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The phrase "providing tertiary and specialty healthcare service in the state of Alaska, United States" was slightly redundant and awkward. Simplifying to "provides tertiary and specialty healthcare services in Alaska, United States" improves clarity. --- The phrase "as defined in 25 U.S.C. 450 (b) (c) [1]" should not have spaces within the parentheses.

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The '''Alaska Federal Health Care Access Network''' ('''AFHCAN''') is managed by the [[Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium]] (ANTHC). ANTHC is a tribal organization, as defined in 25 U.S.C. 450(b)(c) [https://web.archive.org/web/20080204022804/http://www.anthc.org/ref/laws/] and, along with the [[Southcentral Foundation]], jointly manages and operates the [[Alaska Native Medical Center]] (ANMC), provides tertiary and specialty healthcare services in Alaska, United States.

The Alaska Federal Healthcare Access Network (AFHCAN) offers a diagnostic “[[store and forward]]” [[telehealth]] platform with the ability to create a [[telemedicine]] case with textual information and data from biomedical peripherals, and send data for [[consultation (doctor)|consultation]]. Health care professionals are able to view the data and respond to the case using a standard PC workstation.

Telehealth connects approximately 180 Alaska Native community village clinics, 25 subregional clinics, 4 multiphysician health centers, 6 regional hospitals, and the [[Alaska Native Medical Center]] in Anchorage. Approximately 75 percent of the AFHCAN's telehealth usage is for primary care services.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |url=https://innovations.ahrq.gov/perspectives/telehealth-improves-access-and-quality-care-alaska-natives |title=Telehealth Improves Access and Quality of Care for Alaska Natives |date=2013-05-22 |accessdate=2013-05-22}}</ref> Through growing acceptance of telehealth, more than 700 users in Alaska continually provide feedback and request new products and features. As a part of its mission, AFHCAN continues to review, develop, and deploy new telehealth technologies.

== Notes ==
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[[Category:Medical and health organizations based in Alaska]]
[[Category:Health informatics organizations]]

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