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Cardiac Procedures Central Referral (CPCR) Office   at
Foothills Medical Centre
Specialty: Cardiology
Estimated time to routine appointment: Within 3 months
Alberta Health Services - Calgary Zone
SERVICE DESCRIPTION
Central referral office for outpatient cardiac catheterization requests.A referral service for people who need to see a cardiologist.
Central referral office for outpatient cardiac catheterization requests.A referral service for people who need to see a cardiologist.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
The Cardiac Procedures Central Referral Service (CPCR) will assign the patient to the most appropriate physician with the shortest wait time. 

Patients will be seen faster if a preferred physician is not indicated.
The Cardiac Procedures Central Referral Service (CPCR) will assign the patient to the most appropriate physician with the shortest wait time. 

Patients will be seen faster if a preferred physician is not indicated.
Referral instructions for primary care, community care, private
providers etc. who do not send referrals via Connect Care.
REFERRAL PROCESS - FOR NON-CONNECT CARE USERS
Complete the referral form and fax it to the service using the contact information in this profile.

Urgent Referrals: Fax completed referral form indicating "urgent" using the contact information in this profile and call the CPCR office and speak to triage nurse.
Complete the referral form and fax it to the service using the contact information in this profile.

Urgent Referrals: Fax completed referral form indicating "urgent" using the contact information in this profile and call the CPCR office and speak to triage nurse.
REFERRAL PROCESS - FOR CONNECT CARE USERS
An Outgoing Referral is required for this service.
Change the referral class to “Outgoing Referral” on the Ambulatory Order and complete order and sign.
Outgoing orders are not sent electronically and require processing in workqueue 5.

Urgent Referrals: Fax completed referral form indicating "urgent" using the contact information in this profile and call the CPCR office and speak to triage nurse.
An Outgoing Referral is required for this service.
Change the referral class to “Outgoing Referral” on the Ambulatory Order and complete order and sign.
Outgoing orders are not sent electronically and require processing in workqueue 5.

Urgent Referrals: Fax completed referral form indicating "urgent" using the contact information in this profile and call the CPCR office and speak to triage nurse.
ADDITIONAL SERVICE DETAILS
The Cardiac Procedures Central Referral Service (CPCR) manages outpatient referrals for cardiac catheterization procedures and only accepts referrals from internists or cardiologists. 
These procedures include:
* PCI
* ASD/PFO
* Valvuloplasty
* CTO
* Cath
* Congenital
* Renal Angiogram
* Peripheral Vascular PCI
* Pre-transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) procedure work-up
The Cardiac Procedures Central Referral Service (CPCR) manages outpatient referrals for cardiac catheterization procedures and only accepts referrals from internists or cardiologists. 
These procedures include:
* PCI
* ASD/PFO
* Valvuloplasty
* CTO
* Cath
* Congenital
* Renal Angiogram
* Peripheral Vascular PCI
* Pre-transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) procedure work-up
COMMUNICATION PROCESS
  • Referral receipt to referring source within 3 days.
  • Acceptance via appointment details or wait list status letter to referring source and patient within 3 days.
  • Wait list status update every 90 days.
  • Appointment outcome to referral source within 30 days.
 
PHONE
403-944-3278
FAX
403-944-3200
REFERRAL PHONE
403-944-3278
REFERRAL FAX
403-944-3200
LINKED SPECIALISTS
CLICK + TO VIEW REFERRAL GUIDELINES
Routine Reason for Referral
Access Targets convey the clinically appropriate timeframe patients should be seen within, by reason for referral and priority level.
Access Target
Required Information/Investigations
Investigation Timing
Additional Details
Cardiac catheterization procedure
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

ECG
 
Within 1 month

Copy of cardiac tests
 
Within 1 month

Labs; electrolyte panel, CBC, creatinine, GFR and INR
 
Within 1 month

Refer to referral form for more details
 
Within 1 month
PATIENT APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
 
MISSED APPOINTMENT GUIDELINES
Currently in development.
Currently in development.
 
HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday: 7:30 am - 4:15 pm
Tuesday: 7:30 am - 4:15 pm
Wednesday: 7:30 am - 4:15 pm
Thursday: 7:30 am - 4:15 pm
Friday: 7:30 am - 4:15 pm
Description:
Faxed referrals can be sent 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
   
 
ADDRESS
C1030A
1403 29 Street NW
Calgary Alberta
T2N 2T9
PATIENT APPOINTMENT INSTRUCTIONS
  • Bring your Alberta health care card and a piece of government issued photo ID.
  • Check in at reception 15 minutes prior to your scheduled appointment time.
  • You may bring a family member or significant other during your consultation.
  • Please make sure to have someone with you if you are unable to communicate in English.
  • Bring your Alberta health care card and a piece of government issued photo ID.
  • Check in at reception 15 minutes prior to your scheduled appointment time.
  • You may bring a family member or significant other during your consultation.
  • Please make sure to have someone with you if you are unable to communicate in English.
 
