AHS Podcasts

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 family member Joanne Miller.

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.