Presented by the Calgary and Area Primary Care Networks, PCN Pain Rounds is a grand rounds-style webinar series for family doctors and multidisciplinary team members interested in improving the care they provide to people with pain. For more details on the upcoming program, visit PCN Pain Rounds event site. The ACFP has been a long-time…
Read MoreConnect Care – Lab Delivery Reminder
Delivery of Lab Results: Please Use Provider and Submitter IDs all on Requisitions Providers in the community who order lab tests or submit specimens for testing need to take action to ensure they receive these results. If requisitions are incomplete, patients could receive results before their providers. Every requisition given to a patient or sent…
Read MoreSouth Health Campus Family Medicine Teaching Clinic – An Outstanding Family Practice
The ACFP would like to formally congratulate the winner of the 2022 Patient’s Medical Home – Outstanding Family Practice award – the South Health Campus Family Medicine Teaching Clinic (SHCFMTC). This award recognizes a clinic that exemplifies the vision of a Patient’s Medical Home (PMH) by going above and beyond to focus on the needs…
Read MoreGreen Healthcare Toolkit
Shared by Drs. Shari Fallis, Karen Louie, and Veronica Tomcej The Edmonton O-day’min Primary Care Network (EOPCN) Green for Health Committee has been working on a Green Healthcare Toolkit project for Alberta primary care providers, supported by grant funding from the Northern Alberta Academic Family Medicine Fund. This initiative provides practical tips to address ways…
Read MoreRespiratory Viruses – Resources
With a surge of respiratory viruses this holiday season, the ACFP has collated the following helpful resources from a variety of credible sources including the Ontario College of Family Physicians and Alberta Health Services. Drug Management: Managing Critical Drug Shortages in Clinical Practice, Canadian Pediatric Society Compounding Infants’ and Children’s Acetaminophen, Alberta College of Pharmacy…
Read MoreNational Day for Truth and Reconciliation Statement
The Alberta College of Family Physicians (ACFP) would like to recognize and honour the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. We celebrate the contributions made by Indigenous populations, beginning long before the arrival of settlers. We also acknowledge the devastating damage colonialism has caused leading to systemic barriers that are still faced by Indigenous people…
Read MoreStatement on Roe Versus Wade
Dear Members, On Friday, June 24th, The Supreme Court of the United States of America overturned the landmark decision of Roe versus Wade, a precedent that guaranteed women’s rights to privacy, protection of their own health decisions, and the right to essential reproductive care, including abortion. This decision is deeply disturbing and opens a path…
Read MoreConnect Care – Electronic Patients’ Reports
AHS Memo – June 7, 2022 Alberta Health Services (AHS) electronically delivers patient information to providers at their private community practices using a system called ‘eDelivery’. For more information on changes due to Connect Care Launch 4, read the summary guide. Additional information and resources are available on the AHS website, related to topic of electronic…
Read MoreConnect Care – Changes to MyAHS Connect proxy access
Alberta Health Services is changing how youth accounts in our online patient portal, MyAHS Connect, can be accessed by a parent or guardian via proxy access. Proxy access (i.e. parents/guardians being able to view a youth’s health records) via MyAHS Connect will now automatically end when a youth turns 12 years of age. This decision…
Read MoreConnect Care Update – Delivery Results, Connect Care Identifiers, and Launch Sequencing
AHS Memo – January 21, 2022 Connect Care continues to be one of Alberta Health Services’ highest organizational priorities. Upcoming launch dates have been confirmed, as follows: WAVE DATE SITE LOCATIONS Launch 4 May 28, 2022 Sites in Calgary and Edmonton zones Launch 5 Nov 6, 2022 Sites in Calgary, Central, and North zones; some…
Read MoreACFP & AMA Host Omicron Update Webinar DEC 23rd
12 PM (MT) | Thursday, December 23rdvia Zoom The Alberta College of Family Physicians (ACFP) and the Alberta Medical Association (AMA) invite you to a panel discussion on what we know and what we can do regarding the Omicron variant. This webinar is open to all community-based physicians and clinic staff. This session will be…
Read MoreImportant Info – ALBERTA ANNOUNCES FUNDING FOR EXTENDED RELEASE INJECTABLE BUPRENORPHINE:
ALBERTA ANNOUNCES FUNDING FOR EXTENDED RELEASE INJECTABLE BUPRENORPHINE: Because supporting information and resources on administering injectable buprenorphine is not yet readily available, the following information on injectable buprenorphine, also known as SublocadeTM, can be found at the following links: Evidence for use Instruction for administration Product Monograph Please note, the ACFP has no affiliation with…
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