Adolescent Outpatient Mental Health Services

Outpatient services can include:

• family, individual, and group therapy
• case management
• referrals to other addiction and mental health supports

There is limited access to other health consultation services including psychiatry.

Adult Bone-Anchored Hearing Device Program

The Calgary Adult BAHD Program is intended for patients with conductive / mixed hearing loss or single-sided deafness who do not benefit from conventional hearing aids. This program provides:

• candidacy assessments
• surgical implantation of devices
• initial fitting of hearing device
• long-term follow-up care

Adult Day Hospital - Addiction and Mental Health

Offers a program which includes the following components:

• psycho-education groups
• skill development to enhance individuals’ abilities to manage current and future addiction and/or mental health concerns
• individual therapy / case management
• multidisciplinary team support (nursing, social work, occupational therapy, psychology, psychiatry)

Adult Nutrition Counselling

This is a central triage department for seeing a registered dietitian who assists clients in following a special diet and improve their eating pattern to manage their medical condition.
The majority of teaching is one-to-one, however, group sessions may be offered to promote enhanced learning of clients. Nutrition information and resources can be found on Alberta Health Services’ Healthy Eating Starts Here.
Additional Services:

• Nutrition Counselling (Dietitian) - Alberta Healthy Living Program
• Nutrition Counselling - Healthy Pregnancy Weight Gain

Advanced Venous Access Service

Provides services to people with long-term intravenous (IV) therapy such as:

• assessment and insertion of PICC
• consultation
• education, problem solving and resource for healthcare providers related to Cental Venous Access Catheters
• follow-up care and maintenance

Alberta Healthy Living Program - Calgary Zone

The Alberta Healthy Living Program (AHLP) offers health education classes, self-management workshops, nutrition counselling and supervised exercise for adults living with chronic (long-term) conditions. All services are offered by Zoom, by phone, and / or in person.
Health Education:
Adults 18 years of age and older can learn how to manage chronic condition(s) or disease(s) with our health education classes. Some class topics include:

• diabetes, heart disease, osteoarthritis, obesity, chronic pain, COPD, celiac disease, osteoporosis, fatty liver disease, Parkinson disease, stroke, and more
• weight management, healthy sleep habits, meal planning, stress, grief, better breathing, and more
• grocery store tours and cooking demonstrations
• how to manage long-COVID symptoms

Search our Find Workshops and Classes table for a full list of classes available provincially. View our Education Guide for classes hosted by Calgary Zone.

Self-Management Workshops:
The Better Choices, Better Health® - Chronic Pain and Better Choices, Better Health® - Chronic Disease workshops are for adults living with a chronic condition and / or chronic pain and their support people. These 6-week workshops offer participants the opportunity to learn about the following:

• working with healthcare professionals
• healthy eating and weight management
• exercise and physical activity
• dealing with difficult emotions
• managing pain and fatigue
• better breathing
• problem solving
• communication skills
• getting a good night's sleep
• action planning and goal setting

Visit website for more information.

Supervised Exercise Program:
Do you have questions about how exercise can help you manage your chronic health condition? The Supervised Exercise Program will help you better understand the positive impact of exercise on managing your condition(s) and how to begin or modify an exercise program based on your symptoms and abilities. A healthcare professional will guide you through the program and help you develop strategies to overcome barriers to being physically active. You will be provided with opportunities to attend educational sessions, exercise in a supervised group setting, participate in health-coaching, and work on an action plan to continue exercising at home or in the community. Learn more about how our program can help you by watching this short video.
In addition to our online offerings, some of our group exercise classes are offered in-person out of several locations around the City of Calgary. All participants must have at least one chronic condition and live in Calgary Zone to be eligible for these services. Visit our supervised exercise website if you do not live in Calgary Zone to learn about supervised exercise services available in your area.

Nutrition Counselling:

Adults living with a nutrition-related health condition are eligible for nutrition counselling with a registered dietitian. Participants will be asked to attend a relevant health education class, if available, before booking a nutrition counselling appointment. Nutrition counselling appointments can be conducted either over the phone or in person.

Alberta Hip and Knee Program

Provides a healthcare team approach to assess and treat people who need total joint replacement surgery. The first appointment may be with a musculoskeletal (MSK) specialist or an orthopedic surgeon. An MSK (musculoskeletal) specialist will determine whether you are a surgical candidate.

• If you are a surgical candidate, you will be placed back on the surgeon consultation waitlist in your original position
• If you are non-surgical, the MSK (musculoskeletal) specialist will provide you with recommendations to improve your pain and function

The program will continue to follow your progress until after your surgery.

Alberta Thoracic Oncology Program

This program works to make sure people with lung cancer get faster access across Alberta to treatment through special rapid access clinics in Edmonton and Calgary. The program seeks to reshape cancer care in Alberta by improving the patient journey and outcomes and standardize care delivery across the province.

Allied Health Outpatient Neurology

Provide multi-disciplinary assessment and interventions, including consultations, education and psychosocial support.

Allied Health Outpatient Social Work

This service provides supportive counseling, education about chronic illness management, community and financial resources, grief and loss.

Allied Health Psychology

This program offers neuropsychology assessments and clinical psychology services.

