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Tuesday, February 27, 2018
First Nations partnership key to coming up with ideas for improvement... Read more
MEDICINE HAT — Family resiliency is your family’s ability to cope with life’s challenges and to boun... Read more
MEDICINE HAT – Local and area residents are invited to attend a public meeting of the Palliser Healt... Read more
First Nations partnership key to coming up with ideas for improvement... Read more
CALGARY — Estimated emergency department wait times and the latest Alberta Health Services (AHS) new... Read more
AHS launches Alexa skill for Amazon's Echo products... Read more
EDMONTON – Alberta Health Services (AHS) continues to garner recognition as one of the best places t... Read more
EDMONTON – Alberta Health Services (AHS) has ratified a three-year collective agreement with United ... Read more
MEDICINE HAT – The Margery E. Yuill Cancer Centre in Medicine Hat and the Alberta Cancer Foundation ... Read more
Healthcare staff, Siksika Nation family work together on Celebration of Life.... Read more
Albertans in possession of naloxone kits are being asked to check the contents to ensure they contai... Read more
Richard Dicerni is among four people within AHS who are new appointments to the Order of Canada.... Read more
The council includes 15 people from across the province who have personal interactions with continui... Read more
LETHBRIDGE – Pertussis disease activity in the South Zone of Alberta Health Services has decreased t... Read more
'Tis the season of celebratory gatherings and – unfortunately – the spread of seasonal illnesses and... Read more
Local and area residents are invited to share their thoughts on local healthcare delivery and servic... Read more
Alberta Health Services (AHS) online patient feedback portal experienced an outage from November 9 t... Read more
Join the international movement to spark positive change for health... Read more
EDMONTON – Alberta Health Services (AHS) has been recognized as one of the best places to work in Ca... Read more
Herman Stroeve loops strands of colour-changing fibre-optic lights about his hand like a coil of rop... Read more
Falls are the leading cause of injury among older adults.... Read more
Alberta Health Services (AHS) today posted the first weekly data update for the 2017-18 influenza se... Read more
SOUTH ZONE – Starting Monday (Oct. 23), Albertans have the opportunity to protect themselves and oth... Read more
MEDICINE HAT – Alberta Health Services (AHS) is ensuring residents have ample opportunity to get the... Read more
MEDICINE HAT – Local residents in need can access support from community services and receive a free... Read more
Facility dog provides comfort to EMS staff experiencing psychological stress.... Read more
CALGARY – Alberta Health Services Emergency Medical Services (AHS EMS) is enlisting some four-legged... Read more
BASSANO – Alberta Health Services (AHS) is ensuring residents have ample opportunity to get their an... Read more
SOUTH ZONE – Alberta Health Services (AHS) is hosting activities to mark this year’s Mental Illness ... Read more
When we think of malnutrition we rarely think it applies right here in Canada. But it does.... Read more
Dave Van Wert is part of #YourEMS in Brooks and says great care is the result of great listening.... Read more
SOUTH ZONE — Real-time estimated emergency department (ED) wait times for Chinook Regional Hospital ... Read more
CALGARY – With the new school year upon us, Alberta Health Services (AHS) would like to remind paren... Read more
CALGARY – Alberta Health Services (AHS) is recruiting volunteer members for its new Provincial Advis... Read more
MEDICINE HAT — Albertans whose lives have been touched by cancer are invited to register for two fre... Read more
Seven years ago, Graves lost her brother Josh, a skilled arbourist and talented athlete, to an opioi... Read more
Clinics ongoing – book your child’s appointment today!... Read more
They are in their 80s and 90s and on the road biking the equivalent of a coast-to-coast ride to cele... Read more
Clinics begin Monday, August 21 – Children aged 10, 11 and 12 are eligible.... Read more
Opioid dependency treatment has been expanded to nine communities throughout Central Alberta.... Read more
Dialysis patients in Medicine Hat have a new Kidney Care Centre (KCC) to call home.... Read more
Primary care physicians caring for patients with opioid dependency will soon have access to expert c... Read more
Alberta Health Services (AHS) has confirmed a case of hepatitis A in an individual who served food a... Read more
