 2012) – Denali Center was recently awarded the very prestigious “Master Gardener Award” at the International Eden Alternative Conference, held in Grand Rapids, Michigan earlier this month.
Fairbanks Memorial Hospital to Provide Medical Hospice Services
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (March 6, 2012) -- After several years of discussion and planning, Hospice of the Tanana Valley recently approached The Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation and Fairbanks Memorial Hospital with a proposal of uniting to create a comprehensive medical hospice program.
Banner Health ranked top five health systems in nation
FAIRBANKS, Alaska. (Jan. 17, 2012) – Banner Health, the operator hired by The Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation (the Hospital Foundation) to manage Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, Denali Center and Tanana Valley Clinic, has been named as one of the Top Five Large Health Systems in the country based on clinical performance, according to Thomson Reuters, a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of health care. The announcement was made Monday by Modern Healthcare magazine.
Hospital employees receive AK Nurse of the Year Awards
FAIRBANKS, Alaska. (Dec. 8, 2011) – Five Fairbanks Memorial Hospital/Denali Center (FMH/DC) employees received the Alaska March of Dimes Nurse of the Year Awards on Friday, Nov.18 at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage. Of the 120 nominees of the prestigious statewide award, twenty-seven were FMH/DC employees. The winners from FMH/DC were Hannah Brice-Smith, RN, for Community Case Management Care Coordinator, Gena Edmiston, RN and Chief Nursing Officer at FMH/DC, for Administration, Eugenia “Genie” Erickson, LPN, for LPN, Heather Cunningham, RN, for Rising Star, and Leilani Sauer for Friend of Nursing.
Fairbanks Memorial Hospital to promote full-term deliveries
FAIRBANKS, Alaska. (Nov. 17, 2011) --- Fairbanks Memorial Hospital (FMH), in coordination with Banner Health, recently established a policy promoting full-term labor and delivery for pregnancies of 39 or more weeks, absent any medical conditions that threaten the mother or baby.