Allied Health Women's Health Clinic

Service provides:

• perinatal and postpartum MH concerns
• addressing abuse/trauma as it relates to pregnancy
• life stressors or changes that may impact pregnancy
• complicated grief after a pregnancy loss
• gynecological issues: emotional-regulation, pain, infertility, sexual dysfunction
• crisis intervention and safety planning: domestic violence, substance abuse, Child Services concerns
• resource counseling

Allied Health Wound Care

Service provides:

• debridement
• vac dressings
• compression therapy

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Clinic

This service provides:

• confirmation of diagnosis
• treatment and disease management
• education and support to patients and family
• telephone consultation and liaison with community services

Anaesthesia Services

This service provides:

• anaesthesia for surgery;
• anaesthesia for diagnostic imaging and oncological procedures;
• acute relief of pain after surgery;
• treatment of chronic pain

Arterial Blood Gases / Cooximetry

This service offers:

• diagnostic tests and results
• urgent critical care test to assess respiratory failure
• diagnosis and assessment of acute and chronic lung disease to outpatients
• authorization or re-authorization of AADL funding to clients on oxygen

Audiology Services

Community Audiology provides the following services (not all services are offered at each site):

• diagnostic hearing assessments for all ages (ABR for infants younger than 6 months)
• hearing screening
• ototoxicity (baseline/monitoring) hearing assessment
• vestibular assessments (ENT/Neurology referral required) at SHC only
• cochlear implant (CI) candidacy assessments and intervention/follow-up for adults 18 and older

This service does not provide / sell hearing aids, however candidacy and information about where to obtain hearing aids is provided post hearing assessment.

Bicuspid Valve Clinic

Services may include:

• assessment, treatment, and surveillance of patients with bicuspid aortic issues
• patient and family education in relation to bicuspid aortic issues

Bronchoscopy Clinic

Provides service to assess the upper and lower airways to help diagnose lung diseases.

Cafeteria Services - Good Earth Cafe

Offers fresh food that people can buy at AHS hospitals and facilities. Vending machines are also available.

Cafeteria Services - Market Cafe

Offers fresh food for people to buy at AHS hospitals and facilities. Vending machines are also available.

Calgary Advanced Respiratory Disease Clinic

This clinic offers the following:

• dyspnea action plans
• opioid titration
• longer appointment times
• facilitated Advanced Care Planning and Goals of Care discussion
• home visits when clinically indicated
• support for referring physicians
• close involvement with homecare teams
• referrals to social workers and community services for help with housing, transportation and access to medication
• bereavement counselling and support for family members

Calgary Headache Assessment & Management Program

This service:

• offers workshops, lectures, and education
• teaches skills to manage headaches
• provides medication and treatment options

Capsule Endoscopy Program - Outpatients

Capsule endoscopy is a procedure that uses a tiny wireless camera to take pictures of your digestive tract. A capsule endoscopy camera sits inside a vitamin-size capsule you swallow. As the capsule travels through your digestive tract, the camera takes thousands of pictures that are transmitted to a recorder you wear on a belt around your waist. Capsule endoscopy helps doctors see inside your small intestine -- an area that isn't easily reached with more-traditional endoscopy procedure.

This service provides:

• assessment of gastrointestinal (GI) diseases or disorders
• patient education regarding capsule endoscopy

Cardiac Amyloidosis Clinic

The Cardiac Amyloidosis Clinic provides the following services to patients with known or suspected cardiac amyloidosis:

• assessment
• diagnosis
• treatment
• follow-up care
• patient education
• coordinated care with other medical clinics and specialists who care for amyloidosis patients

Cardiac Diagnostics - Hospital Sites

NOTE: Services listed below may not be offered at all locations. Contact the location to receive details on their service offerings.

Services provided include:

Electrodiagnostics

• Electrocardiograms
• Holter Monitors
• Event recorders
• Stress testing
• Blood pressure monitors

Nuclear Cardiology

• Myocardial perfusion imaging
• MUGA
• Cardiac CT angiopraphy and calcium scoring
• 99m Technetium-Pyrophosphate Imaging (for ATTR Cardiac Amyloidosis)

Echocardiograms

• Transthoracic Echo
• Transesophageal Echo
• Contrast Echo
• Stress testing
• Pericardiocentersis
• Cardiac biopsies

Cardiac Function Clinic

The Cardiac Function Clinic (CFC) is a multidisciplinary clinic dedicated to the support of Heart Failure (HF) patients who have complex care needs that require close monitoring and/or medication optimization . Care offered includes ongoing physical assessment, management of medical and non-pharmacological treatments, and patient teaching regarding diet, lifestyle and medication management.

Cardiac Implantable Electrical Device (CIED) Clinic

Offers follow-up care for patients with implanted cardiac devices.

Cardiac Valve Clinic

Consults for patients with valve dysfunction needing surgical opinion / options.

Cardio-Oncology Clinic

This clinic may perform the following services:

• cardiac surveillance of patients during treatment and for 5 years after the conclusion of anthracycline chemotherapy treatment
• management of Oncology patients with concerning cardiac symptoms during or post chemotherapy treatment
• consultation for cardiac clearance for patients requiring cancer treatment
• management of patients diagnosed with cardiac amyloidosis
• management of patients treated with tryosine kinase inhibitors or monoclonal antibodies for cancer

Cashier Services

Cashier services performs financial transactions, including the acceptance of payment for patient fees.

Cast Clinic

This service provides:

• assessment, treatment and follow up of orthopedic injuries
• may involve application and removal of casts, braces or other orthopedic devices
• offers follow up by an orthopedic surgeon or family doctor with an interest in orthopedics

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Inpatient Services

This service offers mental health assessment and treatment for children with serious emotional, behavioral, and / or psychiatric problems that can't be treated in the community, day patient, or outpatient settings. The service also involves the child's family.

Service provides:

• psychiatric assessment
• short-term psychiatric stabilization

All admissions are determined in any of the emergency departments in consultation with psychiatry/mental health staff

Chronic Cough Clinic

Provides care and support to people whose cough is not being caused by a health condition, but is still affecting their everyday lives.

