Seward Community Health Center — Seward, AK
Seward Community Health Center is a community health center clinic at 417 First Ave, Seward, AK 99664, open 60 hours a week. That is 20 more hours than the typical Alaska clinic (40 a week). It is run by Seward Community Health Center, Inc., which serves 1,922 patients.
- Address: 417 First Ave, Seward, AK 99664 · Directions
- Phone: (907) 224-2273
- Website: www.sewardhealthcenter.org
- Weekly hours: 60 (Alaska clinic median: 40)
- Operated by: Seward Community Health Center, Inc. (federally qualified health center)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, mental health care, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at Seward Community Health Center, Inc.
Patients came to Seward Community Health Center, Inc. for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Mental health care | 404 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Well-child visits | 117 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 88 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 62 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 100 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 55 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 95 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 238 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 70 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 16 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 17 | patients tested |
Seward Community Health Center, Inc. also provides care by telehealth.
Who Seward Community Health Center, Inc. serves
1,922 patients used Seward Community Health Center, Inc. in 2025. 18% live at or below the poverty line and 49% are at or below twice the poverty line.
| Measure | This center | AK median | U.S. median | vs AK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 18% | 47% | 65% | −28 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 49% | 80% | 92% | −31 pts |
| Measure | This center | AK median | U.S. median | vs AK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 8% | 16% | 14% | −8 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 17% | 28% | 42% | −10 pts |
| Medicare patients | 16% | 16% | 11% | +1 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 57% | 33% | 24% | +24 pts |
Quality of care at Seward Community Health Center, Inc.
Seward Community Health Center, Inc. is at or above the Alaska median on 6 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | AK median | U.S. median | vs AK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 78% | 58% | 68% | +20 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 61% | 53% | 54% | +8 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 49% | 44% | 54% | +5 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 35% | 44% | 44% | −9 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 81% | 67% | 77% | +14 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 94% | 73% | 86% | +21 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 70% | 64% | 79% | +6 pts |
Staffing at Seward Community Health Center, Inc.
The health center employs 24 full-time-equivalent staff, including 3 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives and 1 mental health staff. That is 667 patients per clinical provider against the Alaska median of 715 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 5,480 visits, about 2.9 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 99664
1,513 Seward Community Health Center, Inc. patients live in ZIP 99664, and 8% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- Peninsula Community Health Services of Alaska, Inc. — 22 patients from 99664
- Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center — 17 patients from 99664