Review of Quality Assurance in Continuing Care Health Services in Alberta

The Minister of Health requested the HQCA to examine the adequacy and monitoring of quality assurance processes utilized by AHS with respect to continuing care health services delivered directly by AHS and providers under contract to AHS.

Alberta Continuing Care Act language effective April 1, 2024.  Historical references to home care and facility-based continuing care (including home care, designated supportive living, and long term care) may not reflect the updated language or terms found in the new Alberta Continuing Care Act. Refer to the Alberta Health Services Continuing Care Glossary for definitions.

Total Parenteral Nutrition Review

Alberta Health Services requested the HQCA to conduct an independent review of the implications for quality and patient safety in AHS processes related to all aspects of Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) in the Edmonton Zone.

The Safe Practice of Dry Needling in Alberta

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.

Review of Operations of Ground Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in Alberta

This review examined the implications for quality and patient safety with respect to ground emergency
medical services in Alberta.

Quality of Anatomical Pathology Specimen Preparation and Interpretation 2010-11

A 2011 independent review of separate events in the practice of anatomical pathology that occurred in Calgary and Edmonton.