Alberta Health

• Better pay, more options in new Alberta family doctor compensation model

  The Alberta government said the new primary care physician compensation model aims to not only help the province's existing, overworked physicians — but also attract new ones.

  Health

  Dec 19
  
• Coaldale announces support for Lethbridge physician recruitment efforts

  Coaldale's hospital has downgraded to an ambulatory care clinic, yet the town's population continues to grow, as do residents' concerns of where to find a doctor.

  Health

  Dec 18
  
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• Calgary woman claims continuing care home responsible for husband’s ‘slow painful’ death

  A Calgary widow says her husband died last month due to a lack of care at a local long-term care facility.

  Canada

  Dec 10
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• Family of Indigenous man who had braids cut off in Alberta hospital calls for change

  Crowe said her uncle was a day school survivor and that because it wasn't culturally safe to have long hair while in school, he decided to grow his hair out when he became older.

  Health

  Dec 10
• Alberta working to get money’s worth on Turkish medication deal after 2 years

  'They delivered a portion, and then the supply chains were restored, and we didn't need to fulfil it with the two products we'd initially ordered. So we have a credit on file.'

  Politics

  Dec 6
• Alberta’s health minister signs onto federal deal for rare disease medications

  Alberta is the third province behind B.C. and Newfoundland and Labrador to sign onto a federal deal under the National Strategy for Drugs for Rare Diseases.

  Health

  Dec 5
• Alberta nurse practitioner program reducing primary care provider gap: Health minister

  Adriana LaGrange says 33 nurse practitioners are now taking patients across the province and another 23 have been approved to practise primary care similar to a family physician.

  Health

  Nov 20
• 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
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• Alberta in talks to attract transgender health specialists to the province

  Earlier this year, Premier Danielle Smith said the province would begin efforts to attract those specialists so Albertans wouldn't have to travel out of province for care.

  Politics

  Nov 5
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• Alberta pharmacists says cuts will hurt care: ‘No one can work for free’

  The Alberta Pharmacists' Association said the cuts are particularly demoralizing, as a family doctor shortage has led to more Albertans relying on pharmacists for medical needs.

  Politics

  Oct 23