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Foundations & Health Trusts YOUR GIFT MATTERS Your Foundation|Your Community |Your Health FOR A LOOK AT THE IMPORTANT WORK DONE BY FOUNDATIONS, TURN TO PAGES 6-7 edmonton Zone NEWS Zone Your HealtH Care in Your CommunitY 2015 MAY THiS PR“ojECT noT only REDuCES THE wAiT LiST foR kiDS To bE SERvED in THEiR own CoMMuniTY, buT iT MEAnS bETTER ACCESSibiLiTY in ouR EDMonTon PRoGRAMS To SEE ouR own LoCAL kiDS. now, iT’S A win-win – Ryan Sommer, project lead at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, on the Telehealth link between the hospital and the Camrose Pediatric Specialty Clinic LinkED-in Developmental pediatrician Dr. Lyn Sonnenberg watches from the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital in Edmonton as the Manchester family, from left: mom Laressa, Aletza, 10, and dad Dustin, appears on the Telehealth screen from the Camrose Pediatric Specialty Clinic. They’re able to meet thanks to a Dale MacMillan photo | partnership between the facilities. PAGE 2 CAUTION MY CHILD GOT INTO THE MEDICINE CABINET. WHAT SHOULD I DO? Ask the Experts. Call us. Check our website. 1-800-332-1414 www.padis.ca PAGE 2 l o C a l l e a d e r s Families benefit from Telehealth oPEnS specialty services delivered through CHAnnEL To CARE Tele-technology DR. DAVID MADOR Deb gordon Story by Gregory Kennedy | Photo by Dale MacMillan Vice President Vice President aving easy access to the best of care for to travel to Camrose regularly to give outreach and Medical Director and Chief Health his two special-needs daughters means support, kids would sit on a waiting list in Northern Alberta Operations Officer the world to Dustin Manchester. Camrose and end up, instead, having to come to Northern Alberta H “in the past, my wife Laressa has had to make Edmonton – only to sit on our waiting list here,” ArtificiAl tAn five or six different appointments, as opposed says Ryan Sommer, project lead at the Glenrose. to going to just one where all the specialists are “This project not only reduces the wait list for isn’t worth there for us,” says Manchester. kids to be served in their own community, but He’s referring to a new partnership between it means better accessibility in our Edmonton thE dAnGEr the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital in Edmonton programs to see our own local kids. now, it’s a and the Camrose Pediatric Specialty Clinic win-win.” rad season is upon us and summer that lets Camrose children with developmental The new one-stop assessment process works will soon be here. disabilities and their families access expert like this: G in the midst of preparing for diagnosis in their own community using • Children identified as needing the services of summer attire and graduation gowns, Telehealth videoconferencing technology. a developmental pediatrician are scheduled for many young people choose to head to the The Camrose Pediatric Specialty Clinic offers a multidisciplinary clinic visit in Camrose, which tanning salon. rehabilitation provided by an occupational includes an assessment done by the Glenrose but indoor tanning can leave much more therapist, physical therapist, speech-language physician via Telehealth. than just a temporary summer glow. using pathologist, two psychologists, a social worker • After this assessment, the Glenrose physician tanning beds before the age of 35 can and a clinical co-ordinator. Since november, then joins the team conference, again via increase your risk of developing melanoma developmental pediatricians at the Glenrose Telehealth, for a comprehensive review of the by 59 per cent. And the younger you are, have been collaborating remotely with the results. the greater the danger. Camrose team and supporting them in working • This is followed by a conference with the new legislation passed this spring is with families with complicated medical and child, family, the full multidisciplinary team, aiming to reduce the impact of artificial developmental needs. and local stakeholders such as teachers, for tanning, particularly on young people. once This saves time, travel and expense for discussion and collaboration on next steps. Alberta’s Skin Cancer Prevention Act is patients and families, and also reduces delays “This Pediatric Specialty Clinic session is a enacted, businesses in Alberta will no longer and the number of appointments it takes to great example of how Telehealth eliminates be allowed to provide artificial tanning assess children and to decide on their future barriers to patient care by enabling clinicians to services to minors. Advertising of artificial care. As well, Glenrose doctors driving to deliver health care and expertise with the use of tanning services directly targeted at youth Camrose, or families heading to Edmonton, no videoconferencing,” says judy Treppel, Provincial will also be off limits. longer have to cancel appointments when wintry Manager, Clinical Telehealth information There are several common myths about Alberta highways turn icy. Technology. “it allows for options for care and indoor tanning: getting a base tan will “As it’s often difficult