Alberta Health
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Alberta announces new payment model for nurse practitionersThe Alberta government has announced a new payment model that would allow nurse practitioners to make 80 per cent of what family doctors are paid.PoliticsApr 25
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Advocates hope Alberta will follow other provinces and fund fertility treatmentsAdvocates are hoping the Alberta government will provide funding for fertility treatments in the province, which can cost tens of thousands of dollars.HealthApr 23
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Costs forcing walk-in clinics and family practices in Alberta to closeSeveral Medicentres and family clinics have closed or are about to in Edmonton and Calgary because doctors aren't able to afford the rent.HealthApr 23
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Alberta health minister confirms capacity strain after neonatal doctors warn of pending crisisAdriana LaGrange said the province has 'a bit of strain' in neonatal intensive care unit capacity but no babies have been airlifted out of Alberta for care for seven years.HealthApr 17
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Edmonton doctors warn of NICU crisis that could lead to baby deaths'We're starting to get to the point where there is potential serious harm that is going to be afflicting the most fragile, vulnerable patients that we have in this province.'HealthApr 16
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Saskatchewan partners with Alberta and Ontario to battle mental illness and addiction strugglesOver the last two days, ministers from Alberta, Sask., and Ontario met in Calgary for the eighth annual Recovery Capital Conference of Canada.HealthApr 4
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Alberta pharmacists ask for provincial rule change to help deliver measles vaccinesMedical associations are concerned that cases of two preventable diseases are climbing. Alberta pharmacists are requesting permission to offer measles vaccines.HealthMar 25
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Alberta orders reviews after non-profit ships stroke patient from hospital to Leduc motelNixon says his ministry was "literally playing detective" over the weekend to figure out who was a Contentment client and what kind of support they needed.HealthMar 25
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Alberta physicians to receive funding based on patient roster sizeThe funding provided is based on the number of patients on a physician's panel. The minimum number of continual patients required to receive payments is 500.HealthMar 24
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Alberta premier says province paid $25K hotel bill from social services providerPremier Danielle Smith says the province has stepped in to pay an outstanding $25,000 bill to a hotel where a social services agency dispatched patients in post-hospital recovery.PoliticsMar 22
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