Alberta Health
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Revolving CEO door at Alberta Health Services continues as Andre Tremblay replacedAlberta Health Services executive Erin O’Neill is now head of the front-line health agency after the previous CEO appointed in January, Andre Tremblay, went on a leave of absence.HealthDec 3
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Alberta health care, medical workers with HSAA vote in favour of new contractThe contract will see HSAA union members get a 12 per cent wage increase over four years, though some workers will receive a one-time increase on top of that.HealthNov 26
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Alberta bill allows doctors to toggle between public and private pay for surgeriesThe bill opens the door for Alberta surgeons to charge patients for privately-delivered procedures while keeping a foot in the public system and billing taxpayers.HealthNov 24
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Alberta nurses reach last-minute tentative deal to avoid strikeJust as nurses across Alberta were set to go on strike, the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) reached a tentative deal with the provincial government.CanadaNov 22
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Alberta’s plan to let doctors work publicly and privately worries critics, health-care advocatesThe Canadian Medical Association, which represents doctors nationwide, says Albertans will be left waiting longer to access health care if the province moves forward with the plan.PoliticsNov 18
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Alberta unveils plan to improve health-care, critics not impressedAlberta's UCP government has unveiled its latest plans to help improve health care in the province, but so far critics are not impressed.HealthNov 14
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Alberta health contract corruption scandal interim report not finished, won’t be made publicThe report was initially expected in May, but the province extended the deadline because of the number of documents involved and interviews Raymond Wyant wanted to do.PoliticsSep 24
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Addressing fear, hesitancy in the Mennonite community amid Alberta’s measles outbreakA team of Alberta community health representatives is addressing fear associated with vaccines for the Low German-speaking Mennonite community in the midst of the measles outbreak.HealthAug 4
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Alberta making it easier for nurses to get benefits for on-the-job PTSDThe United Nurses of Alberta says the government has followed through on a contract bargaining promise to extend to nurses presumptive coverage for post-traumatic stress disorder.HealthJul 24
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As summer travel gets underway, Alberta has highest measles cases per capita in North AmericaAlberta reported yesterday that 1,230 people have been infected with the highly contagious disease since March.HealthJul 9
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