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This new map shows the extent of Alberta's rural health-care …

(5 days ago) WebIssues like these led the Alberta government to undertake the review of rural health care nearly a decade ago, according to the man who oversaw the process. …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-rural-health-care-hospital-closures-service-reductions-map-1.6920460

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Nurses, doctors call on Alberta government to back down from …

(7 days ago) WebThere are growing calls for the Alberta government to put the brakes on its plan to gut Alberta Health Services and restructure health-care delivery in the province. …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/nurses-doctors-alberta-health-care-restructuring-1.7024460

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Why 192 doctors just said Alberta’s health system is in crisis

(8 days ago) WebBy Omar Mosleh Staff Reporter. EDMONTON—Nearly 200 Alberta doctors have gone public to warn that their province’s health-care system is in crisis. The …

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/why-192-doctors-just-said-alberta-s-health-system-is-in-crisis/article_d8e0dfbd-e025-5a61-8952-976c47b4d41d.html

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Provincial health-care system in danger of collapse: …

(5 days ago) WebAccording to the latest Alberta Health Services data, intensive-care units in provincial hospitals are at 95 per cent capacity with 219 patients, while the number of …

https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/provincial-health-care-system-in-danger-of-collapse-alberta-doctors-1.6683041

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Alberta 2023: Health System Challenges and Opportunities

(9 days ago) WebReimagining primary care in Alberta. Albertans should have access to comprehensive, longitudinal, team-based primary health care, as provided in a health home. However, …

https://obrieniph.ucalgary.ca/centre/health-policy/publications/Alberta-2023-health-system-challenges-and-opportunities

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Why the AMA wants Alberta to declare a health-care crisis …

(5 days ago) WebThe Alberta Medical Association ( AMA) is calling on the province to acknowledge the backlogs and challenges frontline workers are facing by declaring a …

https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/ama-calls-on-alberta-to-declare-health-care-crisis-as-surgery-er-and-ambulance-wait-times-increase-1.6718207

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Solutions to Alberta’s health-care system woes could lie …

(Just Now) WebWATCH ABOVE: The problems facing Alberta's health-care system are clear to see, but the solutions are not. Morgan Black reports – Nov 24, 2022. A mother who took her two-year-old son to the

https://globalnews.ca/news/9301344/alberta-healthcare-system-problems-solutions/

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Alberta’s health care system struggling with overflowing hospitals

(1 days ago) WebBookmark. Alberta’s health care system is being crushed by demand for its services, according to physicians across the province, with children waiting for cancer …

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-albertas-health-care-system-struggling-with-overflowing-hospitals/

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Alberta doctors ‘trepidatious’ about changes to already fragile …

(9 days ago) WebThe medical association has also heard concerns from doctors about the Alberta government’s promise to revamp the structure of Alberta Health Services, …

https://globalnews.ca/news/10067456/alberta-doctors-changes-health-care-system/

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Despite high spending, Alberta’s health-care system is failing

(Just Now) WebIn 2020, Canada had the eighth-most expensive universal health-care system in the world (out of 30 countries) on a per-person basis and the highest level of health …

https://www.fraserinstitute.org/article/despite-high-spending-albertas-health-care-system-is-failing

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Opinion: AHS overhaul may make Alberta's health care worse

(3 days ago) WebAlberta Premier Danielle Smith outlines how the province plans to refocus the health care system during a news conference in Edmonton on Wednesday, Nov. 8, …

https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-ahs-overhaul-may-make-albertas-health-care-worse

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Unhealthy reforms: The dangers of Alberta’s plan to further privatize

(3 days ago) WebThe Alberta government recently passed legislation to increase the role of corporations in the health-care system and facilitate the government’s goal of having 30 …

https://theconversation.com/unhealthy-reforms-the-dangers-of-albertas-plan-to-further-privatize-health-care-delivery-144443

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Opinion: Alberta's health-care system a month away from failure

