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COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS INVOLVING FAMILY CARE, TEACHING AND WELLNESS “ REPRESENT AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO HEALTH CARE — Premier Alison Redford

Alberta Health Services Board Chair Stephen Lockwood speaks at the opening of ’s newest , the South Health Campus, as Premier Alison Redford and Health Minister Fred Horne look on. The $1.3-billion hospital is the largest in . South Health Campus opens NEW HOSPITAL MAKES HISTORY doors to future of health care Photos by Paul Rotzinger |

he biggest hospital in Alberta’s history is When fully operational, the 300-bed facility will Board. beginning to open, with diagnostic imaging include a broad range of inpatient and outpatient “In addition to expanding the number of family Tand family clinics now treating patients. services, with a focus on wellness, making physicians available to Albertans, these clinics Other services at the South Health Campus illness prevention, management and community are also training future family physicians and will be phased in over the coming months. The health education an important focus. Patients, the new MRI capacity will further support the emergency department will open in early 2013. family members and citizens are involved in treatment of southern Albertans.” “Today’s announcement represents the future the planning, delivery and evaluation of health “South Health Campus will offer Calgarians of health care in this province,” said Premier services. and southern Alberta residents comprehensive Alison Redford. The newly opened clinic is part of the Family health services delivered in one of the most “Collaborative partnerships involving family Medicine Teaching Centre, which combines leading-edge facilities in western ,” says care, teaching and wellness represent an family health care with training for doctors Lori Anderson, Vice-President of the newly innovative approach to health care delivery. This participating in their hospital residency opened facility. “The campus has worked very government is committed to improving access program. Physicians also work with other health closely with a community advisory team to to quality health care within a publicly funded care professionals, including pharmacists, ensure that care is patient- and family-centred.” system, and models like the one in place at the psychologists, nutritionists and chronic care Alberta’s largest health care recruitment South Calgary Hospital Centre demonstrate this nurses to focus on wellness as well as treatment. for staff and physicians is underway and on commitment.” “The Family Medicine Teaching clinics are good schedule for the 180 physicians, 900 nurses The $1.3-billion hospital is the largest in examples of the innovations in patient care, and nursing support staff, 600 allied health and Alberta, with a footprint that is roughly the same education and health care delivery the campus support professionals and 900 facility support as the Chinook Centre shopping mall. represents,” says Stephen Lockwood, Chair, staff who will work on the campus. n

o OPEN NOW neuroscience and pulmonary care, will give South Health Campus • South Health Campus will be a plus a Calgary Lab Services lab. capacity for 200,000 visits per year. 300-bed facility that will completely FAMILY MEDICINE TEACHING DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SERVICES open in 2013/2014. o OPEN EARLY 2013 CENTRE CLINIC • X-ray, ultrasound, computed • Nine family doctors, with capacity tomography (CT). • Emergency department with for 4,000 new patients by July 2013. • Three new magnetic resonance 30 treatment beds and capacity • Teaching opportunities for seven imaging (MRI) scanners will for 40,000 patient visits per family medicine residents. increase capacity in Calgary and year. Until the emergency southern Alberta by 25 per cent, or department opens, patients • Training site for clinical clerks 20,000 exams per year. with life-threatening or serious who are in their final years of conditions should call 911 or go medical school, and nursing, social to the emergency departments work and pharmacy students. o OPEN FALL 2012 at Rockyview General Hospital, • For appointments, call • Outpatient clinics including , Alberta 403.956.2300. For info about cardiac care. Children’s Hospital or the Peter physicians accepting new patients, • Remaining outpatient clinics Lougheed Centre. call Health Link at 403.943.5465. (surgery, women’s health, mental • 11 operating rooms. OTHER CLINICS AND LABS health, medicine and pediatrics) • Intensive care beds. • Outpatient clinics and labs in will open throughout 2013 and

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