For clinics and organizations

Become an AURORA spoke site

Joining as a spoke brings specialty dermatology to your community, with training, documentation tools, and dermatology hub support behind every case.

Schedule a spoke readiness call

Who can join

Who can become a spoke

AURORA is recruiting founding spoke sites across rural and remote Alaska.

Tribal health organizations

Serving Alaska Native communities statewide

FQHCs and community health centers

Frontline primary care for rural populations

Critical access hospitals

Small rural hospitals and their clinics

Rural primary care clinics

Independent and group rural practices

Pediatric clinics

Care teams seeing children and adolescents

Community health aides and practitioners

Village-based clinical teams

The spoke model

Start where you are, grow at your own pace

You do not need to be a dermatologist, and you do not need to start with everything. AURORA meets your site where it is, provides the training and tools, and coordinates the specialty work behind every case. You commit a small, achievable amount; the hub carries the diagnosis, the plan, prior authorizations, and access coordination. Over time, your team grows from first awareness to full shared care.

Where you start

Getting started

  • Disease awareness training
  • Referral criteria
  • Patient education materials
  • Basic documentation templates
Growing

Growing

  • Standardized photo capture
  • Condition-specific screening forms
  • Basic labs when needed
  • Supported teledermatology visits and warm hand-back
Full co-management

Full co-management

  • Ongoing monitoring and labs
  • Injection teaching or counseling where appropriate
  • Local follow-up
  • Longitudinal co-management with the hub

Getting ready

What your clinic needs

  • Private exam space
  • A camera or image-capture workflow
  • Basic internet access
  • A local clinical contact
  • Willingness to complete training
  • Consent, BAA, and workflow setup

Our side

What AURORA provides

  • Disease-recognition training
  • Photo standards
  • Documentation templates
  • Teledermatology workflow
  • Payer-neutral access coordination
  • Warm hand-back and monitoring support

Next step

Schedule a 20-minute spoke readiness call

Tell us about your site and how you serve your community, and we will walk through fit, tier, and what it would take to get started.

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