Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association

Book your measles vaccine by calling 811. Visit alberta.ca/measles for more information. #measles #abhealth #Alberta

One of the most comprehensive articles written on Alberta’s healthcare pressures by @BillKaufmannjrn Worth the read. edmontonjournal.com/feature/alread… ER overcrowding isn’t just an emergency department problem, it’s a whole-system capacity and flow problem. Solutions: 1. Expand home and community care so seniors can remain at home instead of occupying hospital beds. 2. Increase long-term care capacity to reduce pressure on acute care hospitals. 3. Recruit and train more healthcare workers, including expanding medical school seats, nursing programs, and credentialing internationally trained professionals. 4. Strengthen team-based primary care networks so family doctors can care for larger patient panels with support from other providers and better manage chronic disease to prevent hospitalizations. 5. Use technology (e.g., AI-assisted triage) to improve access and efficiency in the system. 6. Add acute-care beds to meet growing demand. We need to get to 2.4 beds/1000 and for 5 million people that means 12,000 hospital beds. today we have 8,800, so that is another 3200 beds to meet today's needs to catch up with a lot of deferred care. 7. Develop long-term budgeting, workforce and infrastructure planning to prepare for population growth, an aging population as well as technological advancements. @Albertadoctors @UnitedNurses @edmontonjournal @calgaryherald @TheBreakdownAB @cspotweet @ryanjespersen @PfParks @JMeddings @BradenMannsYYC @ABDanielleSmith @nenshi

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It’s International HPV Awareness Day! | Here’s a short video from Immunize Canada and Science Up First | HPV in boys and men | youtube.com/shorts/d7xSnd_… #HPV #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives #GetImmunized #OneLessWorry

The author of this is a superb family MD in YYC. She has an obstetrical practice. Good medicine relies upon being able to obtain reliable information. /1 Alberta Knew Measles Was Harming Pregnant Patients—But Stayed Silent thewalrus.ca/alberta-knew-m… via @thewalrus

ICYMI While this fall’s influenza vaccine was a mismatch for the dominant strain, it still cut the risk of serious illness by roughly 40 per cent, according to a Canadian network that has long tracked the performance of the annual shot. #flu #cdnhealth theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Canada has lost its measles elimination status after 27 years. But Canada can get its #measles elimination status back! Best way? #GetImmunized. The #MMR vaccine is extremely safe and effective | youtube.com/watch?v=t6sVom… #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives

Folks its the beds.... It's not the pt with sniffles, its not the immigrants, its simply that AB governments over the last 30 years have been cutting the number of hospital beds. We've reached the point where people are dying. cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

The SOGC has consistently called for better health data to improve care for women in Canada. Fragmented systems make it harder to identify gaps, track outcomes and deliver equitable care. 1/3

Women in many provinces are still paying for contraception despite past government commitments to make it free. The SOGC continues to call on Ottawa to work with all provinces and territories to make contraception free for all women in Canada. cbc.ca/news/canada/ne…

Alberta doctors say the provincial government’s decision to broaden parental and guardian access to their children’s medical records could put youth at risk of harm and infringes on their privacy. #ableg theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Psychiatrists are fighting for better mental health care, but are struggling with units operating over 100% capacity and a workforce that has not kept pace. Psychiatrists have solutions. Read about the realities of acute psychiatric care and how to fix it. add.albertadoctors.org/issues/january…

For health care professionals | Pocket Guide for Immunizers: Tdap/DTaP/IPV-containing Vaccines | immunize.ca/sites/default/… #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives #GetImmunized

Tragedy. Absolute tragedy. Newborn baby dies of Listeria infection in New Mexico. Contracted from the mother who got it from drinking raw milk during pregnancy. Raw milk is NOT SAFE. *Especially * in pregnancy Pasteurisation was invented for a damn good reason!!

Check out our factsheet | Preventing RSV in infants: Know your product options | immunize.ca/sites/default/… #RSV

The HPV vaccine is CRUSHING cervical cancer and at this rate will eliminate it!! An anti cancer vaccine. It's a medical miracle. HHS Secretary RFK Jr is against it

Release: Jan 26/26 Letter from 5F2 physicians, nurses and allied health professionals at the University of Alberta Hospital Re: Closing Seniors' Acute Care Unit. #abhealth #ableg #abpoli

The Alberta NDP is calling for action as one of the largest continuing care centres in the province is battling a massive mice infestation, an issue the Opposition party says it flagged months ago. edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…

Alberta ERs are described as "death zones" in a shocking report leaked to #RealTalkRJ. Dr. @PfParks calls out the province following six deaths and 30+ "near-misses" over two weeks. 👀 FULL: rtrj.info/012226Parksy 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/012226 #abhealth #abpoli #ableg #yeg

Bottom line. AB's are dying in our ER's because we can't move ER pts to acute care beds. We need more staffed beds. Nobody in gov seems to be taking this on as 'their job'. Oh, but we can work on water pipes with the city....