Originally planned for May, the next two stages of the Connect Care rollout won't happen until October and February. They were delayed because of the pandemic.

Roughly 1,500 samples are collected and checked daily in each city not only from players, team and NHL personnel, but from restaurant and hotel workers supporting the post-season tournament in each hub.

There are worries if Alberta's coronavirus testing system is strained right now, it may not be able to handle demand in the fall — which will see not only COVID-19 but an expected increase in respiratory illnesses.

CEO Jason Pincock said the company has a dedicated team for NHL-related coronavirus testing.

DynaLIFE's CEO estimates 95 per cent of all lab test results have now been sent to the right place. A special team is troubleshooting the remaining five per cent.

DynaLIFE's CEO said there were two big hurdles with the move to Connect Care, one of which he describes as updating "one of the most complex contact lists anyone could possibly imagine."

After hearing from family doctors who said they weren't receiving lab results since Connect Care launched, Alberta Health Services said Friday it had identified the "e-delivery" issue.

A longtime family physician in Edmonton is raising concerns with the transition to Connect Care and the impact it's having on getting patient lab results.

Nurses at Edmonton hospitals who were first to use the new electronic system, Connect Care, are "very stressed" with the changeover, the union says, but are flagging issues to tech support.

There were some technical glitches and expected delays at several Edmonton health facilities Sunday as Connect Care launched but overall, officials say the first wave went well.