Chronic Pain Consult Service

The chronic pain consult team:

• assesses patients and recommends treatment options for the attending physician to implement
• provides recommendations for the family physician upon discharge
• educates patients regarding how to manage their chronic pain in the community after discharge from hospital
• provides education to health care professionals

Cognitive Neurosciences Clinic

The clinic provides services to clients with neurodegerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's Disease or Vascular Dementia. Services offered may include consultation, assessment and follow up to patients with suspected mild cognitive impairment or dementia.

Community Addiction and Mental Health Clinics

Services may include:

• intake assessment
• psychiatric consultation
• individual and or group therapy
• managing medication
• transition services (e.g. Independent Living Support)
• case management

Community Pediatric Asthma Service

Non-urgent referrals for asthma education. In person or virtual education appointments for children and their families with mild to moderate asthma that includes a customized Asthma Action Plan for every patient. A breathing exercise (simple spirometry) for children 6 years of age and older will be scheduled as required.

Complex Aortic Program

Patients must have imaging with either MRI / CT scan or echocardiography to confirm a diagnosis of aortic abnormality to be appropriate for referral. Must be referred by the primary care physician or specialist involved in the patients care.

Complex Atrial Fibrillation Clinic

Most patients with atrial fibrillation can be managed by their family physician or a general cardiologist. This cardiac clinic is focused on the management of:

• Patients with complex care decisions regarding medications used to control or treat atrial fibrillation and/or atrial flutter
• Patients who may need procedures to manage or treat their atrial fibrillation and/or atrial flutter (for example, an ablation procedure and/or pacemaker)
• Patients who have recurrent atrial fibrillation and/or atrial flutter at a younger age (typically, under 50 years old)

Patients are discharged from the clinic once their condition has been stabilized.

Computed Tomography

Computed tomography, also known as "CT Scan" or "CAT Scan", is when pictures of the body are taken using radiation and computer-enhanced imaging.

Day Medicine

Services may include:

• administration of blood products
• IV therapy
• medication infusions
• therapeutic phlebotomy
• recovery from approved diagnostic interventions dependent on site

Day Surgery Unit

Cares for people before and after general surgery procedures.

Diabetes Centre - Endocrinology & Metabolism Program

Services provided:

• diabetes education / counselling with nurses, dietitians, or a pharmacist (topics include an overview of the disease, complications, medications, exercise, and nutrition)
• medication adjustment
• insulin pump therapy
• for information on the Alberta Insulin Pump Therapy Program (IPTP), visit the Diabetes Insulin Pump Therapy website
• pregnant with diabetes: refer to Diabetes in Pregnancy Clinic (DIP) at the hospital in which they’ll deliver
• referral to Diabetes Centre Calgary serves as indication to enact the Provincial Diabetes Medication Adjustment Protocol (HCS-296-01)

Diabetes in Pregnancy Clinic

Provides:

• teaching, counselling, and monitoring for pregnant women who have diabetes or have been diagnosed with gestational diabetes
• pre-pregnancy counselling and monitoring for women with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes who are thinking about getting pregnant

Dyspnea and Pleurex Clinics

Clinic for patients with a presumed or confirmed malignant pleural effusion, specializing in tunneled pleural catheters.

Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Program - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Screening

With your consent, your baby's hearing screening will happen before your baby leaves the hospital. The results of your baby's hearing screening and any follow up needed will be shared with you.

Hearing screening is the best way to find out if your baby has hearing loss.

Hearing screening is quick, safe, and will not hurt your baby. Your baby's hearing is important for many areas of child and brain development. Hearing loss can delay your child's speech, learning and social skills.

For more information, visit our website.

Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Program - Postpartum Screening

With your consent, your baby's hearing screening will happen before your baby leaves the hospital. The results of your baby's hearing screening and any follow up needed will be shared with you.

Your baby will be referred to Community Hearing Screening if:

• your baby is discharged from hospital or birth centre before hearing screening can take place
• your baby is born at a hospital or birth centre that does not offer hearing screening
• your baby is not born in a hospital or birth centre

For more information on screening in the community, see the service type Early Hearing Detection & Intervention (EHDI) Program - Community Hearing Screening.

Hearing screening is the best way to find out if your baby has hearing loss.

Hearing screening is quick, safe, and will not hurt your baby. Your baby's hearing is important for many areas of child and brain development. Hearing loss can delay your child's speech, learning and social skills.

For more information, visit our website.

Early Pregnancy Assessment

This service provides:

• confirmation of miscarriage for women under 12 weeks gestation including diagnostic investigations
• information and options for expectant, medical, or surgical managment of an incomplete miscarriage (under 12 weeks gestation)
• psychosocial support and education for miscarriage

Electroencephalography Service

An EEG test is a measurement of the electrical activity of the brain. It takes approximately 60-90 minutes and is performed by a technologist and then interpreted by a neurologist. The test involves the placement of electrodes on your scalp, there is no pain or discomfort involved. We ask that you arrive for your appointment with clean hair with no mousse, gels or hairspray.

Electromyography Service

The test involves low electrical stimulation of the nerves using electrode stickers or may involve a thin needle to be inserted directly into a muscle which records the electrical activity in that muscle. Testing is performed by a doctor who is assisted by a technologist.

Emergency Room Outreach Team - Mental Health

The Psychiatric Emergency Room Outreach (ERO) Team and Psychiatric Outreach Response Team (PORT) offers timely community-based follow-up to clients who are referred by psychiatric emergency services. ERO and PORT are mobile teams, able to meet with client by phone and at times at their homes, allowing them to effectively address client needs.

The services offer emotional or mental health support, intervention and problem solving, education and information for well-being, referral to other services, and clinical follow-up. Clients is in need of further mental health support, will be connected to a longer term service.

Emergency Services

If you have an emergency, call 911.

