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General Surgery   at
Hinton Healthcare Centre
Specialty: General Surgery
Connect Care Department: HIN HHC GENERAL SURGERY
Estimated time to routine appointment: Within 3 months
Alberta Health Services - North Zone
SERVICE DESCRIPTION
Provides preoperative care for patients requiring general day surgery and overnight same day admissions as well as postoperative care for general day surgeries.Provides day surgery for common procedures below:
  • gallbladder removal
  • hernia repair
  • hemorrhoid removal
  • excisions (lipomas, cysts)
  • fistula repair
  • appendix removal
  • breast segmental resection
  • sentinel lymph node biopsy
  • bowel resection
Provides preoperative care for patients requiring general day surgery and overnight same day admissions as well as postoperative care for general day surgeries.Provides day surgery for common procedures below:
  • gallbladder removal
  • hernia repair
  • hemorrhoid removal
  • excisions (lipomas, cysts)
  • fistula repair
  • appendix removal
  • breast segmental resection
  • sentinel lymph node biopsy
  • bowel resection
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Review reasons for referral table below for eligibility requirements.
For breast referrals OUTSIDE Grande Prairie and area, please submit the referral directly to the Comprehensive Breast Care Program (CBCP).
Review reasons for referral table below for eligibility requirements.
For breast referrals OUTSIDE Grande Prairie and area, please submit the referral directly to the Comprehensive Breast Care Program (CBCP).
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 or letter and fax it to FAST using the contact information in this profile.  Please attach all mandatory information to the referral (see General Surgery Adult Referral Pathway).
OR submit referrals through Alberta Netcare eReferral: Follow these instructions.
Complete the referral form or letter and fax it to FAST using the contact information in this profile.  Please attach all mandatory information to the referral (see General Surgery Adult Referral Pathway).
OR submit referrals through Alberta Netcare eReferral: Follow these instructions.
REFERRAL PROCESS - FOR CONNECT CARE USERS
Send an Internal Referral using the Ambulatory Referral Order to General Surgery, type HIN HHC GENERAL SURGERY in the “To Department” section and complete order.
Send an Internal Referral using the Ambulatory Referral Order to General Surgery, type HIN HHC GENERAL SURGERY in the “To Department” section and complete order.
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 30 days.
 
PHONE
780-817-5028
FAX
780-865-1866
REFERRAL PHONE
833-553-3278 ext 1 FAST
REFERRAL FAX
833-627-7025 FAST
REFERRAL ADVICE
eReferral eConsult
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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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Abdominal hernia
N/A
 
N/A
OTHER ABDOMINAL HERNIA
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Adrenal mass
CT or MRI abdomen
 
Within 3 months of referral
Electrolytes, creatinine, random glucose, AM cortisol, 24-hour urine metanephrines
 
Within 3 months of referral
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Biopsy of lymph node
Fine needle aspiration result
 
N/A
Location
 
N/A
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Biopsy of muscle
N/A
 
N/A
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Breast disease
N/A
 
N/A
Refer to Provincial Breast Health Referral Pathway for mandatory investigations
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Chronic abdominal pain
Include detailed documentation or medical summary of completed Chronic Abdominal Pain Primary Care Pathway including treatments tried if available.
 
During the time frame of current illness
Refer to the CLINICAL PATHWAY: CHRONIC ABDOMINAL PAIN to help guide the care of your patient prior to referral.

If symptoms persist after completing the Chronic Abdominal Pain Clinical Pathway, send referral to North Zone FAST Team.
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Chronic constipation
Abdominal x-ray if available
 
During the time frame of current illness
CBC
 
During the time frame of current illness
Family history of colorectal cancer
 
During the time frame of current illness
History of screening for colorectal cancer
 
During the time frame of current illness
Include detailed documentation or medical summary of completed Chronic Constipation Primary Care Pathway including treatments tried if available
 
During the time frame of current illness
DISORDER OF THE GI TRACT
Refer to the CLINICAL PATHWAY: CHRONIC CONSTIPATION to help guide the care of your patient prior to referral.

