Alberta rolls out new primary care agency for residents
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Alberta's health minister is in Calgary on Tuesday to announce some improvements to the province's primary health care system.
Alberta now has a new provincial health agency to help residents access high-quality primary care services, Health Minister Adriana LaGrange announced on Tuesday.
The organization, called Primary Care Alberta, will be "a modern, more responsive and unified health-care system," officials said.
"What this means for Albertans is they will finally have an agency that is dedicated to making sure their primary health-care needs are met," LaGrange said.
Primary Care Alberta is one of four agencies created by the UCP government to manage the province's health-care system and take over for Alberta Health Services (AHS).
Dr. Kim Simmonds, the current assistant deputy minister of strategic planning and performance at Alberta Health, has been appointed the CEO of the new organization.
"She has experience working with clinicians and understands the need for data and evidence-based decision making when delivering health care to Albertans no matter where they live," LaGrange said.
Simmonds said she is excited about opportunity and the government's focus on improving health care for Albertans.