Emergency departments:

• take care of people that are very sick or injured on a priority basis. This means the sickest people are seen first. If you go to an emergency department for care that isn't urgent, you will not likely be seen right away.
• provide medical care, which includes assessment and treatment
• stabilize people and get them ready to transport to a higher level of care facility (if needed)
• provide follow-up care including referrals to a family doctor or specialist (if needed)

Emergency Department wait times are now available for Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and Red Deer.

Get the right care when you need it, to learn more visit Know Your Options

This service may be impacted by the COVID pandemic. View the Hours of Operations to see if the location has been impacted. Visit https://ahs.ca/covid for up-to-date information.

Emergency Services - Child and Adolescent Mental Health

This service provides:

• assessments for children and teens with mental health concerns
• consultations with families
• recommendations to doctors about admissions and/or community support
• discharge planning and counselling for children and teens in the hospital
• short-term follow-up for clients once they have been discharged

See Eligibility field for information on who is eligible for this service.

Alberta Children's Hospital has a Mental Health Inpatient Unit.

Endocrinology Clinic

The Endocrinology Clinic provides services such as:

• assessment
• diagnosis
• treatment
• patient education
• patient support
• research

Endoscopy / Colonoscopy Services

Offers endoscopy procedures for gastrointestinal concerns, which may include:

• endoscopy
• colonoscopy
• sigmoidoscopy
• esophageal motility study
• endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) Foothills Medical Centre and Peter Lougheed Centre only
• double balloon enteroscopy (DBE) Foothills Medical Centre only

View patient education videos, visit ahs.ca/colonoscopy.

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery

The Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) program supports implementation of standardized patient care related to nutrition, mobility after surgery, pain and nausea control, and fluid intake management. We engage patients and make them part of the team by involving them in preparation for their surgery and post-operative recovery. By helping patients stay strong, we can improve outcomes, reduce complications and create a better patient experience.

Before surgery:

• patients are taught to minimize time without fluids or food
• patients are taught about what to expect after surgey and health activities to practice that will help them recover
• medications for pain, nausea, infection, and blood clot prevention are given based on best practice evidence

During surgery:

• management of pain, nausea and fluids is provided
• techniques are applied to reduce surgical stress response (minimally invasive surgery, employ blocks or freezing to prevent pain signals from setting off fight or flight /stress response)

After surgery:

• evidence promotes less use of or early removal of lines, drains, tubes and urinary catheter removal
• better outcomes through drinking, eating, gum chewing, moving and walking
• improved pain, nausea and surgical complication rate

For more information, visit the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) website.

Epilepsy Clinic

Services offered may include:

• assessment and treatment of all forms of epilepsy
• new anticonvulsant drug trials
• epilepsy surgery
• vagal nerve stimulation
• education for patients and their family
• psychological counselling

Fabry's Cardiomyopathy Clinic

This clinic provides ongoing assessment, care, treatment, and monitoring of patients who have been diagnosed with Fabry's disease with known or suspected cardiac involvement.

Family Medicine Clinic, Department of Family Medicine

Provides healthcare services including:

• primary healthcare
• obstetrical care
• outpatient (ambulatory) care

Please visit our webpage for more information.

Fluoroscopy

Fluoroscopy is a real time x-ray like a video, which is used by physicians and staff to assist imaging throughout the body during exams.

Functional Movement Disorder Clinic

This service:

• offers education sessions for patients and care partners
• teaches basic strategies for managing symptoms of functional movement disorder
• assesses eligibility for comprehensive rehabilitation, and refers as appropriate to a rehabilitation program
• provides short-term follow-up for patients who participate in a rehabilitation program

Gastroenterology Clinic - Outpatients

This service provides:

• assessment of gastrointestinal (GI) diseases or disorders
• treatment of GI diseases or disorders
• regular preventive monitoring of patients who have a family history of colon cancer
• patient education for GI procedures: colonoscopy flexible sigmoidoscopy, gastroscopy, esophageal dilatation, and others

General Cardiology Clinic

This service provides comprehensive diagnostic, assessment, treatment and follow-up services within cardiology subspecialties.

General Internal Medicine Clinic

Provides assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care for client's needing the care of an internal medicine specialist.

General Medicine - Inpatients

Offers care on an inpatient basis including assessing, diagnosing, and treating many types of medical problems.

General Neurology Clinic

The General Neurology Clinics offers assessment and treatment for neurological conditions and disorders.

Service provided includes:

• neurological assessment
• neurological treatment
• further referrals as needed to other health disciplines and specialists related to their condition

General Orthopedic Clinic

Provides a multidisciplinary approach to the assessment and treatment (surgical and non-surgical) for a variety of orthopedic injuries and conditions. We are participating in the Facilitated Access to Specialized Treatment (FAST) program. FAST is a central access and intake program that receives non-urgent surgical referrals for orthopedics and spine then and distributes them to appropriate surgical services.

General Pediatric Clinic

This service provides:

• diagnosis, assessment, and management of health concerns for children
• education to patients and their families about their conditions and how to prevent complications
• patient and family access to service providers

General Pulmonary Clinic

This service provides diagnostic, assessment, treatment, and follow-up care services for:

• General Respirology
• Asthma and related illnesses
• COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
• SOB (Shortness of Breath)
• Cough

Offers teaching activities for respiratory clients. Services include:

• assessing client learning needs
• planning and delivering teaching activities
• encouraging clients to live a non-smoking lifestyle
• supporting research in respiratory care

General Radiography (X-Ray)

General Radiography uses x-rays to produce images of the structures inside the body, particularly bones. X-ray beams can pass through the body, but they are absorbed in different amounts depending on the density of the material they pass through.

General Surgery - Inpatient

The patient is admitted to a general surgery inpatient unit for one or more nights.