In honour of this major milestone, please join AHS in taking a virtual walk through the history of h... Read more
Individuals who have been sexually assaulted in the Bassano, Bow Island, Brooks, Medicine Hat and Oy... Read more
Dr. Francois Belanger, Vice President, Quality and Chief Medical Officer, provided the following upd... Read more
Falls pose one of the greatest risks of injury to our patients.... Read more
SOUTH ZONE – Two mumps outbreaks, declared in the South and Edmonton Zones of Alberta Health Service... Read more
EDMONTON — Alberta Health Services (AHS) is taking steps to minimize patient impacts from a shortage... Read more
Partnership improves co-ordinated sexual assault supports and services.... Read more
BROOKS – Alberta Health Services (AHS) is opening the permanent community collections site next week... Read more
EDMONTON – It’s Child Safety Week and Alberta Health Services (AHS) is reminding Albertans of the po... Read more
LETHBRIDGE – Alberta Health Services (AHS) has declared an outbreak of whooping cough (pertussis) in... Read more
MEDICINE HAT — Alberta Health Services (AHS) has resumed all scheduled and elective surgeries at Med... Read more
It’s Child Safety Week and Alberta Health Services (AHS) is reminding all Albertans to make all-terr... Read more
As a busy mom of two kids Susan Duff does a lot of driving — and that's a lot of time with kids in c... Read more
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is reminding Albertans to take simple steps to protect themselves from... Read more
EDMONTON – The Alberta Health Services (AHS) physician who led the development of Alberta’s framewor... Read more
National Paramedic Services Week May 28-June 3 honours the Emergency Medical Services profession and... Read more
On May 11, the Public Health Agency of Canada declared the outbreak of gastrointestinal illnesses li... Read more
SOUTH ZONE – Individuals or groups planning special community events where food will be served are i... Read more
Youth learn about preventable injuries, dangers of impaired and distracted driving.... Read more
MEDICINE HAT – Alberta Health Services (AHS) has assessed scheduled and elective surgeries taking pl... Read more
Improving care for patients with complex health needs is the premise behind a unique new initiative ... Read more
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is honouring organ and tissue donors and their families who have given... Read more
SOUTH ZONE — Alberta Health Services (AHS) is honouring the thousands of volunteers who play vital r... Read more
If you have had surgery you know your operation can feel like a sprint and your recovery can feel li... Read more
Mixing alcohol partying and friends can make a risky cocktail for post-secondary students with unwan... Read more
MEDICINE HAT – Parenting is Prevention is a free Alberta Health Services (AHS) workshop that helps p... Read more
Public parking lot east of the Ambulatory Care Building opens Monday.... Read more
Savings of $6.5 million over five years and new lab collection sites opening... Read more
BROOKS – Alberta Health Services (AHS) is opening a temporary community collections site next month ... Read more
In the midst of an unprecedented disaster last May in Fort McMurray, Alberta Health Services staff, ... Read more
Alberta Health Services (AHS), together with provincial and federal partners, continue to investigat... Read more
Time from onset of stroke to treatment, or door-to-needle time, halved to 36 minutes by AHS strategy... Read more
Provincewide improvement initiative reduces average 'door-to-needle' time by half.... Read more
Reconnecting people who live with chronic conditions and disabilities with the joy of social and lei... Read more
CALGARY – The rate at which Albertans are dying from cancer continues to decrease, according to newl... Read more
Alberta Health Services Emergency Medical Dispatch system has been recognized by the International A... Read more
COALDALE — More than $730,000 has been invested at the Coaldale Health Centre to build a new two-bay... Read more
MEDICINE HAT – Youth ages 13 to 17 are invited to participate in a free, eight-week Alberta Health S... Read more
'You are what mom eats' pretty much says it all when you're an unborn baby who relies on mom's meal ... Read more
LETHBRIDGE – Planning is underway for outdoor beautification projects at a number of health centres ... Read more
The Daytime Galt Workshop program - a partnership between Alberta Health Services' Therapeutic Recre... Read more
