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Sweeping changes to come for Alberta's health-care system in 2024

(Just Now) WEBPremier Danielle Smith is set to take scalpel and bone saw to Alberta's $17-billion health delivery system in 2024, while simultaneously scrambling to keep and find …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/danielle-smith-changes-health-delivery-system-2024-1.7071679

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Fundamental change needed as Alberta health system is 'not …

(9 days ago) WEBHealth Minister Adriana LaGrange says the Alberta government is fundamentally restructuring health care because the system "is not working." "Any …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/fundamental-change-needed-as-alberta-health-system-is-not-working-minister-says-1.7020467

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Alberta 2023: Health System Challenges and Opportunities

(9 days ago) WEBResearchers at the Centre for Health Policy, O'Brien Institute for Public Health, have authored a series of issue briefs to inform Albertans about major health policy …

https://obrieniph.ucalgary.ca/centre/health-policy/publications/Alberta-2023-health-system-challenges-and-opportunities

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Alberta to dismantle current patient-care model, create new health

(7 days ago) WEBThe Alberta government is announcing it will restructure the delivery of health care in the province, a realignment of services Premier Danielle Smith says will …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-health-care-changes-1.7022133

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Solutions to Alberta’s health-care system woes could …

(Just Now) WEBWATCH ABOVE: The problems facing Alberta's health-care system are clear to see, but the solutions are not. Morgan Black reports – Nov 24, 2022. A mother who took her two-year-old son to the

https://globalnews.ca/news/9301344/alberta-healthcare-system-problems-solutions/

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Alberta’s health care system struggling with overflowing hospitals

(1 days ago) WEBJeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press. Alberta’s health care system is being crushed by demand for its services, according to physicians across the province, with …

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-albertas-health-care-system-struggling-with-overflowing-hospitals/

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Some Albertans and experts worried about public health …

(5 days ago) WEBDr. Paul Parks, president of the Alberta Medical Association, said there is an immediate need to stabilize the health-care system but care needs to be better …

https://globalnews.ca/news/10079801/albertans-experts-public-health-restructuring-announcement-reactions/

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Provincial health-care system in danger of collapse: Alberta doctors

(5 days ago) WEBAccording to the latest Alberta Health Services data, intensive-care units in provincial hospitals are at 95 per cent capacity with 219 patients, while the number of …

https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/provincial-health-care-system-in-danger-of-collapse-alberta-doctors-1.6683041

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Why 192 doctors just said Alberta’s health system is in crisis

(8 days ago) WEBBy Omar Mosleh Staff Reporter. EDMONTON—Nearly 200 Alberta doctors have gone public to warn that their province’s health-care system is in crisis. The …

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/why-192-doctors-just-said-alberta-s-health-system-is-in-crisis/article_d8e0dfbd-e025-5a61-8952-976c47b4d41d.html

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Unhealthy reforms: The dangers of Alberta’s plan to …

(3 days ago) WEBThe Alberta government recently passed legislation to increase the role of corporations in the health-care system and facilitate the government’s goal of having 30 per cent of the province’s

https://theconversation.com/unhealthy-reforms-the-dangers-of-albertas-plan-to-further-privatize-health-care-delivery-144443

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Nurses, doctors call on Alberta government to back down from …

(7 days ago) WEBDr. Sam Myhr, a family physician working in Sundre, agrees the restructuring is a mistake and should be halted. She's worried about patients in rural …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/nurses-doctors-alberta-health-care-restructuring-1.7024460

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Despite high spending, Alberta’s health-care system is failing

(Just Now) WEBIn 2020, Canada had the eighth-most expensive universal health-care system in the world (out of 30 countries) on a per-person basis and the highest level of …

https://www.fraserinstitute.org/article/despite-high-spending-albertas-health-care-system-is-failing

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Why the AMA wants Alberta to declare a health-care crisis CTV …

(5 days ago) WEBThe Alberta Medical Association ( AMA) is calling on the province to acknowledge the backlogs and challenges frontline workers are facing by declaring a …

https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/ama-calls-on-alberta-to-declare-health-care-crisis-as-surgery-er-and-ambulance-wait-times-increase-1.6718207

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LaGrange says fundamental change needed as Alberta health …

(5 days ago) WEBHealth Minister Adriana LaGrange says the Alberta government is fundamentally restructuring health care because the system “is not working.”. “Any …

https://globalnews.ca/news/10075988/lagrange-alberta-health-system-changes/

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What’s behind the shakeup of Alberta’s health care system

(7 days ago) WEBThe Alberta government has been announcing several changes coming to the province’s health care – including dismantling the health authority, and putting more …

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the-decibel/article-whats-behind-the-shakeup-of-albertas-health-care-system/

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Refocusing health care in Alberta Alberta.ca

(6 days ago) WEBThe Alberta Association of Nurses is highly supportive of the bold steps the Government of Alberta is taking to refocus the health care system. These changes will help create …

https://www.alberta.ca/refocusing-health-care-in-alberta

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UCP, NDP offer competing visions to fix Alberta's health-care …

(9 days ago) WEBAlberta health care system under strain over the last few years. Many issues were related to COVID-19, Notley said, but Alberta’s problems have been …

https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/alberta-election-health-care-top-issues

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This new map shows the extent of Alberta's rural health-care …

(5 days ago) WEBIssues like these led the Alberta government to undertake the review of rural health care nearly a decade ago, according to the man who oversaw the process. …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-rural-health-care-hospital-closures-service-reductions-map-1.6920460

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Alberta Health Services to split into 4 parts

(3 days ago) WEBCalling it a “new day for healthcare in Alberta,” Premier Danielle Smith (pictured) said dividing Alberta Health Services (AHS) into new agencies with a …

https://www.canhealth.com/2023/11/15/alberta-health-services-to-split-into-4-parts/

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AHS MD News Digest - April 21, 2024 - Alberta Health Services

(Just Now) WEBStabilizing Alberta’s primary health care system Alberta’s government is delivering on a commitment to provide funding to help pregnant and postpartum …

https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/info/hp/phys/if-hp-phys-md-news-2024-04-21.pdf

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Alberta doctors ‘trepidatious’ about changes to already fragile …

(9 days ago) WEBAlberta finished centralizing its health system 15 years ago to create AHS, but Smith has made its reform the centrepiece of her leadership. Last year, she fired the …

https://globalnews.ca/news/10067456/alberta-doctors-changes-health-care-system/

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Record-high health spending in Alberta budget doesn't solve main …

(Just Now) WEBDoctors and workers unions in Alberta say record-high health spending in the budget for 2023-24 doesn't solve big issues plaguing the health-care system — …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/health-spending-budget-reaction-1.6763799

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Alberta Spotlight: Split over health care restructuring, most blame

(9 days ago) WEBDecember 7, 2023 – With the 2023 calendar on its final page, Albertans may be ending the year with a sense of déjà vu as the province moves forward with another major shake up …

https://angusreid.org/alberta-health-services-restructuring-danielle-smith-ahs/

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