Gift Shops - The Red Thread

A hospital boutique featuring a wide selection of gifts, snacks and toiletries for sale. At The Red Thread Gift Shop your gift gives twice! Proceeds of sales support programs that focus on patient care and comfort as well as the purchase of new patient focused equipment.

Gut Motility Clinic - Outpatients

This service provides diagnostic testing of adult motility and functional disorders including:

• esophagus / stomach (heartburn, non-cardiac chest pain, difficulty swallowing)
• ano-rectal (constipation, fecal incontinence)

Gynecological Surgery

Cares for women or people with female anatomy after they have had gynecology surgery (e.g., hysterectomy, bladder repair, for cancer).

Gynecology Outpatient Services

Services offered include the following:

• general gynecology physician practice

For more information visit our website

Hand Clinic

This program provides assessment and treatment for injuries as recommended by the health care team.

Hand Therapy

As part of the Hand Program at SHC, the Hand Therapy department provides services limited to injuries or surgery of the hand. Services include assessment, treatment and education.

Health Information - Access and Disclosure

In accordance with Alberta's Health Information Act, this is a service which enables the release of individually identifiable health information with or without the consent of an individual.

For health information, please contact the hospital or health care centre where you received treatment.

For detailed instructions, frequently asked questions and forms, please visit Access & Disclosure | Alberta Health Services.

Health Information / Records Management

Completes patient charts, collects data, data entry and coding, collects patient information, dictates notes, and transcribes inpatient and outpatient charts.

Heart and Minds Clinic

This is a service for patients with heart disease needing assessment and / or term treatment for mental health conditions. Patients are referred by their cardiac treatment team. The service is led by a psychiatrist who will make treatment recommendations. This can include continuing to see the patient, asking the patient's family physician to start treatment, and / or referring to other specialized mental health services such as psychotherapy.

Hematology Clinic

Provides a referral service for doctors, emergency departments, and urgent care centres in Calgary that need to refer people to see hematologists (doctors who specialize in blood diseases and issues).

Hemodialysis - Alberta Kidney Care - South

Provides hemodialysis treatments (a process where the client's blood is passed through a special filter that removes waste products and water). Most people need 3 treatments every week. Each treatment lasts 4 hours.

Hepatology Clinic

Offers medical services for people with hepatitis, including:

• assessment
• diagnosis
• treatment
• follow-up
• education

Home Parenteral Therapy Program

Provides intravenous (IV) antibiotics at home. Healthcare providers teach clients and caregivers how to use an IV pump to give the antibiotics.

Hospitals

To access contact information and a list of services offered, select a hospital.

Search through a complete list of progams and services, or hospital and facility information with the following:

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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinic

The Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinic (HCM) is a Nurse Clinician directed clinic with multidisciplinary support dedicated to the management of patients with suspected or confirmed HCM. Plan of care includes interval clinical assessment and follow-up by a cardiologist. Services provided may include:

• assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and education for people who have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• management of prescription medications
• ongoing patient teaching
• lifestyle recommendations
• family screening teaching
• coordination of necessary specialist referrals

Indigenous Hospital Support Services

What we can do:

• support Indigenous

Patients incorporate their traditional and spiritual practices during their hospital stay. We recognize all faiths and can connect you with the appropriate support you may need.

• help the patient and their family feel comfortable in the hospital and provide support during the hospital stay
• translation services
• make referrals on/off reserve. Provide resource/contact information on Indigenous specific resources
• smudging
• coordinate use of ceremony room
• help plan and support the patients discharge from the hospital
• cultural consultation
• consult with healthcare providers about Indigenous centred practices and care
• advocate for the patient and their families

Inpatient Geriatric Consultation Service

Provides consultation services for older adults with medical problems, including:

• planning how to care for patients in the hospital who need surgery and medical care
• help with managing medical problems of older adults
• discharge planning

Intensive Care Services - Critical Care Medicine

As part of the Critical Care Medicine Department, this service provides intensive care for all patients, including trauma and neurosciences.

Interventional Radiography / Angiography

Interventional Radiography is a sub-specialty of Diagnostic Imaging (radiology) that uses imag-guided procedures for both therapeutic and diagnostic Purposes. Interventional radiography can be done using x-ray, CT, Ultrasound or MRI images and are done to diagnose and treat disease in almost every organ system.

Angiography, which is a diagnostic imaging procedure that uses a radio-opaque dye and a specialized x-ray camera to take pictures of the blood flow in specific blood vessels (arteries or veins) or blood flow within the heart itself. Sometimes treatments are done during an angiogram.

Laboratory Services

Laboratory Services provides collection of blood and body fluids for tests ordered by your doctor or healthcare provider including a comprehensive range of routine and specialized lab testing and clinical consultations:

• blood and body fluid sample collection
• biochemistry and toxicology
• electrocardiogram (ECG)
• genetics and genomics
• urinalysis
• transfusion medicine
• hematology
• coagulation studies
• microbiology
• public health testing
• serology
• surgical pathology
• cytopathology
• autopsy pathology
• student practicum training for medical lab technologists and medical lab assistants

Note: Some locations may not offer the full range of testing. To confirm availability of a specific test, contact the location.

APL Booking Line: 1-877-702-4486 or book online.

Labour and Delivery Services, Postpartum and Newborn Care

24 / 7 care for pregnant women and newborn babies, which includes:

• assessment and treatment
• referrals to other healthcare providers
• labour and delivery support
• vaginal deliveries
• c-section deliveries
• postpartum care
• care for pregnancy complications
• breastfeeding support
• teaching as needed
• discharge planning
• grief counselling

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

MRI scanners use strong magnetic fields and radiowaves to form images of the body. The technique is widely used in hospitals for medical diagnosis, staging of disease and for follow-up without exposure to ionizing radiation.