DIRECTIONS
CPCR is a referral management office only - no direct patient care provided.
Directions will be provided prior to appointment.
CPCR is a referral management office only - no direct patient care provided.
Directions will be provided prior to appointment.
 
PHONE
403-944-3278
 
PARKING INSTRUCTIONS
CPCR is a referral management office only - no direct patient care provided.
Directions will be provided prior to appointment.
CPCR is a referral management office only - no direct patient care provided.
Directions will be provided prior to appointment.
 
EMAIL
VIRTUAL APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
 
PARKING MAP
 
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY
Yes

The primary purpose of the All Locations list is to let the user easily access any location of a healthcare service without going back to the main search screen.

The locations listed have 3 background colors:
  • Green means the healthcare service@location has referral information attached to it.
  • Brown means the healthcare service@location never had referral information attached to it, or it has unpublished referral information.
  • Red means
    • IA changed the healthcare service@location's status to something other than Current
    • It was deleted if it is an ARD healthcare service@location.
Green  and Brown are always at the top of the list. These are the Healthcare Service@Locations with the status of Current.
The Red list at the bottom consists of non-current Healthcare Service@locations that once had Published referral information in the ARD.
If the referral information was never published in ARD the Healthcare Service@location will not show in the Red list.

The secondary purpose of the All Locations list is to allow ARD Administrators to recover (copy) referral information from the non-current Healthcare Service@Locations to ones that are current.

Common Scenario:
A Healthcare Service moves from one location to another. In this case the IA Healthcare Service@Location record will be made defunct (non-current) and a new Healthcare Service@Location record will be created with a current status. In this scenario the captured referral guidelines in ARD can become "orphaned" as they are not attached to any current IA healthcare service.

Categories of non-current or orphaned referral guidelines: INDIVIDUAL and COMMON.
The REFERRAL GUIDELINES section of the profile has the prefix INDIVIDUAL or COMMON to help you choose the method below when transferring referral guidelines from a non-current Healthcare Service@Location to a current healthcare service@location.

Individual referral process
  1. Click on a non-current (Red) Healthcare Service@Location at the bottom of the All Locations list.
  2. The non-current referral info is displayed with the link Copy this Referral Process to another Healthcare Service@Location link on the upper right hand corner. Click on the copy link.
  3. Choose a current location (Green or Brown) from the All Locations list. This will be the Healthcare Service@Location you are pasting the referral info into.
  4. The system will display the Edit Referral Info screen populated with the referral info from the non-current Healthcare Service@Location you viewed in the first step.
  5. Click Save and the referral info is transferred from the non-current Healthcare Service@Location to the current one.
  6. Repeat these steps for each Healthcare Service@Location that needs attention.

Common referral process - 2 sub cases.
Case 1: At least 1 current Healthcare Service@Location with common referral info is with current status for this healthcare service; One or more Healthcare Healthcare Service@Locations where replaced by new one.
  1. Click on any current Healthcare Service@Location whether it has referral info (Green) or not (Brown).
  2. The healthcare service location opens in the Edit Referral Info screen populated with the current common referral info.
  3. Save it. 
  4. All locations will be updated with the common referral information, including all the locations that don't have referral info yet (Brown). The non-current referrals (Red) will also be updated.
Case 2:  All Healthcare Healthcare Service@Locations for a healthcare service are set to a non-current status and replaced by new ones. In this case there is no current additional referral info to copy from, so the only alternative is to pick up the non-current common referral process (Red). Follow the steps described in the section Individual Referral Process above to copy/paste the non-current common referral info to the current healthcare service locations.
Generally we want to replicate current common referral info to new or replaced healthcare service locations. We only resort to copying non-current common referral info if there is no other option.

Remember: Some fields can be location specific with the common referral process:
Parking Instructions, Directions, Parking Map, Wait Time, Referral Phone or Referral Fax.
To update these items you have to edit each Healthcare Service@Location separately.

ADDITONAL NOTES:
  • The info icon after the All Locations drop down will be visible to ARD Administrators.
  • The system doesn't allow you to copy referral information from one non-current Healthcare Service@Location to another.

 

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