Additional tool sees AHS and police partner, giving 'vulnerable population' support it needs... Read more
MEDICINE HAT — Individuals who experience mental health, addiction or psychosocial crises and are at... Read more
Volunteers stuffed almost 500 stockings for patients this year - continuing a 31 year tradition.... Read more
Home exercise program gets seniors moving to improve independence and well-being.... Read more
It happens every year. Influenza or gastrointestinal illnesses find their way into care facilities, ... Read more
LETHBRIDGE — Alberta Health Services (AHS) is proactively postponing 25 elective surgeries at Chinoo... Read more
Pregnant women in third trimester offered pertussis vaccine through appointment... Read more
Each and every member of Alberta Health Services (AHS) involved in the incredible response to the Fo... Read more
Starting Monday (October 24), Albertans will have the opportunity to protect themselves and others a... Read more
MEDICINE HAT– HALO Rescue will continue to be compensated on a fee-for-service basis to provide valu... Read more
Health Advisory Councils give communities a voice in health care planning.... Read more
Health Advisory Councils give communities a voice in health care planning.... Read more
Register now for Living Your Best Life With and Beyond Cancer on Oct. 28.... Read more
New study employs free preventive meds, education to help seniors better follow their treatment plan... Read more
SOUTH ZONE – Alberta Health Services (AHS) is hosting activities to mark this year’s Mental Illness ... Read more
Residents can see a family physician, access services at one-stop event.... Read more
Researchers weigh impacts of personalized education and covering costs of medications.... Read more
Staff at the Taber Health Centre are helping long-term care resident Bob Chenery.... Read more
EDMONTON – Following the conclusion of a privacy investigation, Alberta Health Services (AHS) is not... Read more
New interactive resource another tool to help prevent tobacco use among.... Read more
New assessment technique provides another option for patients at risk of choking.... Read more
CALGARY – Screen Test is celebrating 25 years of mobile mammography services across Alberta, which h... Read more
A new website is now online that will help parents manage common childhood illnesses and injuries wh... Read more
BOW ISLAND – A program that pairs youth volunteers with long-term care residents for outings and act... Read more
BOW ISLAND — More than $420,000 in repairs and upgrades have been completed in the last year at the ... Read more
CROWSNEST PASS — Alberta Health Services (AHS) is seeking volunteers for a number of opportunities t... Read more
BROOKS — This year’s Active August Challenge kicks off July 27 thanks to a partnership between Alber... Read more
LETHBRIDGE — More than $168,000 has been invested on a new chiller at the St. Michael’s Health Centr... Read more
BROOKS — More than $470,000 has been invested at the Brooks Health Centre on a new high-pressure ste... Read more
Medicine Hat homeless patients to benefit through accessing government ID.... Read more
Lethbridge homeless patients to benefit through accessing government ID.... Read more
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is reminding Albertans to take precautions necessary to protect themse... Read more
Site will offer more privacy, easy access, longer hours when it opens in March.... Read more
LETHBRIDGE – Alberta Health Services (AHS) staff have a passion for health and we want to share it w... Read more
It’s the first day of summer and Alberta Health Services (AHS) is reminding Albertans to keep heat s... Read more
SOUTH ZONE – Albertans who obtain drinking water or water for household use from a private drinking ... Read more
LETHBRIDGE — Great strides have been made in the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease,... Read more
North Lethbridge residents can see a family physician, access services at June 6 pop-up event.... Read more
The Alberta Health Services Board has named Dr. Verna Yiu the organization’s new President and CEO, ... Read more
Support needed for Seniors Mental Health Rehabilitation Program.... Read more
Special minivans transfer 1,500 patients annually in southwest part of South Zone.... Read more
CALGARY – A new website launched today by Alberta Health Services (AHS) responds to ongoing requests... Read more
SOUTH ZONE — National Paramedic Services Week (May 22 to 28) honours the Emergency Medical Services ... Read more