Used for many exams, including: head, spine, heart, bone / joints, and abdomen.

Maternal Fetal Medicine

Provides consults to pregnant women, including:

• assessments
• tests (e.g., screening tests)
• consults with other healthcare providers if needed
• referrals to other services if needed

Medical Cardiology - Inpatients

Medical Cardiology inpatient unit that serves a patient population that traverses the life span to include young adults, middle adult and older age groups. Admissions include but are not limited to:

• patients with abnormal heart beats
• congestive heart failure
• pre and post heart transplant
• heart attack
• pre and post cardiac catherization
• pacemaker and other device implants just to name a few

Movement Disorders Program

Provides clinical care for patients with movement disorders, including:

• Parkinson's disease / Parkinsonism
• Huntington's disease
• dystonia
• ataxia
• tremor
• tics and Tourette syndrome
• drug-induced movement disorders

Multiple Sclerosis Clinic

Provides assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of people with multiple sclerosis (MS), including:

• making sure clients have the right diagnosis
• consultations about the brain, spinal cord, and nervous system
• helping clients get the care they need from a team of neurologists, physiatrists, nurses, and rehabilitation specialists
• working with community agencies, including the MS Society, Home Care, and Continuing Care to provide care to clients
• collecting information about MS and providing it for education and research projects about the cause and treatment of MS

Neonatal Intensive Care

The service includes:

• level ll neonatal intensive care available at Foothills Medical Centre, Peter Lougheed Centre, South Health Centre, Rockyview General Hospital
• level III neonatal intensive care available at Alberta Children Hospital, Foothills Medical Centre
• care for high-risk babies needing close monitoring and support after birth
• referral to perinatal follow-up for high-risk newborns
• referrals to the neonatal transitional care team in the community as needed

Southern Alberta Neonatal Transport Service (neonatal transport team serves southern Alberta) only available at the Foothills Medical Centre

Nephrology Clinic

This service helps people who have, or are at risk of getting, chronic kidney disease by:

• finding and treating kidney disease early in people who are at risk (people with hypertension, diabetes, or dyslipidemia)
• slowing down the disease in people who have chronic renal insufficiency

Neuroimmunology Clinic

The neuroimmunology clinic offers assessment and multidisciplinary care of residents of Calgary and Southern Alberta who have an established diagnosis of an autoimmune or immune-mediated condition affecting the nervous system, including (but not limited to) SLE, vasculitis, autoimmune encephalitis, and sarcoidosis.

In exceptional situations, the clinic will accept referrals from neurologists, rheumatologists, or psychiatrists, if there is a high suspicion of an inflammatory, autoimmune, or immune-mediated etiology for the neurologic presentation, based on clinical and paraclinical findings.

For patients who reside outside Calgary or Southern Alberta, the clinic might exceptionally accept referrals by neurologists, rheumatologists, or psychiatrists for a second opinion regarding an established diagnosis.

Patients who fit the criteria for other neurology clinics such as the MS Clinic or the Neuromuscular Clinic should be referred to the respective clinics for triage.

Neurology Lumbar Puncture Clinic

This clinic is provided as a means of determining a diagnosis (ruling in or out).This is a procedure clinic for a lumbar puncture. The patient will be educated, consent form signed. The physician will collect a specimen of cerebrospinal (CSF) fluid from the lower back area, with the assistance of clinic staff. The results are sent to the referring Neurologist. The patient will be assessed and cared for until discharge. Post procedure care and instructions will be provided.

Neuromuscular Clinic

Services may include:

• pre-diagnostic and diagnostic information and support to clients and their family
• diagnostic tests including electromyography (EMG) and nerve conduction studies (NCS)
• neurological treatment and symptom management
• telephone consultation and working with with community agencies to care for the client
• consultation and advice for other health care providers

Neurovestibular Clinic

The care focuses on vertigo and provides objective testing, assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and education for people with vestibular disorders, which include but are not limited to:

• benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)
• vestibular neuritis
• labyrinthitis ménière’s disease (idiopathic endolymphatic hydrops)

Audiology and vestibular testing include:

• clinical audiology assessments
• vestibular laboratory assessments

Nuclear Medicine

Clients swallow, inhale, or are given a needle with a radiotracer before their exam. Radiotracers go to a specific body part so the camera can take pictures. (tests may take a number of hours to complete; patients may be required to return later that day or the next day to complete exam).

Radiotracers are also given to treat diseases like thyroid disease.

Nutrition Counselling - Pediatric

Services provided for:

• optimizing growth
• allergy and food intolerances
• iron deficiency anemia
• inappropriate diets for age
• eating and feeding difficulties
• nutrient deficiencies secondary to restricted diets

Nutrition Counselling - Pediatric Weight Management

In the Outpatient Dietitian Counselling program, families work one-on-one with a registered dietitian (dietitian) trained in Pediatric Weight Management. The dietitian will help the family work on healthy eating and active living habits and set realistic goals that focus on creating a healthy lifestyle. Areas of focus include nutrition, physical activity, sedentary time and sleep.

The dietitian and the family’s healthcare provider work together to ensure the family is supported in achieving their health goals. They can also assist in connecting the family with other supports as needed, such as physical activity, mental health, and community services.

The program’s aim is to help families achieve a lifestyle that promotes healthy growth and development in their children.

For more information visit the Outpatient Dietitian Counselling website.

Obstetrics Outpatients Clinic

Service offers:

• high risk pregnancy care (both for consultation and for prenatal care)
• breech vaginal delivery consultation (for those who meet criteria)

Orthopedic Services - Inpatients

A multidisciplinary team provides care for orthopedic patients including:

• care for orthopedic trauma patients
• care for total joint replacements
• care for orthopedic spine patients
• cancer care for the orthopedic patient

For more information visit our website.

