Findings and recommendations from a review of the transport and care provided to critically-ill and time-sensitive medevac patients since the March 2013 Edmonton City Centre Airport closure.
Area of Focuss category: Review
Chart Review of Fixed-Wing Medevac Patients Who Landed at the Edmonton International Airport
2014
Review of Alberta Health Services’ Continuing Care Wait List: First Available Appropriate Living Option Policy
Alberta Health Services (AHS) requested Health Quality Alberta conduct a review of the quality and patient safety implications of the AHS ‘first available living option’ policy.
Alberta Continuing Care Act language effective April 1, 2024. Historical references to home care and facility-based continuing care (including home care, designated supportive living, and long term care) may not reflect the updated language or terms found in the new Alberta Continuing Care Act. Refer to the Alberta Health Services Continuing Care Glossary for definitions.
2014
Review of Quality Assurance in Continuing Care Health Services in Alberta
The Minister of Health requested Health Quality Alberta to examine the adequacy and monitoring of quality assurance processes utilized by AHS with respect to continuing care health services delivered directly by AHS and providers under contract to AHS.
Alberta Continuing Care Act language effective April 1, 2024. Historical references to home care and facility-based continuing care (including home care, designated supportive living, and long term care) may not reflect the updated language or terms found in the new Alberta Continuing Care Act. Refer to the Alberta Health Services Continuing Care Glossary for definitions.
2014
Total Parenteral Nutrition Review
Alberta Health Services requested Health Quality Alberta to conduct an independent review of the implications for quality and patient safety in AHS processes related to all aspects of Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) in the Edmonton Zone.
2014
The Safe Practice of Dry Needling in Alberta
A summary of a review conducted by Health Quality Alberta in response to a request by the College of Physical Therapists of Alberta to complete an independent review of adverse outcomes, specifically pneumothorax, resulting from dry needling practices by physiotherapists in Alberta, in order to improve the quality and safety of this practice.