AHS now recruiting for advisory council volunteers to share information, gather public viewpoints.... Read more
SOUTH ZONE – Individuals or groups planning special community events where food will be served are i... Read more
LETHBRIDGE – Due to increases in the number of cases of whooping cough (pertussis) confirmed in the ... Read more
The week of April 25, 2016 isn’t only the last week of the month: it’s also Immunization Awareness W... Read more
CALGARY - Alberta Health Services (AHS) is now recruiting volunteer members for each of its 12 Healt... Read more
Walking poles, pedometers and more can be borrowed with a library card... Read more
Alberta Health Services and Covenant Health are hosting public expositions in Calgary and Edmonton t... Read more
Hospital patients and visitors in Medicine Hat and Lethbridge have a new way to pay for parking.... Read more
As the child life specialist on pediatrics at Chinook Regional Hospital, Maria Malcolm is known for ... Read more
SOUTH ZONE — Alberta Health Services (AHS) is celebrating volunteers for the vital role they play in... Read more
MEDICINE HAT – The NorthernStar Mothers Milk Bank Medicine Hat Milk Drop has been relocated from Jen... Read more
Rural students set to learn about dangers of impaired and distracted driving. (Pincher Creek, Fort M... Read more
Estimates show one in 10 Albertans over the age of 15 will battle a drug or alcohol dependency, but ... Read more
OYEN — More than $1 million has been invested at the Big Country Hospital to replace the building he... Read more
Free child car seat inspection clinics will be held in the city starting this month.... Read more
St. Michael’s Health Centre opens new beds starting March 21... Read more
February is Heart Month – and it’s also the month when Alberta Health Services (AHS) South Zone staf... Read more
About 45 per cent of cancer cases in Alberta are linked to a handful of modifiable factors, accordin... Read more
29 walk-in clinics now able to prescribe drug, offer training to fentanyl users... Read more
LETHBRIDGE — A small robot named Chip is proving a big hit with young patients, easing their anxiety... Read more
A poor night’s sleep can negatively impact daily functioning, the immune system and healing, and is ... Read more
LETHBRIDGE – People of all ages interested in sledge hockey are reminded there are six more opportun... Read more
EDMONTON – Following confirmation of five deaths in individuals with influenza and a significant wee... Read more
MEDICINE HAT — Alberta Health Services is providing free monthly sleep seminars to help parents and ... Read more
New location will offer patients free parking and better accessibility.... Read more
'It boosts the kids' morale and makes them feel so special'.... Read more
'Tis the season of celebratory gatherings, and – unfortunately - the spread of seasonal illnesses an... Read more
Linda Hughes, Chair of the Alberta Health Services Board, announced today the appointment of Dr. Ver... Read more
Traditionally, the holiday season is a time shared with family and friends. It is also a time when m... Read more
AHS strategy integrates research, innovation in health system... Read more
After 121 years making life brighter for patients; thousands of volunteer hours logged; and more tha... Read more
Local group donated thousands of hours and more than $1 million... Read more
Bhutanese refugees have escaped persecution, left camps lacking even the most basic amenities, and f... Read more
PINCHER CREEK - A new modern, open design is bringing staff and patients closer together and fosteri... Read more
COALDALE — Demolition work begins Monday on the former Alberta Health Services (AHS) community healt... Read more
SOUTH ZONE - Starting tomorrow (Tuesday, October 20), Albertans will have the opportunity to protect... Read more
LETHBRIDGE – The Bhutanese refugee community in Lethbridge — one of the largest in Canada — is learn... Read more
MEDICINE HAT — Additional supportive living beds are now available in Medicine Hat for local and are... Read more
LETHBRIDGE – Patients needing the emergency department at Chinook Regional Hospital will start using... Read more
MEDICINE HAT – Alberta Health Services is seeking individuals willing to volunteer their time to sup... Read more
SOUTH ZONE – Albertans whose lives have been touched by cancer are invited to register for a free, h... Read more
CALGARY – Alberta Health Services (AHS) is inviting members of the public to take a sneak peek insid... Read more
TABER — Community health care services in Taber are now conveniently consolidated at the redeveloped... Read more