Ostomy Clinic

This service provides:

• pre- and post-operative teaching and discharge planning for patients with ostomies
• education and counselling to prepare for discharge
• assess and organize ostomy supplies
• skin and wound care plans (inpatients only)
• consult with Home Care or long-term care

Outpatient Dysphagia Clinic

Services provided may include:

• clinical swallowing assessment and / or education performed in-person or virtually (Zoom)
• instrumental assessment: VFSS / MBS (Videofluoroscopic Swallow Assessment / Modified Barium Swallow, FEES (Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing)
• follow-up if indicated

The clinic DOES NOT assess or manage patients with suspected esophageal abnormalities.

Consider alternate investigations if patient has:

• sensation of lump in the throat not associated with oral intake
• food feeling stuck at level of sternal notch or below
• difficulty with solids but not liquids
• sensation of choking, but able to breathe throughout and food typically clears

Outpatient Surgical Clinic- Anorectal

Provides adult patients access to specialist care and surgery as needed for:

• acute anorectal pain (but not severe enough to warrant an emergency general surgery consult from the ER)
• typical anal outlet bleeding (bright red, on paper / into bowl, not mixed in stool)
• recurrent or chronic anorectal suppuration (recurrent perianal / pilonidal abscesses in same location)
• repeat visits to ER for anorectal problems
• unusual or unexplained findings around the anus (e.g., suspicious anal mass)

Outpatient Urology Clinic

This service includes the following:

• examination of the lower urinary tract using local anaesthesia for diagnosis, minor treatment, and follow-up
• x-ray examinations
• cystoscopy procedures
• bladder cancer instillations
• lithotripsy Procedures
• video Urodynamic studies.

Patient Email Well Wishes

As part of our support for patient care and comfort, friends and family of inpatients at hospital and health care facilities can send well wishes via email. Sites participating in the program will receive the message, will ensure that the message is only "well-wish" (any other type of communication will be deleted) and will arrange for delivery within 3 business days. A couple of important reminders - the electronic delivery system is not a secure connection, so please don't add any confidential information to your message. Plus the "well-wish" system does not allow for replies or confirm receipt / delivery confirmation.

Patient Food Services

Patient Food Services overarching objectives are to:

• Offer quality food and food choice, to support Patient Centered Care
• Work with the whole care team to ensure that Meals Matter
• Foster a positive meal experience that results in enjoyment of meals, as well as improved satisfaction and food intake that supports recovery
• Provide menus that are based on “Canada’s Food Guide” and that are adaptable for therapeutic requirements
• Offer appealing food that encourages eating for health
• Provide meal service styles appropriate to the patient population (e.g. tray service, dining room service) and meal delivery systems that support safe high quality food served at appropriate temperatures to the correct patient / resident

PFS delivers more than 31,000 patient/resident meals each day within AHS facilities.

Patient Information

Services offered:

• responding to patient location inquires
• providing direction on a patients whereabouts

Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Clinic

The clinic provides both diagnosis, treatment (medical and surgical) and education for children and adolescents with gynecologic concerns such as:

• vaginal bleeding pre-puberty
• amenorrhae (no periods)
• menstrual bleeding concerns
• dysmenorrhea (pain with periods)
• fertility preservation and long-term gynecologic follow up in the setting of gonadotoxic therapy
• complex contraception
• ovarian cysts
• vulvovaginitis
• gynecologic anomalies
• gender care requiring IUD insertion
• other gynecologic concerns

The clinic also offers IUD / nexplanon insertion and procedural IUD insertion in a trauma-informed setting. The clinic has access to multidisciplinary care with many other services through combined rounds to allow more flexible, efficient patient care.

Pediatric Gastroenterology (GI) Clinic

Provides comprehensive inpatient, outpatient and emergency services to children with intestinal, liver and complex nutritional disorders.

Pediatric Psychiatry - Inpatient

Offers services for children and adolescents who have serious, ongoing mental health concerns, including:

• assessment and treatment
• access to social work, community liaison, and rehabilitation services

Pediatric Urology Clinic

Care and services for the treatment of children with kidney disease, including:

• general urology clinic
• urodynamics for bladder and voiding dysfunction

Peripheral Nerve Clinic

Sees people with nerve injuries that may need surgery, including:

• shoulder (brachial plexus) injuries
• upper and lower extremity injuries
• and other peripheral nerve injuries that may need surgery

Note: This service is not primarily for diagnostic purposes. If the etiology of the nerve injury is not clear referrals should be made to an appropriate diagnostic service.

Pharmacy Services - Outpatients (Rexall)

Provides medication services for:

• patients under special programs or clinics
• patients who have been discharged from an inpatient unit
• patients who are enrolled in select clinical trial groups
• staff
• members of the public

Post Anaesthetic Care Unit

This service provide post-operative assessment, monitoring, and patient care after surgery.

Pre-admission Clinic

Services provided may include:

• optimize patient prior to the surgery
• provide phone or in person assessment by nurse, or a consultant specialist based on the patient's medical needs
• may have an assessment by Internal Medicine Physician and or anesthesiologists at the clinic
• provide pre-operative instruction

Psychiatric Emergency Services

Services provided to clients and families by Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) may also include:

• supporting admission to a psychiatry unit based on the needs of the individual
• referral for short-term outreach support for discharged clients with a focus on crisis stabilitzation, safety planning and navigation to appropriate servicers

Psychiatry - Inpatient

Offers services for people who have serious, ongoing mental health concerns, including:

• assessment and treatment
• access to social work, community liaison, and rehabilitation services
• programs for older adults help and planning when it’s time for people to leave the hospital

Pulmonary Clinic - Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT)

The Pulmonary Clinic - Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) sees patients with possible HHT and family members of patients with confirmed HHT to establish a diagnosis and treatment plan. The HHT Clinic coordinates care for patients with relevant specialists including Otolaryngology, Medical Genetics, Gastroenterology, Interventional Radiology, Hepatology, Hematology, and Neurology, and others as needed.

