Calgary Zone News
- Ultrasound gives Crohn’s, colitis doctors new diagnostic tool
- Tomorrow Project seeks participants in Cochrane
- Tomorrow Project seeks participants in Okotoks
- Tomorrow Project seeks participants in Airdrie
- Airdrie and Cochrane Urgent Care Centres
- Tomorrow Project seeks participants in southwest Calgary
- AHS investigates six cases of Legionellosis (legionnaires’ disease) in Calgary Zone
- Mobile app helps clinicians better manage heart failure (Calgary)
- AHS to begin posting executive expense claim information
- New tool will help Albertans find nearest AHS facility
- Minimally invasive heart valve procedure an Alberta first
- Canada’s first liver cell transplant takes place in Calgary
- Alberta leading international study of CPR feedback device
- AHS promotes National Addictions Awareness Week (Calgary Zone)
- More organizations better able to respond to cardiac arrest
- New centre provides weight-management support for youth (Calgary)
- Alberta reports first West Nile virus-related death since 2007 (Calgary Zone)
- Researchers study how powerful meds affect flu vaccine
- Research could help personalize treatment for depression
- Closer to Home initiative a recipe for improvement
- AHS raises awareness about suicide prevention (Calgary)
- Precautions urged as Alberta confirms one additional human case of West Nile virus infection
- Precautions urged as Alberta confirms three additional human cases of West Nile virus infection (Calgary Zone)
- Researchers need youngsters for portion control study
- Parents reminded to child-proof windows to prevent falls
- Pathway helps more local adults get help for depression
- Recruitment starts for Health Advisory Council members
- Executive Vice President and CFO leaving AHS
- Researchers seek link between sleep apnea and stroke
- IT Systems Update
- Stampede-goers reminded to practise summer safety
- Simple precautions can reduce risk of West Nile virus
- Rural communities offered resources to promote wellness
- Coping program addresses stress of waiting for a transplant
- Researchers look at fructose, high blood pressure link
- Boil Water Advisory lifted for remaining three northwest Calgary communities
- Virtual-reality fun leads to real-life improvements in children
- Tablet computers replace sedation for young cancer patients
- Public get chance to see cardiac technology up close
- AHS completes plan to triple capacity for PET/CT scans
- AHS EMS helps communities respond to cardiac arrest - Calgary
- New AHS program improves care for heart failure patients
- Robot effectively soothes youth during vaccination: study
- Paramedic reunites today with baby girl he delivered
- Study seeks schizophrenia, cardiovascular disease link
- Gait analysis study looks to reduce falls in diabetics
- Study may pinpoint when preemies at risk for language delay
- Fire-odour Irritation: Tips
- Tomorrow Project seeks participants in Marlborough Park
- Temporary interruption to Airdrie Urgent Care services
- AHS acts quickly to ensure patient safety is not compromised by AUPE wildcat strike (Calgary Zone)
- Tomorrow Project seeks Banff participants
- Tomorrow Project seeks Canmore participants
- Patient classes explain cancer treatments and conditions
- Upcoming classes help cancer patients gain strength
- Local ambulance services transition to AHS in February
- Remote cardiac monitoring system reaches milestone
- Study shows calcium might cut endometrial cancer risk
- Program to deliver faster treatment for lung cancer patients
- Second Quarter Performance Report 2011/2012
- AHS recruits for Addiction & Mental Health Advisory Council
- AHS releases Second Quarter financial results
- Eye cancer patients receive best treatment closer to home
- Tomorrow Project seeks Drumheller participants
- Foothills ICU’s design named among best in the world
- Public invited to Tom Baker Cancer Centre open house
- Study shows chinooks bring pain for some, relief for others
- Sexual assault victims get more time for reporting decision
- Tomorrow Project seeks High River participants
- AHS to triple capacity for powerful, cancer-diagnosing tool
- Poison and Drug Information Service marks its 25th year
- HQCA asked to review pathology testing processes
- Libin team treats heart rhythm problems in more patients
- Aboriginal communities to address issue of teen suicide
- Procedure speeds recovery for corneal transplant patients
- AHS drive for national urgent care road signage succeeds
- AHS appoints 86 to Health Advisory Councils
- AHS initiative promotes healthy weights among children
- AHS program helps businesses improve employee health - Calgary
- Influenza immunization program begins October 17
- Chronic disease self-management program launches today
- AHS EMS to receive ceremonial badge and flag today
- Update on former Premier Ralph Klein
- Renamed cancer centre to get new clinical trials program
- AHS releases Q1 Performance Results
- AHS releases First Quarter financial results
- AHS appoints 16 to Provincial Advisory Council on Cancer
- Medicine Hat Regional Hospital redevelopment project
- World record attempt to raise awareness about PSA testing
- More women to benefit from cancer screening program
- New direction for addiction and mental health system
- Parents urged to child-proof windows to prevent falls
- AHS seeks input from Albertans using social media
- Alberta Health Services launches obesity initiative
- Carrying school books shouldn’t be a pain for children
- Program helps Calgarians access physicians after hours
- Tomorrow Project seeks Airdrie participants
- Recruitment underway for Health Advisory Council members
- Tomorrow Project seeks Okotoks participants
- Tomorrow Project seeks Cochrane participants
