Creation of the Indigenous Support Line for health system navigation and culturally safe access to care: a quality improvement project by Kienan Williams, Cheryl Sheldon, Casey Eagle Speaker, Amber Ruben, Nadine McRee, Richard T Oster, Andrea Jackson, Lori Meckelborg, Sharon Berry, Madelaine Robillard, Kevin Osiowy, Alberta Health Services Wisdom Council Members

“…To work towards the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Alberta Health Services has collaborated with a Wisdom Council of engaged Elders and Indigenous community members to tailor programmes for Indigenous Peoples. …”
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Identification and Epidemiology of Severe Respiratory Disease due to Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection in Alberta by George Zahariadis, Ari R Joffe, James Talbot, Albert deVilliers, Patricia Campbell, Kanti Pabbaraju, Sallene Wong, Nathalie Bastien, Yan Li, Robyn L Mitchell, Xiao-Li Pang, Stephanie Yanow, Linda Chui, Gerald Predy, David Willans, Bonita E Lee, Jutta K Preiksaitis, Bev Clement, Angela Jacobs, Joy Jaipaul, Kevin Fonseca

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What are the respiratory health research priorities in Alberta, Canada? A stakeholder consultation by Michael K Stickland, Sachin R Pendharkar, Jananee Rasiah, Joanna E MacLean, Heather Sharpe, Lisa Cerato, Darlene Derech, Lisa Guirguis, Kathleen Hayward, Tara Lohmann, Elizabeth Manafo, Janice Paskey, Mark Rimkus, Syeda Kinza Rizvi, Gerry Robinson, Brent Seefried, Zeeyaan Somani, Mindy Tindall, Harissios Vliagoftis, Kathy Hayward

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Clinical Features and Outcomes of Serotype 19A Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Calgary, Alberta by Leah J Ricketson, Otto G Vanderkooi, Melissa L Wood, Jenine Leal, James D Kellner

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The impact of human papillomavirus (HPV) status on functional outcomes and quality of life (QOL) after surgical treatment of oropharyngeal carcinoma with free-flap reconstruction by Hani Z. Marzouki, Vincent L. Biron, Peter T. Dziegielewski, Andrew Ma, Jason Vaz, Gabriela Constantinescu, Jeffrey Harris, Daniel O’Connell, Hadi Seikaly

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Development and Implementation of a Comprehensive Quality Assurance Program at a Community Endoscopy Facility by Robert J Hilsden, Alaa Rostom, Catherine Dubé, Darlene Pontifex, S Elizabeth McGregor, Ronald J Bridges

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Evaluating the implementation of a multicomponent intervention to improve faecal immunochemical test-based (FIT) colorectal cancer screening in primary care by Kamala Adhikari, James Whitworth, Gary F Teare, Muhammad Kashif Mughal, Danica Hignell, Barbara Moysey, Jawad Chishtie

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Barriers to and facilitators of breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening and cancer screening histories of Métis people in Alberta, Canada by Amanda Andrew, June Kima, Chinmoy Rahul, Angeline Letendre, Ashton James, Bonnie Chiang, Brittany Shewchuk, James Newsome, Momtafin Khan, Huiming Yang, Reagan Bartel, Karen A. Kopciuk

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Comparing docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) concomitant with neoadjuvant chemotherapy versus neoadjuvant chemotherapy alone in the treatment of breast cancer (DHA WIN): protocol of a doub... by Sunita Ghosh, Anil Abraham Joy, Kerry Courneya, John R Mackey, Marnie Newell, Gilbert Bigras, Mirey Alvarez-Camacho, Susan Goruk, Alison Schmidt, Deborah Miede, Ann Chisotti, Lynne Postovit, Kristi Baker, Vera Mazurak, Richard Berendt, Wei-Feng Dong, George Wood, Sanraj K Basi, Karen King, Judith Meza-Junco, Xiaofu Zhu, Catherine Field

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Understanding ICU Nursing Knowledge, Perceived Barriers, and Facilitators of Sepsis Recognition and Management: A Cross-Sectional Study by Katherine A. Kissel, MN, RN, Karla D. Krewulak, PhD, Thérèse G. Poulin, BSc, Ken Kuljit S. Parhar, MD, MSc, Daniel J. Niven, MD, PhD, Vanessa M. Doiron, MScHQ, RN, Kirsten M. Fiest, PhD

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Reported Adverse Events Following SARS-CoV-2 Vaccinations in the Canadian Province of Alberta and Associated Risk Factors: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Yei Mansou, Mahalakshmi Kumaran, Gregory Farmer, Kyle Kemp, Hussain Usman, David Strong, George K. Mutwiri, Khokan C. Sikdar

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Hospital-based acute care in the last 30 days of life among patients with chronic disease that received early, late or no specialist palliative care: a retrospective cohort study o... by Lorraine Shack, Aynharan Sinnarajah, Madalene Earp, Pin Cai, Andrew Fong, Kelly Blacklaws, Truong-Minh Pham

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An institutional framework to support ethical fair and equitable artificial intelligence augmented care by Steven Dykstra, Matthew MacDonald, Rhys Beaudry, Dina Labib, Melanie King, Yuanchao Feng, Jacqueline Flewitt, Jeff Bakal, Bing Lee, Stafford Dean, Marina Gavrilova, Paul W. M. Fedak, James A. White

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Measuring shared decision-making and collaborative goal setting in community rehabilitation: a focused ethnography using cross-sectional surveys in Canada by Karin Olson, Sunita Vohra, Tracy Wasylak, Katie Churchill, Peter Faris

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Development of a Multimodal Analgesia Protocol for Perioperative Acute Pain Management for Lower Limb Amputation by Roberta De Jong, Alexander J. Shysh

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Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Systems: Are Potential Biases Taken into Account? by Olivia Rempel, Johann DD. Pitout, Kevin B. Laupland

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Does admission order form design really matter? A reduction in urea blood test ordering by Pamela Mathura, Narmin Kassam, Reidar Hagtvedt, Cole Boettger, Yvonne Suranyi

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The Feasibility and Reliability of Transient Elastography Using Fibroscan®: A Practice Audit of 2335 Examinations by Jack XQ Pang, Faruq Pradhan, Scott Zimmer, Sophia Niu, Pam Crotty, Jenna Tracey, Christopher Schneider, Steven J Heitman, Gilaad G Kaplan, Mark G Swain, Robert P Myers

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Anthropometric changes and risk of diabetes: are there sex differences? A longitudinal study of Alberta’s Tomorrow Project by Ming Ye, Paula J Robson, Dean T Eurich, Jennifer E Vena, Jian-Yi Xu, Jeffrey A Johnson

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Surgery and COVID-19: a rapid scoping review of the impact of the first wave of COVID-19 on surgical services by Khara Sauro, Jonathan White, Joseph Dort, Mary Brindle, Connor O'Rielly, Joshua Ng-Kamstra, Ania Kania-Richmond, Jill Robert

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