Pulmonary Clinic - Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)

ILD experts provide confirmation of diagnosis through the ILD multidisciplinary discussion and formation of a treatment plan.

The ILD Clinic offers patients:

• symptom management of breathlessness and decreased exercise tolerance
• evaluation of suitability for potential biologic therapies
• assessment for home oxygen therapy
• goals of care discussion

Pulmonary Clinic - Sarcoidosis

Please refer patients who fit the following criteria:

1. suspected Sarcoidosis of any organ system for which bronchoscopic biopsy may be indicated, or is being considered (ie. assistance required for diagnosis and workup)

2. assumption of care is requested due to complicated / advanced sarcoidosis

Complicated / advanced is defined as:

• requiring prednisone PLUS another medication to control disease, OR
• presence of multisystem disease that includes cardiac, neurologic, renal or hepatic involvement in addition to their pulmonary disease

3. second opinion is requested to aid in diagnosis or treatment decisions without expectation of assumption of care

Pulmonary Diagnostics Unit

Clinic provides diagnostic procedures for lung conditions such as:

• cough
• shortness of breath
• chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD)
• asthma
• lung cancer
• interstitial lung disease
• sleep apnea
• pneumonia
• malignant pleural effusion

Pulmonary Respiratory Clinic

Education will be offered for patients who have:

• asthma
• chronic obstructive lung disease (chronic bronchitis, emphysema)
• chronic cough or smokers at risk

Appointment will be booked for the patient in conjunction with their respirologist appointment at South Health Campus Pulmonary Clinic. Patients will be triaged to this service by PCAT.

Rapid Access Unit

The Rapid Access Unit (RAU) is a 30 bed medical unit that is specifically staffed and equipped to receive medical patients presenting with acute medical illness from the Emergency Department or directly from a community family physician for expedited multidisciplinary team and medical assessment, care, and treatment for up to 48 - 72 hours prior to transition home or transfer to an inpatient unit when appropriate. In this model, patients are identified early and resources are loaded upstream in the patient's journey with a focus on strong coordination and transition back into the community to support more effective health outcomes.

Registration

Patient Registration registers:

• and pre-registers patients and collects demographic and financial information
• patients for inpatient admissions, ambulatory clinic appointment, and emergency department services

Rheumatology - Outpatients

Provides assessment, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up care for Rheumatology patients. The clinic is also involved in clinical trials.

Social Work Services

This service works individually with patients, groups and/or families to:

• conduct assessments and develop interventions to alleviate social and personal problems
• identify needs and gaps and connect patients with community supports and resources
• empower patients to cope and problem solve during or after injury, disease or illness
• provide referrals to other AHS and community programs as required (example - Addictions and Mental Health )
• counsel patients and their families in coping with aspects of an illness, hospitalization and the impact of lifestyle choices on health
• assist patients and families to navigate the healthcare system and address legal and financial issues impacting care

South Health Campus Wellness Centre

Wellness Centre Program Categories

• Active Lifestyle
• Cooking, Food & Nutrition
• Emotional Well-being
• Employment, Finance & Computers
• Health Management - Cancer & Chronic Conditions
• Kids, Tweens & Teens
• Parents & Parents To-Be
• Seniors
• Support Groups

Wellness Centre Amenities

• health, wellness, and teaching kitchen programs
• seating area
• desk area with power outlets
• power outlets for phone charging
• children's play area (must be accompanied by an adult)
• community resource information
• South Health Campus Community Gardens

South Health Campus YMCA
The YMCA is proud to be a partner in the Wellness Centre at South Health Campus (SHC).
The YMCA climbing wall at SHC is open for program and drop-in registration. Contact the Brookfield Residential YMCA at Seton or visit their website for more information and to register.

Speech Language Pathology - Acute Care

This service provides:

• assessment and treatment for communication, fluency and swallowing disorders
• education

Spiritual Care Services

Provision of spiritual health care by clinically trained Spiritual Health Practitioners to patients and families across diverse spiritual, religious, cultural, and philosophical values, beliefs, and practices.

Spirituality is a dimension of health. A Spiritual Health Practitioner (SHP) is a member of the health care team that can help you understand your unique health journey in light of your personal beliefs, values, relationships and experiences. Spiritual healthcare is confidential, inclusive, compassionate, and respectful and SHPs are skilled in providing philosophical, spiritual, and religious patient care across beliefs, cultural perspectives, and practices. They address spiritual distress (experiences of loss of meaning and connection in relation to yourself, to others and to what you understand as greater) and promote spiritual well-being (connection in relation to yourself, to others and to what you understand as greater).

A SHP will listen compassionately and work with you to determine the support you want and need. Services may include the following:

• counselling (supportive, problem focused or grief counselling), to help you:
• find strength to accept what is happening.
• find meaning and connection in the midst of illness, injury and trauma.
• cope better with pain and discomfort
• understand feelings of anxiety, depression, anger, and loneliness
• understand what’s important to you and make decisions about your health.
• support when facing ethical dilemma, moral distress, and the need to make difficult decisions.
• being an advocate to support patients / families as they navigate the health care system in light of their spiritual, religious, philosophical and cultural beliefs, values, and practices
• connecting with religious and / or cultural supports and services
• providing palliative and end of life spiritual care

Stone Clinic

Other services provided include:

• management and education on kidney stones
• assessment of required lab work and stone analysis
• dietary changes for prevention
• education on dietary influences on stone formation
• assessment for pharmacological treatments