Endoscopy   at
Coaldale Health Centre
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Connect Care Department: COA CHC GI CCSC CL
Estimated time to routine appointment: Within 3 months
Alberta Health Services - South Zone
SERVICE DESCRIPTION
Provides diagnostic and screening endoscopy procedures.Offers endoscopy procedures, which may include:
  • insertion in PEG feeding tubes
  • ERCP, gastroscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, cystoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy
  • hemorrhoid ligation
  • esophageal and colonic dilatations and stents
Minor Procedures include, but not limited to:
  • cataracts
  • pacemaker insertions and exchanges
  • ureteric stent insertion/removal/retrogrades
  • cystoscopy
  • small plastic surgeries (carpel tunnel, scar revisions, pinnings, etc.)
  • bone Marrow biopsies
  • long term paracentesis
  • lump/bump/cyst drainage or removal.
  • pleurex drain insertion/removal
  • thoracentesis
Provides diagnostic and screening endoscopy procedures.Offers endoscopy procedures, which may include:
  • insertion in PEG feeding tubes
  • ERCP, gastroscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, cystoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy
  • hemorrhoid ligation
  • esophageal and colonic dilatations and stents
Minor Procedures include, but not limited to:
  • cataracts
  • pacemaker insertions and exchanges
  • ureteric stent insertion/removal/retrogrades
  • cystoscopy
  • small plastic surgeries (carpel tunnel, scar revisions, pinnings, etc.)
  • bone Marrow biopsies
  • long term paracentesis
  • lump/bump/cyst drainage or removal.
  • pleurex drain insertion/removal
  • thoracentesis
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Fit positive performed in an asymptomatic individual for colon cancer screening. Must be age 50-74 - must append results.
Personal history of colorectal cancer (CRC) or adenomatous polyps - must append results.
Family history of CRC or high risk adenomatous polyps in one or more first degree relatives under the age of 60
Polyp on Sigmoidoscopy or suspected polyp on CT Colonography - append results
Firefighter age 40 or over

Family history referrals for  age of 60 and routine screening Colonoscopies will be denied for average risk patients - please do a Fit
Fit positive performed in an asymptomatic individual for colon cancer screening. Must be age 50-74 - must append results.
Personal history of colorectal cancer (CRC) or adenomatous polyps - must append results.
Family history of CRC or high risk adenomatous polyps in one or more first degree relatives under the age of 60
Polyp on Sigmoidoscopy or suspected polyp on CT Colonography - append results
Firefighter age 40 or over

Family history referrals for  age of 60 and routine screening Colonoscopies will be denied for average risk patients - please do a Fit
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.
If symptomatic or urgent please refer directly to an Endoscopist.
Complete the referral form and fax it to the service using the contact information in this profile.
If symptomatic or urgent please refer directly to an Endoscopist.
REFERRAL PROCESS - FOR CONNECT CARE USERS
Send an Internal Referral using the Ambulatory Referral Order to Gastroenterology, type COA CHC GI CCSC CL in the “To Department” section and complete order.
Send an Internal Referral using the Ambulatory Referral Order to Gastroenterology, type COA CHC GI CCSC CL in the “To Department” section and complete order.
ADDITIONAL SERVICE DETAILS
Service Description
Provides screening and surveillance Colonoscopy procedures only. Endoscopy procedures may also include
  • Gastroscopies for hereditary conditions only (eg Lynch Syndrome, HPNCC)
Service Description
Provides screening and surveillance Colonoscopy procedures only. Endoscopy procedures may also include
  • Gastroscopies for hereditary conditions only (eg Lynch Syndrome, HPNCC)
COMMUNICATION PROCESS
  • Referral receipt to referring source within 7 days.
  • Acceptance via appointment details or wait list status letter to referring source and patient within 14 days.
  • Wait list status update every 90 days.
  • Appointment outcome to referral source within 90 days.
 
PHONE
403-345-7009
FAX
403-345-2698
REFERRAL PHONE
403-345-7009
REFERRAL FAX
403-345-2698
LINKED SPECIALISTS
CLICK + TO VIEW REFERRAL GUIDELINES
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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
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Screening colonoscopy
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
PATIENT APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
Email
Print
 
MISSED APPOINTMENT GUIDELINES
Failure to present for a booked appointment (“no-show”) or cancellation of the colonoscopy within 48 hours of the scheduled appointment (a late cancellation) will prompt the staff to contact the patient and re-schedule. If the no-show and/or late cancellation occur for a second time, then the referral will be cancelled and the referring health provider informed. Reasons for delays or no-shows are recorded and no-show/late cancellation rates should be monitored. Facilities should aim for less than 5% of unused colonoscopy spots because of no-shows/late cancellations.
Failure to present for a booked appointment (“no-show”) or cancellation of the colonoscopy within 48 hours of the scheduled appointment (a late cancellation) will prompt the staff to contact the patient and re-schedule. If the no-show and/or late cancellation occur for a second time, then the referral will be cancelled and the referring health provider informed. Reasons for delays or no-shows are recorded and no-show/late cancellation rates should be monitored. Facilities should aim for less than 5% of unused colonoscopy spots because of no-shows/late cancellations.
 
HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Tuesday: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Wednesday: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Thursday: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Friday: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Description:
Screening colonoscopies is the only service performed at this site.
   
 
ADDRESS
Screening colonoscopies is the only service performed at this site.
2100 11 Street
Coaldale Alberta
T1M 1L2
PATIENT APPOINTMENT INSTRUCTIONS
  • Bring your Alberta health care card and a piece of government issued photo ID.
  • Check in at reception 20 minutes prior to your scheduled appointment time as per documented on your information package.
  • Please make sure to have someone with you if you are unable to communicate in English.
  • If you choose to have sedation, you must have a ride arranged to take you home post procedure. We request your ride wait in the Coaldale area during your appointment.The ride will recieve a call 20 minutes prior to discharge. At that time please return to the clinic at the time specified. Your ride must come into the clinic to pick you up.
  • Bring your Alberta health care card and a piece of government issued photo ID.
  • Check in at reception 20 minutes prior to your scheduled appointment time as per documented on your information package.
  • Please make sure to have someone with you if you are unable to communicate in English.
  • If you choose to have sedation, you must have a ride arranged to take you home post procedure. We request your ride wait in the Coaldale area during your appointment.The ride will recieve a call 20 minutes prior to discharge. At that time please return to the clinic at the time specified. Your ride must come into the clinic to pick you up.
 
DIRECTIONS
Coaldale Colorectal Cancer Screening is located in the Coaldale Health Center - 2100 - 11 Street
Coaldale.
A map is included in your information booklet
Coaldale Colorectal Cancer Screening is located in the Coaldale Health Center - 2100 - 11 Street
Coaldale.
A map is included in your information booklet
 
PHONE
403-345-7009
 
PARKING INSTRUCTIONS
Parking is available on site - free parking
Parking is available on site - free parking
 
EMAIL
VIRTUAL APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
 
PARKING MAP
 
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY
Yes

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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.
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  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.
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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.

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  • 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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