AHS Podcasts

The COVID-19 Physician Wellness podcast begins this week as an ongoing opportunity to provide updates and information to physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first podcast has split into two parts. In part one, Dr. Curtis Johnston, Edmonton Zone Deputy Medical Director and Dr. Debrah Wirtzfeld, co-lead for the AHS Physician Wellness portfolio discuss seven steps of resilience.

The COVID-19 Physician Wellness podcast begins this week as an ongoing opportunity to provide updates and information to physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first podcast has split into two parts. In part two, Dr. Curtis Johnston, Edmonton Zone Deputy Medical Director and Dr. Debrah Wirtzfeld, co-lead for the AHS Physician Wellness portfolio they talk about the impact social isolation and...

AHS COVID-19 Podcast - Dealing with Loss by Alberta Health Services

AHS EMS Chief Paramedic Darren Sandbeck shares details on the work EMS is doing across the province supporting Albertans and frontline staff during the COVID-19 outbreak, including how staff are protecting themselves, how 911 calls are being handled and how EMS is currently managing events province-wide.

In this episode, Dr. Mitchell shares some advice about the importance of staying connected while practicing social distancing.

“Stress during this time is normal. The key is not to get overwhelmed. Get trusted sources for information.” Advice from AHS Addiction and Mental Health Provincial Medical Director Dr. Nicholas Mitchell.

Dr. Nicholas Etches, Medical Officer of Health, answers some common questions about the current COVID-19 virus situation.

In a new AHS podcast, we interview Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro about his life, his family, his career in law and politics, and his vision for healthcare in the province.

This episode of the ESCN podcast features an insightful conversation with senior healthcare leaders to discuss an initiative aimed to optimizing transfers from Long-term Care Facilities to an Emergency Department. The ESCN is partnering with Seniors Health, RAAPID, Community Paramedicine, and Long-term Care (LTC) Facilities. The solution is a centralized and standardized LTC-ED care and referral p...

Partnering with Patient Advisors can truly bring what matters to you into action. Learn about how Patient Advisors and Family Advisory Councils can guide learning and growth for your project.

University of Alberta Hospital neurologist Dr. Brian Buck discusses the case of André Therriault, a Donnelly farmer who survived and recovered from a serious stroke despite falling ill hundreds of kilometres away from a major stroke centre. This story is told in the video: Stroke program has rural Albertans covered [add hyperlink] on YouTube. In this podcast, Dr. Buck — Co-chair of the Acute Strok...

Bronchiolitis, a viral respiratory infection, is the leading cause of infant hospitalization in Canada. On this podcast, host Dr Eddy Lang and guest Inelda Gjata will highlight the development and execution of a bronchiolitis-based audit and feedback project developed by the Alberta Medical Association's Physician Learning Program.

We encourage healthcare providers to consider that ‘function’ is an important health outcome. The rehabilitation philosophy and model of care frames efforts to encourage the notion that “rehabilitation is everyone’s responsibility” in healthcare.

Social innovations means investing in meeting the needs of the community first and peoples’ perspectives. Data on the day-to-day tensions and relationships need to be addressed and unpacked to help tackle the complexity of issues facing the communities. This means, among other things, collectively designing prototypes that might work towards building out a bigger solution.

Dr. Carolyn O’Hara and Tammy Hofer share updates on the announcement of the APL Executive Director People and Transformation, status of the organizational structures, the APL visioning sessions, and the APL e-People system.

Join rural healthcare leaders Angie Mann and Ashley Schefter as they discuss how they took family presence form concept to action, and listen to patient family members Terry and Deb Dunlop describe how family presence has positively impacted them.

Listen and learn how caregivers/families alongside primary care physicians play unique roles in all aspects of healthcare planning, quality improvement and safety

To help mark Patient and Family Centered Care (PFCC) Week (Nov. 5 – 9, 2018), come listen in on a discussion about family presence with Registered Nurses Paul Wright and Roberta Corea.

To help mark Patient and Family Centered Care (PFCC) Week (Nov. 5 – 9, 2018), come listen in on a discussion about family presence and what it means to clinicians and patients, including Joanne Cabrera, Executive Director, Surgery, Women's Health, Neurosciences, South Health Campus, Devyn Bryant, Registered Nurse, Post Anesthetic Case Unit (PACU), South Health Campus, patient Greg Miller and famil...

Dr. Carolyn O’Hara and Tammy Hofer discuss the appointment of the APL Board Chair and the Alberta Labour Relations Board application along with updates on the Edmonton Lab Hub community engagement. In this session, they introduce the APL visioning project and remind everyone to obtain their annual flu vaccination.

The Alberta Health Services EMS Psychological Awareness and Wellness Support (PAWS) program was launched on October 16, 2017. In this update, learn about Delray’s recent support work and some answers to common questions about the program.

Learning Objectives: 1. Review practice recommendations 2. Discuss frailty screening in relation to Elder Friendly Care 3. Identify recommended frailty screening tools 4. Identify healthcare providers who could complete frailty screening 5. Share Site approaches to complete frailty screening 6. Identify 2 Pathway Pearls to assist implementation

Dr. Carolyn O’Hara and Tammy Hofer provide updates on resourcing the APL organizational structure, the transition of staff into APL e-People and APL physician contracts.

Dr. Carolyn O’Hara and Tammy Hofer provide insight into the announcement of our name and Chief Executive Officer. They chat about the administration, corporate and medical organization structures presented at the August 13 Alberta Public Laboratories Update – All Staff session and the next steps starting September 1.

The Alberta Health Services EMS Psychological Awareness and Wellness Support (PAWS) program was launched on October 16, 2017. In this update, learn about Delray’s recent support work and some answers to common questions about the program.