What is Connect Care?
Connect Care will bridge gaps between patients, their health information, health care providers, and locations. It will also help to bridge current and future care. Health care providers can use the system to identify the decisions and approaches that best improve Albertans’ lives. By sharing knowledge, we can close gaps which ultimately lead to better outcomes and satisfaction for Albertans.
Community practitioners are a huge part of any person’s care team, and it’s vital that they have information and awareness about Connect Care and how it will support and benefit the care of their patients.
As Connect Care rolls out, it will change some of the ways we interact and receive information. This includes lab, diagnostic imaging and some other test results. The information that follows outlines those changes and enhancements to the information you already receive.
What do I need to know?
All providers across Alberta who order laboratory tests, diagnostic imaging, and other interventions will be given new Connect Care Identifiers (IDs) to use when ordering.
There are three types of Connect Care IDs:
- Provider ID: A single ID that identifies the ordering provider regardless of their location.
- Department ID: Identifies the clinic location where diagnostic imaging is ordered from.
- Connect Care Submitter ID: Identifies the clinic location where laboratory tests are ordered from.
These identifiers will be mailed to all impacted Alberta providers this month and will also be sent directly to EMR vendors. Use of Connect Care IDs will be phased-in as the program expands throughout Alberta. Providers should continue to use their full name and address on requisitions during the phase-in period.
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