#893: Reg Joseph: Moving Away From Acute Based Care

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Reg Joseph is Vice President of Health at Alberta Innovates.

As he explains, involvement with socially motivated programs like Merck for Mothers is part of a global trend.

And that’s a move away from treatment in acute care hospitals.

REG JOSEPH:  So what our province has realized, our nation has realized and many jurisdictions around the world have realized, is that having centralized acute based care is good for those acute kind of scenarios, heart attack, broken leg, what have you.  But more of our ailments and issues within our society are chronic, and require not acute type of intervention, but more broad, sustainable interventions.  And so what is happening over all, is the desire for many jurisdictions including Alberta is to move towards a community based care model where most of the health care needs are being met right in the community where our citizens live, as opposed to trying to treat them at an acute care facility.  

Thanks today to ALBERTA INNOVATES

You can listen to the full interview with REG JOSEPH at Innovation Anthology.com

I’M CHERYL CROUCHER

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Alberta Innovates

Alberta Innovates is a provincially funded Corporation with a mandate to deliver 21st century solutions for the most compelling challenges facing Albertans. We do this by building on our province’s research and technology development strengths in the core sectors of health, environment, energy, food and fibre and platforms such as artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, and omics. We are working with our partners to diversify Alberta’s economy, improve our environmental performance and enhance our well-being through research and innovation. 

The Alberta Innovates system has roots stretching back almost 90 years

In March, 2016 the consolidation of Alberta Innovates was announced and on November 1, a single, integrated innovation powerhouse, Alberta Innovates, was formed. Two applied research subsidiaries – Innotech Alberta and C-Fer Technologies –  serve public and private sector interests.

The Alberta Innovates system was first created in January 2010, as part of an overall innovation framework developed within the Alberta Research and Innovation Act. At that time, four corporations were established:

  • Bio Solutions
  • Energy and Environment Solutions
  • Health Solutions
  • Technology Futures.

The Alberta Innovates system has a 90-year legacy. Our expertise is built on the successes of:

  • Alberta Institute for Agriculture
  • Forestry and the Environment
  • Alberta Agricultural Research Institute
  • Alberta Forestry Research Institute
  • Alberta Life Sciences Institute
  • Alberta Ingenuity
  • Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
  • Alberta Research Council
  • iCORE
  • nanoAlberta
  • Alberta Water Research Institute (AWRI)
  • Alberta Energy Research Institute (AERI)
  • Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority (AOSTRA).

 

Program Date: 2017-08-17