Alberta Clinical Telehealth Forum

1
Alberta Clinical Telehealth Forum

• Southern AlbertaTele-Rehabilitation Initiative
  Outpatient Care for Stroke Patients
• Partners Community Accessible
  Rehabilitation
• Chinook Health Region
• Palliser Health Region
• Alberta Provincial Stroke
  Strategy
• Janice Yajure B Sc PT, M Sc Rehab
• Clinical Coordinator, Telehealth

2
Clinical Objectives

• Increase the number of stroke survivors with
  access to rehabilitation services
• Improve discharge planning to Southern Alberta
• Increase capacity through mentorship and
  consultation among rehabilitation professionals

3
Access?
4
Target group

• Stroke survivors living outside Calgary and in
  Southern Alberta who require specialist,
  multi-disciplinary stroke rehabilitation
  services.

5
A big challenge

• Capacity building vs. provision of service

6
Innovation

• Linking a community based rehabilitation program
  to rural community using an interdisciplinary
  model

7
Project Success

• Clinical grant agreement is signed with and made
  possible from the support of AHW/Canada Health
  Infoway
• Project steering group is in place
• Dedicated clinical coordinator