Albertans have the opportunity to attend a rewarding eight-week exercise-based program, currently offered in 39 clinics in 18 communities across Alberta, to help manage hip and/or knee osteoarthritis. The group …
Fracture Liaison Services Receive Alberta Health Services 2018 President’s Excellence Award
The Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute (ABJHI) is pleased to announce the Bone and Joint Health Strategic Clinical Network’s Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) teams are the proud recipients of …
New Wait Time Benchmark for Hip Fracture Surgical Care
Recent data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) indicates that Alberta is second across Canada in meeting the national evidence-based benchmark for getting hip fracture patients into surgery …
BJH SCN Seeks Pathway to Better Care for Obese Patients with Osteoarthritis
Alberta’s first workshop on how to improve care for osteoarthritis sufferers who have the added burden of being obese revealed that patients and their care providers need new evidence-informed guidance. …
Alberta Hospitals Meet Osteoporosis Canada’s High Standards for Hip Fracture Care
Two more Alberta hospitals have been added to Osteoporosis Canada’s registry of hospitals that meet its stringent standards for helping hip fracture patients regain their quality of life and prevent …