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Alberta Bariatric & Lifestyle Clinic   at
Station Crossing Centre
Specialty: Bariatrics
Estimated time to routine appointment: Within 8 Weeks
NON AHS
SERVICE DESCRIPTION
A Patient-focused obesity management clinic which provides comprehensive medical assessment of individuals who are struggling with obesity or are at risk of developing
obesity.
Personalized plans that include a multidisciplinary approach, the ABLC will assist individuals with reducing their weight, modifying health behavior and re-learning fundamental life skills to support them in managing weight, reducing disease risk, and optimizing health.

We will also employ evidence informed Lifestyle Medicine to help prevent, manage or reverse chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, ischemic heart diease etc.
A Patient-focused obesity management clinic which provides comprehensive medical assessment of individuals who are struggling with obesity or are at risk of developing
obesity.
Personalized plans that include a multidisciplinary approach, the ABLC will assist individuals with reducing their weight, modifying health behavior and re-learning fundamental life skills to support them in managing weight, reducing disease risk, and optimizing health.

We will also employ evidence informed Lifestyle Medicine to help prevent, manage or reverse chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, ischemic heart diease etc.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Lifestyle Medicine:
All residents of Alberta

Bariatric Medicine:
adults with BMI > 27 with co-morbidities
adults with BMI > 30
parents of children above the 95th percentile for weight (We take the approach on engaging only the adults who make dietary decisions and avoid
possible body image challenges in children)
Lifestyle Medicine:
All residents of Alberta

Bariatric Medicine:
adults with BMI > 27 with co-morbidities
adults with BMI > 30
parents of children above the 95th percentile for weight (We take the approach on engaging only the adults who make dietary decisions and avoid
possible body image challenges in children)
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 or sent via email at info@ab.clinic
Complete the referral form and fax it to the service using the contact information in this profile or sent via email at info@ab.clinic
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.
Outgoing orders are not sent electronically and require processing in workqueue 5
An Outgoing Referral is required for this service.
Change the referral class to “Outgoing Referral” on the Ambulatory Order and complete order.
Outgoing orders are not sent electronically and require processing in workqueue 5
REFERRAL PROCESS - FOR SELF-REFERRAL
Self-referrals can be made by calling directly.
Self-referrals can be made by calling directly.
ADDITIONAL SERVICE DETAILS
Program Services include the following:
Physician initial assessment to establish obesity phenotypes;
Diagnosis of obesity related co-morbidities;
Development of clear management plans in consultation with the patients and other relevant care providers;
Prescription and management of lifestyle changes;
Virtual care follow ups;
Prescription and management of medications to ensure efficacy, and monitoring for adverse effects etc.;
Brief motivational interviewing and other health coaching to ensure maintenance of healthy lifestyle choices;
Communicating updates and progress reports after follow-up visits;
Referral as appropriate to other healthcare providers such as dietitians, psychologist, and physiotherapist etc.
Program Services include the following:
Physician initial assessment to establish obesity phenotypes;
Diagnosis of obesity related co-morbidities;
Development of clear management plans in consultation with the patients and other relevant care providers;
Prescription and management of lifestyle changes;
Virtual care follow ups;
Prescription and management of medications to ensure efficacy, and monitoring for adverse effects etc.;
Brief motivational interviewing and other health coaching to ensure maintenance of healthy lifestyle choices;
Communicating updates and progress reports after follow-up visits;
Referral as appropriate to other healthcare providers such as dietitians, psychologist, and physiotherapist etc.
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 7 days.
  • Appointment outcome to referral source within 14 days.
 
PHONE
403-960-1234
FAX
844-682-0401 (add 1 in front of the number to fax)
REFERRAL PHONE
403-960-1234
REFERRAL FAX
1-844-682-0401
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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Obesity diet education
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
Abdominal US, where appropriate
 
Within 12 months
HBA1c, lipids, ALT, bilirubin
 
Within 6 months
Sleep study where appropriate
 
Within 12 months
Waist circumference
 
Within 1 month
Weight and Height
 
Within 1 month
PATIENT APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
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MISSED APPOINTMENT GUIDELINES
Patients liable to a fee up to $150.00 if appointments not cancelled or rescheduled 48 hours in advance
Patients liable to a fee up to $150.00 if appointments not cancelled or rescheduled 48 hours in advance
 
HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday: 08:00 am - 05:00 pm
Tuesday: 08:00 am - 05:00 pm
Wednesday: 08:00 am - 05:00 pm
Thursday: 08:00 am - 05:00 pm
Friday: 08:00 am - 05:00 pm
   
 
ADDRESS
401/402, 191 Edwards Way SW
Airdrie Alberta
T4B 3E2
PATIENT APPOINTMENT INSTRUCTIONS
 
DIRECTIONS
Located off of 1st Ave NW and Edwards Way NW.
Located off of 1st Ave NW and Edwards Way NW.
 
PHONE
403-960-1234
 
PARKING INSTRUCTIONS
Free surface lot and street parking available.
Free surface lot and street parking available.
 
EMAIL
info@ab.clinic
WEBSITE
https://ab.clinic/
VIRTUAL APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
 
PARKING MAP
A google map for this service location can be found by clicking the ‘Patient Information’ link available in the top right-hand corner of the service profile
A google map for this service location can be found by clicking the ‘Patient Information’ link available in the top right-hand corner of the service profile
 
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY
Barrier-free access.

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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