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WEBFive ways Calgarians can tackle their 2024 fitness goals. Pick a form of exercise that is attractive to you and set moderately challenging goals, expert says. Take care of your health and wellness

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Health-care upheaval: A history of changes to Alberta's system

WEBFrom 200 health boards to 17, to nine, to five, to "I am eating my cookie" – a look back at decades of churn at the top of AHS. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith outlines how the province plans to

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Alberta Budget: Cost of restructuring AHS pegged at $85 million …

WEBThe cost of refocusing Alberta Health Services is estimated $85 million over two years: $15 million in 2023-2024, $70 million in 2024-2025.

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New mental health and addiction agency being formed as AHS …

WEBThe province announced a new agency under the Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction Tuesday which will fully absorb duties currently under Alberta Health Services as part of a massive

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Opinion: AHS overhaul may make Alberta's health care worse

WEBAlberta Premier Danielle Smith outlines how the province plans to refocus the health care system during a news conference in Edmonton on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. Photo by David Bloom / Postmedia

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Alberta breaking up AHS, creating new agencies in health care …

WEBThe plan is for AHS to shift its primary purpose from being the sole health care provider to focusing on acute care and continuing care. It would share that role with two of four new organizations

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AMA president sounds alarm as Alberta hospital wait times rise

WEBThe non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank released results last Thursday from an annual study that examines the total wait time faced by patients. According to the study, the median wait

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What afflicts Alberta hospitals, and how do doctors what it treated

WEBThe calls come after Premier Danielle Smith and LaGrange announced in December a $200-million boost expected to fill a short-term gap and help primary care and rural practices around the province

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Dismantling AHS: A summary of the Alberta UCP government plan

WEBThe new “streamlined” Alberta Health Services (AHS) is to focus on acute care and continuing care. The acute care provincial organization will oversee the delivery of hospital care, urgent

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Dismantling AHS: Alberta's acute care solutions require investment

WEBOver the coming month, this Edmonton Journal series will look at each of the four areas to highlight what ails health care around the province — and where the solutions may lie. Part 1: Primary

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Edmonton-area emergency room wait times now available online

WEBThe project will cost $800,000, about $275,000 in Edmonton, and will eventually be rolled out across the province. Information about waiting times will also be posted on monitors in hospitals

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Boosting nurse practitioner clinics lets physicians down, says AMA

WEBHigh River physician Scott Repaske said nurse practitioners have a valid and valuable role in Alberta’s health-care system. “I would be happy to see more of them in primary care,” Repaske

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Alberta nurses group raises concerns over the protection of rights

WEBArticle content. A union representing more than 30,000 nurses in Alberta says the government’s new mental-health and addictions agency will disrupt current bargaining with Alberta Health Services.

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Opinion: Alberta's opting out of federal pharmacare just might …

WEBYour drug coverage would have been at risk, if not for Premier Danielle Smith’s decision to opt out of an ill-conceived federal government-run pharmacare plan. The crux of the issue is that it

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Keith Gerein: Edmonton is sick about the neglect of our hospitals

WEBSome in the government might have us believe it’s a new stand-alone Stollery. On the same day the province shelved the south Edmonton hospital, they tried to soften the blow by announcing an

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Alberta health care changes coming Wednesday after leak to NDP

WEBArticle content. The Alberta government will unveil its plan to overhaul the province’s health care system early Wednesday and documents released by the official Opposition indicate the creation

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Alberta Health Services to keep Mauro Chies as president and CEO

WEBAlberta Health Services has appointed a new CEO, but he’s a familiar face. Mauro Chies, who has been interim chief executive for almost a year since the departure of Dr. Verna Yiu, was named her

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Alberta Health Services selects new President and CEO to lead …

WEBArticle content. After multiple replacements and axing top executives, Alberta Health Services (AHS) has named Athana Mentzelopoulos its incoming president and CEO.

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Alberta health spending to climb to $41.9 billion in 2023: CIHI report

WEBA nurse speaks with a patient at the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton. Photo by Larry Wong / Postmedia. Health spending in Alberta is expected to climb to $41.9 billion in 2023, which is

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