Achi news desk-
Calgarians living in or visiting various Alberta Health Services (AHS) seniors, community walk-in, home and continuing care sites may notice a difference in care starting this week.
Over the weekend, more than 10,600 additional staff and physicians at AHS and AHS partner locations joined their counterparts in using Connect Care.
“Having a common clinical information system across AHS means patients don’t repeat their health history as often, and care teams have access to complex histories and medication lists,” said Dr. Peter Jamieson, vice president, quality, and chief temporary medical. officer
AHS began the transition to Connect Care in November 2019 and, when completed in the fall of 2024, will be used by approximately 125,000 staff and physicians.
“Connect Care’s scale makes it one of the largest clinical system operations in the world,” said Sean Chilton, AHS interim vice president and chief operating officer, clinical and EMS operations.
When Connect Care is available on site, Albertans can access their patient portal online through MyAHS Connect.
“Each Connect Care launch brings together more frontline healthcare workers, doctors and patients to give healthcare teams a more complete patient health history, access to consistent best practice information and resources at their fingertips, while’ n improving our ability to keep information private and secure,” said AHS president and CEO Athana Mentzelopoulos.
Through the portal, residents can manage appointments, view test results and view a list of medications.
“AHS has led the way in Canada with Connect Care as the only health authority in the country with a province-wide clinical information system,” AHS said in a news release.
“Connect Care gives healthcare providers more tools to support their patients at nearly half the cost per user of the systems AHS previously had in place.”
