Alberta expands telehealth clinical services.EDMONTON -- Twenty-one new telehealth initiatives have been allocated $2.6 million from the province's Telehealth Clinical Services Grant Fund. The fund supports new telehealth programs to enable Albertans to have access to needed medical professionals and specialists wherever they live. The fund will provide grants for initiatives in six of the province's health regions as well as the Alberta Mental Health Board and the Alberta Cancer Board. Telehealth allows healthcare providers to examine patients through the use of video-conferencing and specialized medical equipment and enables direct medical consultation without the clinician clinician /cli·ni·cian/ (kli-nish´in) an expert clinical physician and teacher. cli·ni·cian n. and patient being in the same place. Health Canada's First Nations and Inuit Health Branch is also contributing to grant funding, ensuring nine telehealth programs are extended to First Nations communities. The scope of programs receiving grants will cover a broad spectrum of medical fields including adolescent psychiatry psychiatry (səkī`ətrē, sī–), branch of medicine that concerns the diagnosis and treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders, including major depression, schizophrenia, and anxiety. , smoking cessation smoking cessation Public health Temporary or permanent halting of habitual cigarette smoking; withdrawal therapies–eg, hypnosis, psychotherapy, group counseling, exposing smokers to Pts with terminal lung CA and nicotine chewing gum are often ineffective. , cardiology cardiology Medical specialty dealing with heart diseases and disorders. It began with the 1749 publication by Jean Baptiste de Sénac of contemporary knowledge of the heart. Diagnostic methods improved in the 19th century, and in 1905 the electrocardiograph was invented. , rural health and chronic disease management. As telehealth services are not limited to where these initiatives are based, patients from the entire province stand to benefit from these programs. Alberta's telehealth network includes over 200 sites across the province, including 25 that offer tele-ultrasound and radiology radiology, branch of medicine specializing in the use of X rays, gamma rays, radioactive isotopes, and other forms of radiation in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. services. 780-427-7164 |
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