Alberta launches next phase of data-sharing ‘Connect Care’ health-care platform

Alberta Health Services (AHS) completed its largest launch of Connect Care on Saturday.

AHS added more than 23,000 staff and physicians at 57 sites in the Edmonton and Calgary areas to the provincial clinical information system.

With #ConnectCare a patient’s medical record will be accessible through a common clinical information system across Alberta. This means care teams will be able to see your health information at their fingertips. Learn more at https://t.co/LLAJSZBsxd. #yeg #yyc 2/2

— Alberta Health Services (@AHS_media) May 28, 2022

AHS says connected care is a new way of using and sharing health information to improve patient care that will give health-care providers complete, up-to-date patient information.

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With launch four, there are now more than 50,000 staff, physicians, and other health-care providers using connected care to provide care for patients in North Edmonton and Calgary.

There are a total of nine Connect Care launches and when fully in place, 150,000 staff and physicians will be using Connect Care at 683 sites across Alberta.

Launch 4 involved the Alberta Children’s Hospital, Peter Lougheed Center, rural and urgent care sites, clinics and services in Calgary.

The initial Connect Care originally began in November 2019 and will continue until the final implementation in fall 2024.

–With files from Camae Marayag and Adeline Gladu