Just after Premier Smith announced an elimination of the entire Alberta Health Services (AHS) Board, AHS has launched an online tool to make health supports more accessible to Albertans.
Through the Ask an Expert page, Albertans can submit common questions about influenza vaccine and virus and receive responses from AHS medical officers of health (MOH) within two working days. All responses will be posted on the page to form a larger community of information sharing, according to an AHS news release.
Health Link has also added a new Virtual Hold feature to its nursing call line, which will address the service’s increased call volume. Albertans can request a call back, instead of waiting on hold, when there is a queue for Health Link 811 nurse advice. Albertans will receive a call back from a Health Link registered nurse as soon as their turn in the queue comes up.
In addition, Albertans can now text the word ‘flu’ to 88111 and receive information on influenza vaccine and illness by text. As always, information on Influenza and COVID-19 vaccines is also available at www.ahs.ca/vaccine.
“AHS is focused on increasing Albertans’ access to care regardless of where they are located,” said Dr. Jonathan Choy, Senior Medical Director of Virtual Care, Access, and Navigation.