for a Glenrose physician support closer to home.” n prevent a burn later on, it’s a good way to get vitamin D, and artificial tanning is actually better than the sun’s rays because it’s in a controlled environment. The reality is a base tan only provides the equivalent of about two SPf (not enough to prevent a burn), supplements or drops are a safer and less expensive way to get vitamin D, and tanning beds can emit up to 15 times more uvA radiation than the mid-day sun. just as it’s important to talk to youth about responsible alcohol use and safe sex, it’s also important for parents and loved ones to talk about the dangers of indoor tanning. for more information, as well as tips and tricks on how to talk to your teen about the risks of artificial tanning, visit thebigburn.ca. n Using Telehealth, Dr. Lyn Sonnenberg, developmental pediatrician with Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, confers with the Manchester family, from left, mom Laressa, Aletza, 10, and dad Dustin. What’s on y our MedList? Your entire health care team needs a complete medication list: prescribed medications, inhalers, patches, ointments, eye drops, vitamins – even herbal supplements and nicotine gum. Your MedList helps your team provide the safest treatment: albertahealthservices.ca/medlist www.albertahealthservices.ca There are plenty of health care options available. Learn yours by visiting the AHS website. i n Y o u r z o n e PAGE 3 now New Glenrose remote, ear hi-tech hearing test for infants celebrated as Leading Practice this! by Accredition Canada Leila Mazaheri and her daughter Eliya are linked from Northern Lights Regional Health Centre in Fort McMurray, via Telehealth, with Kathy Packford, audiology team leader for the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital in Edmonton, as she readies a remote link to test Eliya for hearing loss. Story by Gregory Kennedy | Photos by Gregory Kennedy and Pat Marston ioneering a remote, high-tech means kathy Packford, audiology team leader for the of testing babies for hearing loss has Glenrose. “it’s meaningful, because we’re able to Pwon the audiology team at Glenrose put the minds of very anxious parents at ease.” Rehabilitation Hospital national recognition of Packford came up with the idea after studying its work by Accreditation Canada as a Leading a similar setup in Thunder bay, ont. with the Practice that improves quality of care. support of Clinical Telehealth, she pulled together its ongoing collaboration with Telehealth and a team to make it happen in Alberta, initially as the northern Lights Regional Health Centre in a pilot project. over the past three years, more fort McMurray means northern Alberta families than 70 families have benefited from the service. no longer have to travel to Edmonton to find out The five-hour, 437-km trip from fort McMurray if their infant has a hearing loss. to Edmonton “is an uncomfortable distance for Having a new health care strategy accepted families to travel with infants,” says Packford. as a Leading Practice ranks as a major “we know it’s very critical for an infant who achievement. it means this Alberta Health may have a hearing loss to be diagnosed Services (AHS) team has proven its value, at a very early age so that they can benefit effectiveness and set a new standard of care from amplification, and speech and language – a feat that was celebrated at Accreditation intervention.” Canada’s fourth annual Quality Conference in in the past, some families have had to make Audiologist Kathy Packford, whose Toronto in March. multiple trips to the Glenrose because the test – Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Telehealth “Putting families first with new ideas to which requires the infant to sleep for an hour or implementation team pioneered remote improve patient care is a tradition at the so – couldn’t be completed because the child desktop access delivery of diagnostic hearing Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital,” says had slept all the way to Edmonton during the tests for infants in Alberta, has seen their Dr. verna Yiu, vP Quality and Chief Medical long drive. So families would have to go away, service delivery accepted as a Leading officer of AHS. “Making smart use of technology rebook, and come back for another try. Practice by Accreditation Canada. to extend this valuable service to more Albertans Packford says she hopes the service can shows the forward thinking that makes the Glenrose experts as they assess the child’s soon be extended to other centres that have Glenrose an influential leader in its field.” hearing through Auditory brainstem Response expressed strong interest in remote AbR testing. The Glenrose team’s submission – Delivery of (AbR) testing via a remote desktop computer “Calgary has shown interest in becoming a Diagnostic Auditory brainstem Response (AbR) link that streams results across the encrypted hub, like the Glenrose, to serve communities Assessment to Remote Sites – outlines how, Alberta Supernet from state-of-the-art diagnostic across southern Alberta,” she adds.

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