LETHBRIDGE — The north atrium entrance of Chinook Regional Hospital will reopen Friday at noon. Pati... Read more
Emergency department gets new central monitoring system.... Read more
SOUTH ZONE — Dr. Lena Derie-Gillespie joins Alberta Health Services’ (AHS) public health team this w... Read more
LETHBRIDGE – A recent increase in the number of gastrointestinal illness cases in the South Zone of ... Read more
LETHBRIDGE – Two compassionate, caring and responsible volunteers are needed to comfort grieving fam... Read more
Eight-week program encourages physical activity, supports tobacco cessation.... Read more
LETHBRIDGE — Local and area residents have an opportunity Saturday Sept. 5 to sell unwanted items an... Read more
Eight-week program encourages physical activity, supports tobacco cessation.... Read more
A $650,000 renovation project will improve comfort, safety and security for patients and their famil... Read more
Construction begins today on a new and improved helicopter landing pad at the Crowsnest Pass Health ... Read more
MEDICINE HAT — People living with a chronic illness or disability who want to explore different form... Read more
BOW ISLAND — The Bow Island Heath Centre has a new $400,000 nurse call system, which enables patient... Read more
Upgrades and repairs improve service at Brooks Health Centre.... Read more
LETHBRIDGE – As Albertans enjoy the hot summer weather, Alberta Health Services (AHS) is again remin... Read more
When new mothers in southern Alberta are frustrated by difficulties with breastfeeding, award-winnin... Read more
Volunteer eases the pain on the palliative care unit.... Read more
LETHBRIDGE — The north atrium entrance of Chinook Regional Hospital will reopen Friday at noon. Pati... Read more
SOUTH ZONE – Following two bat bite incidents reported in the South Zone in the last week alone, Alb... Read more
Foundation support gives Bow Valley a boost.... Read more
Ultramarathoners tackle Rockies to raise cash.... Read more
LETHBRIDGE — Patients here can now benefit from a new retina camera that delivers state-of-the-art d... Read more
MEDICINE HAT – Alberta Health Services’ (AHS) Prevent Alcohol Risk-Related Trauma in Youth (PARTY) p... Read more
Hitting the airwaves for the first MYKids Radiothon proved a winning strategy that raised more than ... Read more
LETHBRIDGE – June 1-6 is Seniors Week, and Alberta Health Services (AHS) offers a number of speciali... Read more
LETHBRIDGE – The public can learn more about stroke signs and treatment at a free, drop-in event Thu... Read more
SOUTH ZONE – Individuals or groups planning special community events where food will be served are i... Read more
Event teaches Grade 9 students about dangers of impaired and distracted driving.... Read more
LETHBRIDGE – Local businesses, organizations and individuals are invited to volunteer for the annual... Read more
Events teach Grade 9 students about dangers of impaired and distracted driving.... Read more
LETHBRIDGE – Individuals or groups planning special community events where food will be served are i... Read more
MEDICINE HAT – Community agencies, local food producers and residents are coming together this month... Read more
Local surgeon performs first leg-lengthening procedure of its kind in Canada.... Read more
Leg-lengthening procedure first of its kind in Canada.... Read more
LETHBRIDGE – An afternoon of discovery awaits local youth at the annual Ignite UR Spark Fair, where ... Read more
Events teach Grade 9 students about dangers of impaired and distracted driving.... Read more
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is celebrating volunteers for the vital role they play in the support ... Read more
Pediatric dental care offered in southern Alberta through Oral Health Action Plan.... Read more
Upgrades include more treatment spaces and more privacy for patients.... Read more
Pilot project aims to reduce preventable emergency department visits.... Read more
LETHBRIDGE – The North Atrium entrance at Chinook Regional Hospital will temporarily close Saturday ... Read more
MEDICINE HAT – Alberta Health Services (AHS) is addressing increasing local ambulance call volumes b... Read more
Doctors expected to arrive in spring, start practising by summer or fall.... Read more
Training RNs to join CancerControl Alberta north and south.... Read more
MEDICINE HAT – Installation begins today on a new, state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)... Read more
Hi-tech precision treatment close to home.... Read more
