What does the clinic do for the patient?

The hip and knee central intake clinics provide a variety of services to meet patient expectations and needs for specialty care. The clinics implement the provincial care path practices and treatment protocols, beginning with referral and extending through: assessment by a specialist, a plan to get surgical patients to their optimal readiness, surgery, recovery and rehabilitation in the community. For patients deemed inappropriate for surgery or for those that decline surgery, a self-management plan is also developed with the provider.

What does the hospital do for the patient?

Working Group Representatives

A working group representative is a regular standing member of the Bone and Joint Health Strategic Clinical Network’s Working Group and can faithfully represent their local group by voicing their needs, challenges, and ideas. They have current knowledge about the stakeholders in their local group. They can attend meetings and disseminate key messages on behalf of their team. They are responsible for working collaboratively with the ABJHI quality improvement team in responding to queries regarding current state. They review ABJHI distributed data every reporting period and identify opportunities to celebrate or areas to improve. The working group representative collaborates with their local group team to implement any changes in work flow for patient case, if requested by working group leaders or clinical committees.

Working Group Representative Agreement Form (PDF)

Grande Prairie

BONNYVILLE

WESTLOCK

Hinton

Fort McMurray

Edmonton

CAMROSE

RED DEER

CALGARY

LETHBRIDGE

MEDICINE HAT

Individual sites may vary in their operational structure and practices.