If symptoms persist after completing the Chronic
Constipation Clinical Pathway, send referral to North Zone FAST Team
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Diverticulitis
Relevant Imaging if available
 
N/A
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Dyspepsia
Any related motility and diagnostic testing as appropriate if available
 
During the time frame of current illness
CBC
 
During the time frame of current illness
Celiac serology results if available
 
During the time frame of current illness
H. pylori test (HpSAT [H. pylori Stool Antigen Test])
 
During the time frame of current illness
Include documentation or medical summary of completed Dyspepsia Primary Care Pathway including treatments tried if available
 
During the time frame of current illness
DISORDER OF THE GI TRACT
Refer to the CLINICAL PATHWAY: DYSPEPSIA to help guide
the care of your patient prior to referral.

If symptoms persist after completing the Dyspepsia
Clinical Pathway, send referral to North Zone FAST Team
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Dysphagia
Imaging results if available
 
During the time frame of current illness
Include description of disease progression if available
 
During the time frame of current illness
DISORDER OF THE GI TRACT
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Excision of lipoma
Size and Location
 
N/A
SYMPTOMATIC LIPOMA EXCISION
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Gallbladder mass
Gallbladder imagingBilirubin, ALT, ALP
 
Within 3 months of referral
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Gallbladder polyp
BilirubinALTALP
 
Within 1 year of referral
Gallbladder imaging
 
N/A
GALLBLADDER POLYPS
Consider repeat ultrasound if last ultrasound was >1 year or if there are new clinical concerns
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Gastroesophageal reflux disease
Include documentation or medical summary of completed GERD Primary Care Pathway including treatments tried if available
 
During the time frame of current illness
DISORDER OF THE GI TRACT
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
Refer to the CLINICAL PATHWAY: GERD to help guide the care of your patient prior to referral. If symptoms persist after completing the GERD Clinical Pathway, send referral to North Zone FAST Team
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General surgery consultation
N/A
 
N/A
CONSULT FOR GENERAL SURGERY OTHER
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Irritable bowel syndrome
CBC
 
During the time frame of current illness
Celiac serology
 
During the time frame of current illness
For Irritable Bowel Syndrome-Diarrhea (IBS-D): o Fecal calprotectin (>200mcg/g), C-reactive protein (CRP) if applicable
 
During the time frame of current illness
Include detailed documentation or medical summary of completed Irritable Bowel Syndrome Primary Care Pathway including treatments tried if available
 
During the time frame of current illness
DISORDER OF THE GI TRACT
Refer to the CLINICAL PATHWAY: IRRITABLE BOWEL
SYNDROME to help guide the care of your patient prior to referral.

If symptoms persist after completing the IBS Pathway, send referral to North Zone FAST Team
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Neck mass
Imaging results
 
N/A
For Lipomas refer to Lipoma Reason for Referral.
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Thyroid mass
Fine needle aspiration* if indicated based on imaging and availability if available
 
N/A
Progressive TSH
 
Within 1 year of referral
Thyroid scan if hyperthyroidism - if available
 
N/A
Ultrasound neck
 
Within 1 year of referral
For more information, refer to CLINICAL PATHWAY: THYROID NODULE
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Varicose veins
Any relevant diagnostic imaging already completed if available
 
N/A
VENOUS DISEASE UNCOMPLICATED (VARICOSE VEINS WITHOUT COMPLICATION)
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Venous disease
Any relevant diagnostic imaging already completed if available
 
N/A
VENOUS DISEASE COMPLICATED (ULCERATION OR BLEEDING)
 Includes: Bleeding varix, venous ulcer, recurrent episodes of phlebitis
PATIENT APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
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MISSED APPOINTMENT GUIDELINES
Please contact the clinic 48 hours in advance if you need to cancel or reschedule an appointment,
Please contact the clinic 48 hours in advance if you need to cancel or reschedule an appointment,
 
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
   
 
ADDRESS
1280 Switzer Drive
Hinton Alberta
T7V 1V2
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
Located on Switzer Drive in Hinton.
Located on Switzer Drive in Hinton.
 
PHONE
780-817-5028
 
PARKING INSTRUCTIONS
Parking is available on site.
Parking is available on site.
 
EMAIL
VIRTUAL APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
Not available.
Not available.
 
PARKING MAP
There is currently no parking map available for this site.
There is currently no parking map available for this site.
 
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.
  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.

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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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