Acute Care Alberta

• Alberta rolls out activity-based surgery funding model to more public hospitals

  Alberta hospital operators will now be funded by the province based on the number and type of procedures they perform, rather than a blanket budget for surgeries.

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  Jun 1
  
• Albertan in perpetual pain amid diagnosis delays demands change: ‘Just want my life back’

  After months of unanswered questions and worsening pain that's left him unable to work, an Alberta man with a rare spine condition is demanding change to the health-care system.

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  Mar 27
  
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• Recommendations made following review into Edmonton emergency room death

  The recommendations looked at vulnerabilities in the health-care system, such as prolonged wait times in the emergency department, overcrowding, and clinical decision support.

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  Mar 12
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• Alberta orders inquiry into death of man waiting for care at Edmonton hospital E.R.

  Alberta Hospitals Minister Matt Jones said a judge-led fatality inquiry will look into what happened when Prashant Sreekumar died while waiting for care at the Grey Nuns Hospital.

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  Jan 15
• ‘Absolute crisis’: Alberta E.R. doctors keep pushing for state of emergency

  'The state of the acute-care system in the Edmonton zone is an absolute crisis. I have never seen it this bad,' said a Royal Alexandra Hospital emergency department physician.

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  Jan 9
• Edmonton paramedics exhausted amid long response times, fewer staff: ‘It’s heartbreaking’

  With the busy shifts, patients are seeing massive delays after they call 911. The wait times are also having a big impact on the paramedics treating them.

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  Dec 22, 2025
• Alberta shifting health-care grants to ‘activity-based,’ competitive surgical funding

  Alberta will soon tie public hospital funds to the number and type of procedures performed — a move critics warn won't improve the system and will only accelerate private delivery.

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  Apr 7, 2025
• LaGrange says new Alberta hospital agency to be up and running in the spring

  The United Conservative Party government is breaking apart Alberta Health Services as part of a major overhaul.

  Health

  Nov 18, 2024