Innovation Anthology #595:
Only 10 percent of people with back pain actually require serious intervention like surgery.
SpineAccess Alberta is a new program to fast track the evaluation of spinal injuries.
Dr. Linda Woodhouse explains how the program can channel patients towards appropriate care in a timely, cost effective manner.
DR LINDA WOODHOUSE: And it’s actually pretty easy when you’re looking at backs and individuals with back pain to sort out which individuals are the 10 percent and which are the 90 percent. So we have a team from across all of Alberta, that’s comprised of rheumatologists, people in rehabilitation medicine, chiropractors, physio-therapists, orthopedic surgeons, all working together to say, how do we create a model so that we call green flags, that’s individuals who should go down the path this way. Yellow flags, something to be cautious about. And red flags, oops, this one really needs to go quickly to see a specialist. And that’s how we’re identifying and educating individuals to get them to the right provider to get treatment.
Dr. Woodhouse says funding for SpineAccess Alberta comes from PRIHS, Partnership for Research and Innovation in Health Systems.
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Alberta Innovates (formerly Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions)
As the newly formed Alberta Innovates corporation, we still fund top quality, internationally competitive health research and innovation activities to improve the health and wellbeing of Albertans. We provide leadership for Alberta’s health research and innovation enterprise by directing, coordinating, reviewing, funding and supporting research and innovation.
Working with our many partners in the health system, we ensure that research achieves innovation in care, policy and practice, and that the needs of patients and clinicians influence research.
Our background
Alberta Innovates consolidation was launched November 1, 2016.
Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions
Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions was established as part of the Alberta Innovates system by an Act of Legislation of the Government of Alberta. It is a agency of the Government of Alberta. We receive a yearly allocation from the Ministry of Health and report through the ministry to the people of Alberta.
Our Mandate and Roles document reflects our role and responsibilities and outlines the government statues and regulations with which we comply.
Alberta’s Health Research and Innovation Strategy (AHRIS) sets out Alberta’s health research agenda for the coming decade to ensure our considerable investments in research align with our priority—to improve the health of Albertans.
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