Providence St. Elias Specialty Hospital is owned by Providence Health System. The hospital has 56 beds, almost all private rooms. St. Elias features state of the art equipment and facilities to provide extended inpatient acute care for patients.

St. Elias brings together treatments, technology and specialized care. Our critical illness recovery units offer the same in-depth care patients would receive in a traditional hospital or intensive care setting, while specializing in care for patients needing an extended period for recovery. We partner with patients’ physicians and specialized care teams to offer 24-hour clinical care seven days a week to support the journey to wellness and recovery.

• Pulmonary and ventilator weaning
• Neurological and post trauma
• Cardiac and heart failure
• Infectious disease
• Renal
• Wound care
• Other medically complex conditions

Providence St. Elias Specialty Hospital's rehabilitation program is proud to serve Alaskans with a uniquely specialized team of rehabilitation doctors, nurses and certified therapists with a combination of specialized training and experience in spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke and other complex medical conditions.

Our medically-based, interdisciplinary intensive rehabilitation approach provides highly-focused care to improve or restore physical ability and cognitive function. We utilize intensive, active, coordinated and therapeutic interventions of physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology and prosthetics/orthotics therapy.

• Stroke
• Spinal cord injuries
• Brain injuries
• Neurological disorders
• Orthopedic conditions
• Other complex medical surgical conditions

For physicians the process is easy. Simply write an order to “Consult St. Elias Specialty Hospital of Alaska”. The nurse or case manager receiving the order will call us to arrange for a Clinical Nurse Liaison to evaluate your patient.

For patients currently hospitalized in facilities that utilize Providence Epic, a referral can be made in the electronic medical record for an inpatient rehabilitation consult. For other facilities and home-based patients, please contact our referral hotline at 907-565-CARE.

Patient is/ or may have:

• Multi-system failure
• TPN needs
• CVA
• MRSA/VRE or other complicated infections
• Complex Wounds

Patient may require some the following treatments, but are not limited to:

• Ventilator/Tracheostomy Management
• Extensive respiratory care/tracheostomy/chest tubes
• Cardiac monitoring
• Extensive wound care
• IV antibiotic therapy
• Daily physician visit

Other general indicators of a patient’s LTACH/LTCH eligibility:

• Patient is currently in ICU
• Patient’s medical needs are too extensive to transfer to lower level of care, such as a skilled nursing facility, rehabilitation unit, or home health.
• Patient’s rehabilitation is compromised by acute medical issues.
• Patients are at risk for medical complications upon discharge.
• Patient has history of multiple readmissions