Policies

• Community Health & Wellness
  • Healthy Eating Environments Policy
• Corporate Accountability
  • Community Engagement and Communications Policy
  • Delegation of Approval Authority
  • Driver Management Policy
  • Half-Masting the Flags at AHS Sites Policy
  • Intellectual Property
    • Procedure: Commercialization and Revenue Sharing
    • Procedure: Copyright
    • Procedure: Dispute Resolution
    • Procedure: Intellectual Property Assessment
    • Procedure: Intellectual Property Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreements
    • Procedure: Intellectual Property Disclosure
    • Procedure: Intellectual Property Disclosure Form
    • Procedure: Material Transfer Agreements
    • Procedure: Trademark and Official Mark Registration
    • Procedure: Transfer of Ownership of the Intellectual Property
  • Inventory Management
  • Philanthropic and Honorific Naming and Recognition Policy
    • Form: Philanthropic Naming Recognition Data Collection
  • Corporate Contracts
    • Basic Procurement Process and Competitive Bid Thresholds
    • Capital Management Design and Construction
    • Capital Management Design and Construction Contracts Change Management
    • Capital Management Design and Construction Non-Competitive Procurement
    • Capital Management Emergency Building Infrastructure Project
    • Competitive Bid Processes
    • Non-Competitive Procurement
    • Renewals, Extensions and Amendments to Corporate Contracts
  • Social Media
  • Surplus Equipment
    • Policy: Surplus Equipment Management
    • ​Policy: Donation of Surplus Equipment
  • Vehicle Management Policy

• Employee & Associate Relationships
  • Alcohol and Drugs Policy
    • Alcohol and Drugs: Contractors, Students and Volunteers Procedure
    • Alcohol and Drugs: Medical and Midwifery Staff Procedure
  • Attendance at Work and Respiratory Virus Symptoms
    • Resource: Frequently Asked Questions
  • Fitness to Practice: Student Placement
  • Job Shadowing
  • Learning and Professional Development
  • Leave of Absence
  • Living Organ Donor Wage Replacement
  • Managing Students Involved in Placements During a Communicable Disease Outbreak, Epidemic or Pandemic
    • Student Placement Principles
    • Communicable Disease Event Student Placement Algorithm
  • Recruitment and Employment Practices
  • Total Compensation and Rewards
  • Vacation
  • Volunteer Resources
  • Workplace Accommodation
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Ethical Conduct
  • Appropriate Prioritization of Access to Health Services policy
    • Engagement of Health Services for Internationally Protected Persons procedure
    • Patients Being Directed to the Emergency Department for Assessment by a Specific Physician procedure
    • Resource: Frequently Asked Questions
  • Whistleblower
  • Investigations
  • Fraud, Theft, or Misappropriations
• Facilities Management
  • Biosafety for Research and Clinical Trials
  • Business Continuity Management
  • Emergency & Disaster Management
  • Environmental Sustainability
  • Parking
  • Smoke and Vape-Free Environments Policy
• Financial Stewardship
  • Administration of Funds Held in Research Contingency Accounts
  • Banking Services
  • Monetary Charitable Contributions
    • Procedure: Monetary Charitable Contributions
  • Investment Policy
  • Management and Oversight of Research Expenses - RESEARCH-001 
    • Processes for the Management and Oversight of Research Expenses Resource
  • Procurement Card Program
  • Registration, Invoicing, and Inquiries For Workers’ Compensation Board Incidents
    • Invoices for Work Related Injury Visits Billed To Workers’ Compensation Board
  • Research Grants & Clinical Trial Funding
    • Restricted Research Account Deficit Management 
  • Research Overhead Revenue Administration
  • Restricted Grants
  • Travel, Hospitality, and Working Session Expenses
• Governance
  • Board Member Remuneration, Expense Reimbursement, and Ongoing Education 
  • Delegation of Authority and Establishment of Controls for Commitments
• Information & Technology Management
  • Access to Information (Physical, Electronic, Remote)
    • Procedure: Clinical Information System User Deactivation
  • Business Continuity Planning for Information Technology Resources
  • Mobile Wireless Devices and Services
  • Change Control for Information Technology Resources
  • Clinical Documentation
    • Policy
    • Procedure
  • Collection, Access, Use, and Disclosure of Information
  • Contractor Requirements for Security of Information and Information Technology Resources
  • Data Access and Use for Health System Improvement Purposes (Secondary Use)
  • Delegation of Authority and Responsibilities for Compliance
    • Non-Identifying Health Information IPO-2013-0004
  • Individually Identifying Information
  • Information Classification
  • Information Security and Privacy Safeguards
  • Information Technology Acceptable Use
  • Monitoring and Auditing of Information Technology Resources
  • Printers and Other Managed Output Devices
  • Privacy Impact Assessments
  • Privacy Protection and Information Access
  • Records Management
    • Records Retention Schedule
    • Procedure: Official Records Destruction
    • Procedure: Transitory Records
    • Procedure: Legal Hold
    • Procedure: Electronic Records Conversion and Migration Recordkeeping
    • Policy: Electronic Signatures
    • Policy: Scanning and Digitization
  • Research Information Management
    • Procedure: Approaching Patients About Research & Clinical Trials in Alberta Health Services Settings
  • Risk Management Flags
  • Transmission of Information by Facsimile and Electronic Mail
    • Emailing Personal Identifiable Health Information
    • Leading Practice User Guide
• Patient Rights & Responsibilities
  • Keeping Patients Safe From Abuse
• Quality Health Care and Services
  • Research & Clinical Integrity
    • Policy: Research & Clinical Trial Integrity
    • Procedure: Investigating a Breach of Research & Clinical Trial Integrity
  • Wait Time Measurement, Management, and Reporting of Scheduled Health Services (Revisions of this Policy Suite are in development. For more information, please contact pathtocare@ahs.ca)
• Supportive Work Environment
  • Communicable Disease Assessment
  • Occupational Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids
  • Respectful Workplaces and the Prevention of Harassment and Violence
    • Procedure: Respectful Workplaces and the Prevention of Harassment and Violence: Type I (External Party)
    • Procedure: Respectful Workplaces and the Prevention of Harassment and Violence: Type II (Patient-to-Worker)
    • Procedure: Respectful Workplaces and the Prevention of Harassment and Violence: Type III (Worker-to-Worker)
    • Procedure: Respectful Workplaces and the Prevention of Harassment and Violence: Type IV (Domestic/Personal Relationship)
  • Workplace Health and Safety
    • Dangerous Work Refusal
    • Health and Safety Concern Resolution
    • Noise Management
    • Occupational Hygiene
    • Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
    • Workplace Health and Safety Incident Reporting and Investigation
• Waste Management
  • Biomedical Waste
  • Hazardous Chemical Waste

Code of Conduct

• Code of Conduct

Bylaws

• Borrowing Bylaw
• Conflict of Interest Bylaw
• General Bylaws
• Investment Bylaw
• Medical Staff Bylaws
  • Medical Staff Rules
• Midwifery Staff Bylaws
  • Midwifery Staff Rules

Mandate & Roles

• Mandate and Roles

Directives

• Duties and Reporting Under the Protection for Persons in Care Act

Framework

• Policy Development Framework (replaces Governance Document Framework)
  • Policy Development Steps
  • Document Types
  • Stakeholder Responsibility Summary