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Tone-deaf politicians ignore the realities of health care

Fortunately, within minutes a physician had determined there was no sign of internal bleeding, and sent Lisa off for a CT scan and X-rays

Reading Time: 3 minutes Political expediency once again trumps the realities of fixing health care

Shedding light on injury-related ER visits for homeless

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Detailed data will help community organizations in Alberta develop effective injury prevention programs

Canada’s health-care system is irretrievably broken

Reading Time: 4 minutes Drastic changes are needed. Millions of Canadians on wait lists know that. Why don’t politicians?

Making health care more equitable one ultrasound image at a time

Jacob Jaremko is leading a project to expand access to a new, AI-powered portable ultrasound system he developed, thanks to funding from TD Bank Group. (Photo: Laughing Dog)

Reading Time: 4 minutes AI-powered portable ultrasound system makes scans and diagnoses accessible from anywhere

Rural health-care services get boost from pharmacy students

Alma Steyn (left), who owns a pharmacy in Canmore, Alta., speaks with recent U of A graduate Preston Eshenko, who now works as a pharmacist in Banff. Eshenko is following in Steyn's footsteps as a volunteer helping to train pharmacy students in rural placements. (Photo: John Ulan)

Reading Time: 4 minutes Community connections and a wide scope of practice make an appealing mix for career opportunities

First Nations patients triaged as less urgent than others in Alberta: study

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Partnerships with First Nations needed to overcome systemic racism, researchers say

Edmonton-based partnership poised to close Canada’s drug supply gaps

Reading Time: 5 minutes Initiative could transform Alberta into a powerhouse in the development of life-saving therapies

High-tech rehabilitative platform connects rural Albertans to specialists

(From left) A physiotherapy patient and her husband from Pincher Creek take part in a Tele-Rehab 2.0 session with physiotherapists Sheelah Woodhouse and Alec Chisholm, U of A project co-ordinator Emily Armstrong and students Amber Wardrop and Kamalpreet Mann. (Photo: Supplied)

Reading Time: 4 minutes Platform allows specialists to offer physiotherapy expertise for patients in smaller communities

Virtual clinic pilot sees success in rural Alberta community

The MedROAD project, developed by U of A computing scientist Pierre Boulanger, is connecting more than 30 patients with physicians in a virtual clinic being piloted in the town of Pincher Creek. Boulanger says the project could help increase access to health care for Albertans living in remote communities. (Photo: John Ulan)

Reading Time: 3 minutes U of A spinoff company launches MedROAD virtual clinic in Alberta, making long-distance health care a reality during COVID-19

U of A’s Butterdome to serve as AHS alternate care centre

the sickest COVID-19 patients will remain in hospital, while the Butterdome transformation is purely a precautionary measure

Reading Time: 2 minutes Athletic facility could provide space for at least 100 beds during COVID-19 pandemic if needed