- Alberta launches Multiple Sclerosis observational study
- Estimated emergency department wait times now online
- New contract keeps DAL Program at Chartwell Seniors Residence at Colonel Belcher
- Smart cards give emergency doctors more time for patients
- Stampede-goers reminded to practise summer safety
- Helping families be healthy, stay healthy one step at a time
- Survey seeks Albertans’ opinion on healthy eating options
- Simple precautions can reduce West Nile virus risk - Calgary
- Revolutionary heart procedure now available in Calgary
- Technology allows stroke specialists to share expertise
- Hospital raises teepee for Aboriginal patients and families
- Complex chronic disease clinic reduces hospital visits
- President and CEO performance agreement posted
- AHS looks forward to mediator appointment in AUPE negotiations
- AHS seeks proposals for ground ambulance operations
- AHS Board approves Consolidated Financial Statements
- 2011/12 Budget targets wait-time reductions
- Fourth Quarter Performance Report 2010/11
- Making the healthy choice the easy choice
- AHS Board approves CEO contract and performance agreement
- Birthing mannequins deliver training to health professionals
- Communicable Disease Advisory: Infectious Syphilis/Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI)
- Saving lives all in a day’s work for EMS paramedics
- Child Health Computer Program connects kids and families
- Calgary trauma surgeon urges greater awareness of ATV safety
- Website helps promote sexual health of high-risk youth
- Albertans get connected to reliable health information
- Local decision-making, physician engagement, patient care pathways drive realignment
- Calgary cardiovascular clinic wait times eliminated
- Quality care a laughing matter for paralyzed girl
- Transplant Services celebrates 25 years - Calgary
- AHS seeks members for Provincial Advisory Council - Cancer
- AHS invests $190 million in performance target initiatives
- Dr. Chris Eagle named AHS President and CEO
- Advance Care Planning provides peace of mind for patients in Calgary Zone
- Didsbury receives state-of-the-art lab, cardiac equipment
- AHS lab staff challenge each other to give blood in April
- Community-based care reducing ED wait times
- Alberta Children’s Hospital rallies behind damaged Japanese sister hospital
- Memory P.L.U.S. program helps dementia caregivers cope
- High River replaces X-ray unit with new digital machine
- Securing second EMS station first priority for AHS
- AHS supports U of A cardiovascular research
- Airdrie Teen Clinic provides complete care
- New program helps residents overcome addiction issues
- Bone-amplification helps hearing
- AHS staff donate time, money for Haiti relief
- Third quarter 2010-2011 financial results released
- Fewer Admitted Patients waiting in Emergency
- Community-based hospice comes one step closer
- Technology pinpoints source of epileptic seizures
- Stroke Strategy saving lives
- Appointments to the AHS Board of Directors
- High-tech microscope lights up brain for neurosurgeons
- New addiction and mental health beds will improve access
- New hospital beds reduce ED pressures, add capacity
- Technology links remote patients with cardiologists
- Over 3,200 more cataract procedures to be performed
- New technologies bring independence to seniors
- Cochrane health centre introduces new services
- South Health Campus to add capacity spring 2012
- Event spotlights youth mental health programs
- Three doctors recruited to a ‘new-model’ medical centre
- Renovated palliative care suite opens in Viking
- Medical deans appointed to AHS Board Committee
- Women’s Health Program redevelopment underway
- High River clinic delivers choice to expectant moms
- New knee injury clinic improves access
- 9,000 additional MRIs to be performed by March 31
- Emergency Department pressures ease
- QuitCore program expands to 13 new communities
- Alberta Health Services launches overcapacity protocols
- AHS launches overcapacity protocols
- AHS ‘diaper drive’ helping Calgary’s youngest citizens
- Didsbury Long Term Care planning underway
- Device helps patients breathe with ease
- Study examines impact of pregnancy stress on babies
- Trial to study links between exercise levels and breast cancer risk
- Calgary Firefighters Burn Treatment Society Cheque Presentation
- McCaig Tower opening adds surgical capacity in Calgary
- Canine companion helps kids cope with parental cancer
- Southern Alberta Institute of Urology officially opens
- New East Calgary Health Centre opens
- Study examines new pediatric stroke treatment
- 132 more hospital beds opening in Calgary
- Service helps doctors spot pediatric mental health issues
- Source of oil leak found and halted; clean-up underway
- Study seeks best way to de-stress breast cancer survivors
- Clinic provides relief for patients with a chronic cough
- Team performs Calgary’s first domino kidney transplant
- Calgarian receives first live shoulder cartilage transplant
- EMS promotes sun safety practices during Stampede
- Voice given to hundreds of Albertans
- Rockyview General opens new emergency department
- Additional measles cases confirmed in Calgary-area
- Exercise improves hemodialysis, AHS study shows
- Confirmed measles in Calgary-area prompts vaccination reminder
- Research program lulls cancer survivors to sleep
- Physician uses robot to measure impact of strokes
- A taste of their own medicine
- Patient safety improvements arise from third party review
- Meningococcal disease confirmed in student; risk of transmission low
- Unapproved tattoo parlours closed
- Calgary vaccination clinics update
- Calgary vaccination clinics update
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