June 20, 2025
Amazing Together Every Day
Alberta Health Services (AHS) recognizes our work takes place on historical and contemporary Indigenous lands, including the territories of Treaty 6, Treaty 7 and Treaty 8, and the homeland of the Métis Nation of Alberta and eight Métis Settlements. AHS also acknowledges the many Indigenous communities that have been forged in urban centres across Alberta.
June 20, 2025
Learn about new privacy and information acts
Last week, the province passed the Access to Information Act (ATIA) and the Protection of Privacy Act (POPA). These acts replace the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP), modernizing rules and processes for accessing records, strengthening protections for personal information, and reflecting how technology has changed information collection and storage.
There are important changes under each act, including mandatory reporting of breaches to personal information, mandatory privacy impact assessments, and increased fines for non-compliance.
Privacy has created new resources to help staff understand the new legislation:
Additional training and guidance will be made available soon.
The Health Information Act (HIA) has not been repealed. All information collected, used or disclosed during the provision of a health service is still governed by the HIA.
Questions? Read more.
Hospital-based decision-making to expand
The province will be strengthening healthcare by giving hospitals more control to make timely, practical decisions that improve patient care. The move toward hospital-based leadership will bring more decision-making to the front lines, empowering hospital leaders to make real-time decisions based on what’s happening on the ground and respond to patient needs as they arise. Acute Care Alberta will support coordination across the system and AHS will continue to play a key role focusing on operations across hospitals and oversight of hospital-based leadership.
This new hospital leadership structure will be introduced in November, with full implementation across Alberta by Summer 2026. These changes are part of ongoing healthcare refocusing efforts and the transition of Alberta Health Services to a hospital service provider. Read more.
Register for the i4 2025 conference
i4 is celebrating 10 years of innovation, inspiration and impact in Canadian healthcare. The future of healthcare is being shaped by people, technology and bold ideas. i4 brings them together. From digital breakthroughs to human-centred care, i4 offers real conversations about what’s next in healthcare.
Early-bird registration is now open. Register today. Read more.
Mass-casualty incident the subject of upcoming Lunch ‘n’ Learn
You’re invited to the June 25 Disaster Rounds Lunch ’n' Learn (noon to 1 p.m.) for a discussion about the 2024 Westlock tent collapse mass-casualty incident.
Winds in excess of 100 km/h collapsed a tent structure with more than 200 people inside. Police, fire, ambulance, municipal employees and other responders from multiple jurisdictions rushed to attend to at least 50 casualties.
Kevin Work, emergency management officer, AHS EMS, will explain the extraordinary complexities responders faced, the lessons learned and how AHS can apply them in the future. Read more and register at Together4Health.
Advice on how to write effective discharge summaries
Join the next Home to Hospital to Home (H2H2H) Transitions in Care Talk: Improving the Quality of Discharge Summaries on June 25 (noon – 1 p.m.) presented by Primary Care Alberta and hosted by the Alberta Medical Association – Accelerating Change Transformation Team (AMA-ACTT).
You’ll learn why effective discharge summaries are critical to supporting safe and effective transitions in care. Primary and acute care providers will share their experiences related to sending and receiving Connect Care discharge summaries.
Participants will also learn about an exciting new quality-improvement opportunity aimed at enhancing the quality of discharge summaries. Read more and register.
Wellness seminars are available throughout the year with different topics to help you take charge of your well-being.
Explore a variety of new wellness topics, including navigating change and staying grounded with world changes. You can also enhance your overall well-being with sessions on establishing healthy boundaries, time and energy management, sleep habits and more.
To register, search “wellness seminar series” on MyLearningLink.
Leaders can also schedule group learning sessions for their teams. Additional details and fees can be found in the organizational wellness catalogue.
For more information, see Wellness Seminars and e-Learning or email wellness@ahs.ca.
‘Ensuring the next generation of nurses are prepared’ (more...)
Using ultrasound in speech therapy a game-changer for young Dominic (more...)
Homegrown nurses graduate in Wainwright (more...)
Walk a shift in her shoes… A day with an emergency nurse (more...)
Volunteers open ‘DOoR’ to good dental health (more...)
AHS artists make creative connections (more...)
Faces of the Foundations
June is Health Philanthropy Month. Throughout the month, we’re celebrating our philanthropic partners.
Meet Karen Faulkner, President & CEO of Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation (more…)
Meet Manon Therriault, President & CEO of the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation (more…)
Work Safe Blogs
InfoCare coach Marlene Mann shares how privacy and information security play a critical role in healthcare. Read more.
Kneehill pros shine a light on local health careers (more...)
Innisfail youth volunteer leaves residents all smiles (more...)
Hearts for Healthcare a success
Cold Lake community raises $325,000 at An Evening at the Museum gala. Read more.
Windy Slopes funds vital signs monitors, recliner
Windy Slopes Health Foundation has funded 12 Vital Signs Monitors and a recliner for the Palliative Family Room. Read more.