(8 days ago) WebThe end will occur when most of the unvaccinated have fallen ill and recovered. This will put the maximum stress on the health-care system and make acute …

https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-albertas-health-care-system-a-month-away-from-failure

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Alberta to dismantle current patient-care model, create new health

(7 days ago) WebAlberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks about health-care reforms during a news conference in Edmonton on Wednesday November 8, 2023. (Jason Franson/The …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-health-care-changes-1.7022133

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Alberta Budget: Health care gets $515-million boost, focuses on

(4 days ago) WebHealth-care capacity. The Alberta Health Services (AHS) operating budget will grow to nearly $15.1 billion in 2022-23, an increase of 3.3 per cent from the 2021-22 forecast, …

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/alberta-budget-health-care-gets-515-million-boost-focuses-on-capacity-issues-expanding-continuing-care

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Alberta health care near breaking point, doctors say CTV News

(Just Now) WebThe letter goes on to say the problem has three underlying causes: a lack of access to family doctors; a lack of hospital beds; and health-care labour shortages. The …

https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/emergency-room-doctors-pen-letter-outlining-health-care-crisis-in-alberta-1.6411251

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Workers react to details of Alberta health-care system …

(4 days ago) Web3 min read. 2:00 Alberta health-care workers respond to system restructuring. After the Government of Alberta released more details about its plan to …

https://globalnews.ca/news/10499301/alberta-health-restructuring-reaction/

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UCP, NDP offer competing visions to fix Alberta's health-care …

(9 days ago) WebAlberta health care system under strain over the last few years. Many issues were related to COVID-19, Notley said, but Alberta’s problems have been …

https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/alberta-election-health-care-top-issues

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Record-high health spending in Alberta budget doesn't solve main …

(Just Now) WebDoctors and workers unions in Alberta say record-high health spending in Budget 2023 doesn’t solve the big issues plaguing the health-care system — especially …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/health-spending-budget-reaction-1.6763799

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Resolve health care service concerns in the health system - Alberta

(Just Now) WebGovernment-sponsored supplementary benefit plans. For questions or concerns about the Alberta government-sponsored supplementary health plans contact Alberta Blue Cross: …

https://www.alberta.ca/resolve-health-care-service-concerns-in-the-health-system

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Governments of Canada and Alberta to make important health …

(3 days ago) WebThe Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, and the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of …

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/news/2024/05/governments-of-canada-and-alberta-to-make-important-health-care-announcement.html

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'Unsafe conditions': Advocates call for end to care program amid

(7 days ago) WebPublished May 28, 2024 5:51 a.m. PDT. Following a string of violence, senior advocates and the Alberta NDP are calling for an end to a program placing patients with …

https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/unsafe-conditions-advocates-call-for-end-to-care-program-amid-violence-1.6903300

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Connect Care was supposed to revolutionize Alberta Health …

(2 days ago) WebIn 2016, Alberta's then-NDP provincial government announced a $1.6 billion, five-year project to replace thousands of separate systems tracking and storing patient …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-health-services-connect-care-pandemic-delays-1.6633054

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Alberta hears co-mingling patients at long-term care facilities …

(3 days ago) WebThe Alberta government is facing calls to stop admitting complex mental health patients into long-term care facilities until the risks are fully reviewed. Health …

https://globalnews.ca/news/10527998/alberta-long-term-care-mental-health/

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Alberta hears co-mingling patients at long-term care facilities …

(9 days ago) WebEDMONTON - The Alberta government is facing calls to stop admitting complex mental health patients into long-term care facilities until the risks are fully …

https://www.thespec.com/news/canada/alberta-hears-co-mingling-patients-at-long-term-care-facilities-leading-to-violence/article_3c9e8051-470c-5ddb-9487-503d21aa1618.html

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Alberta government hears mixing patients at long-term care …

(8 days ago) WebThe Alberta government is facing calls to stop admitting complex mental health patients into long-term care facilities until the risks are fully reviewed. Seniors' …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-government-hears-mixing-patients-at-long-term-care-facilities-leading-to-violence-1.7216729

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