Connect Care streamlines care for Albertans, AHS says [Video]

Calgarians living in, or visiting various Alberta Health Services (AHS) seniors, community ambulatory, home and continuing care sites, might 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 aren’t repeating their health histories as often, and care teams have access to complex histories and medication lists,” said Dr. Peter Jamieson, vice-president, quality, and interim chief medical officer.

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AHS started the transition to Connect Care in November 2019 and, when it is complete in the fall of 2024, approximately 125,000 staff and physicians will be using it.

“The scale of Connect Care makes it one of the largest clinical system implementations in the world,” said Sean Chilton, …