In May 2016, at the request of the Minister of Health, the HQCA presented the report, Moving Ahead on Transformation of Laboratory Services in Alberta. In response, the Minister directed that a project team be established under a Steering Committee of senior officials. This committee would consider and address four themes: a provincial plan for integrated laboratory services in Alberta; one laboratory information system for the province; planning for new laboratory infrastructure to meet the urgent needs in Edmonton; and, a robust stakeholder engagement process to support these processes. The outcome of this work was a second report from the HQCA, Provincial Plan for Integrated Laboratory Services in Alberta, 2017.
A Provincial Laboratory Services Project Steering Committee was established to provide oversight and expedited decision-making to the project team. As a participant on the steering committee, the HQCA developed for their consideration, a Provincial Plan for Integrated Laboratory Services in Alberta.
This report captures patient perspectives on an electronic referral system for Alberta’s healthcare system. Organizations looking to either improve the overall referral process or implement an electronic referral system can benefit from considering the patient perspective described in detail in this report.
A summary of a review conducted by the HQCA in response to a request by the College of Physical Therapists of Alberta to complete an independent review of adverse outcomes, specifically pneumothorax, resulting from dry needling practices by physiotherapists in Alberta, in order to improve the quality and safety of this practice.
The EQ-5D is a patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) that captures five dimensions of health-related quality of life: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression.
Alberta PROMs and EQ-5D Research and Support Unit
APERSU (Alberta PROMs and EQ-5D Research and Support Unit) is an intermediary office that connects the EuroQol Foundation with non-commercial users of EQ-5D instruments and other patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) in the province of Alberta. APERSU was developed in partnership with the HQCA, Alberta Health Services (AHS), and the EuroQol Foundation, and is hosted at the School of Public Health, University of Alberta.
To learn more about APERSU, visit: www.apersu.ca
