Ahs Podcasts

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.

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, wellness monitoring and hear more from PADS about the type of training Delray required in order to prepare him for his role with AHS EMS.

Dr. Carolyn O’Hara and Tammy Hofer share updates on the LAPP application, Board approval of the executive structure, CEO & Board recruitment, the draft medical organizational structure, the key performance indicator (KPI) work, and engaging with external stakeholders.

Dr. Carolyn O’Hara and Tammy Hofer discuss the ongoing work with the Medical and executive structure, the support and corporate service structure (shared services) and the CEO recruitment.

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, wellness monitoring and hear more from PADS about the type of training Delray required in order to prepare him for his role with AHS EMS.

Dr. Carolyn O’Hara and Tammy Hofer discuss the Medical Staff and Ongoing Operations Working Groups, update on the LAPP application and shared services as of March 16, 2018.

Strengthening Lab Services – Episode 1 by Alberta Health Services

PAWSCAST #3 by Alberta Health Services

PAWScast 2 by Alberta Health Services

Passion for Health Blog - Norma Wood by Alberta Health Services

Alberta Health Services EMS is now using puppy power to help support paramedics after traumatic calls as part of the new psychological awareness and wellness support (PAWS) program.

The Stollery Children’s’ Hospital Chronic Pain Team and the ECHO research team at the University of Alberta have created an innovative ebook to help children and families who have chronic pain. The book, titled “Learning to live with chronic pain: one family’s story” tells the story from the mother’s perspective on the family journey to accessing care from a chronic pain clinic. The book has been very well received by both families and health care providers, and reviews for it are positive.

Darren Werth, the senior director of Program Strategies at the Calgary Urban Project Society shares how poverty and hunger affect kids' abilities to learn and how CUPS is using brain science to better help their clients.

Neuroscientist Nicole Sherren explains how brains are built and our experiences shape our lifelong health.

Learn how children develop their language and literacy skills with Joanne Baxter, and associate professor in the department of Child Studies and Social Work at Mount Royal University in Calgary.