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Calgary Heart Centre Inc   at
Foothills Medical Centre
Estimated time to routine appointment: Within 9 months
NON AHS
SERVICE DESCRIPTION
The Calgary Heart Centre is made up of 9 Cardiologists. These physicians offer various sub-specialties such as echocardiography, maternal cardiology and interventional cardiology. Our physicians also attend various hospitals and clinics in the Calgary and High River area. They are involved in areas such as structural heart disease and outpatient cardiology clinical assessments. Patient procedures are booked by our clinic staff, but not performed onsite.  Our heart patients can expect a general cardiology assessment by our expert physicians, including ECG and vitals assessment. Calgary Heart Centre physicians and staff work with our colleagues in the medical community to provide the best and most efficient care possible to our patients.
The Calgary Heart Centre is made up of 9 Cardiologists. These physicians offer various sub-specialties such as echocardiography, maternal cardiology and interventional cardiology. Our physicians also attend various hospitals and clinics in the Calgary and High River area. They are involved in areas such as structural heart disease and outpatient cardiology clinical assessments. Patient procedures are booked by our clinic staff, but not performed onsite.  Our heart patients can expect a general cardiology assessment by our expert physicians, including ECG and vitals assessment. Calgary Heart Centre physicians and staff work with our colleagues in the medical community to provide the best and most efficient care possible to our patients.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Adults (18 years or older)
Adults (18 years or older)
ROUTINE REFERRAL PROCESS
A physician referral letter is required requesting the specific Cardiologist of choice within the clinic.

Please include patient demographics and reason for referral in your referral letter.

Our clinic will then contact the referring physician once our physician has reviewed and triaged the referral.
A physician referral letter is required requesting the specific Cardiologist of choice within the clinic.

Please include patient demographics and reason for referral in your referral letter.

Our clinic will then contact the referring physician once our physician has reviewed and triaged the referral.
URGENT REFERRAL PROCESS
Please indicate on referral if this is to be considered Urgent.
Urgent referrals are triaged by the physicians.
Please indicate on referral if this is to be considered Urgent.
Urgent referrals are triaged by the physicians.
EMERGENCY REFERRAL PROCESS
Please direct patients to the nearest Emergency Department or Urgent Care Facility.
Please direct patients to the nearest Emergency Department or Urgent Care Facility.
COMMUNICATION PROCESS
  • Referral receipt to referring source within 5 days.
  • Wait list status update every 14 days.
  • Appointment outcome to referral source within 30 days.
 
PHONE
403-521-2227
FAX
403-283-6360
REFERRAL FAX
403-283-6360
REFERRAL FORM
Please fax referral letter to 403-283-6360.
Please fax referral letter to 403-283-6360.
CLICK + TO VIEW REFERRAL GUIDELINES
Routine Reason for Referral
Access Targets convey the clinically appropriate timeframe patients should be seen within, by reason for referral and priority level.
Access Target
Required Information/Investigations
Investigation Timing
Additional Details
Cardiac arrhythmia
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

Cardiac testing
 
Within 12 months

Lab results
 
Within 6 months

Cardiology
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

Cardiac testing
 
Within 12 months

Lab results
 
Within 6 months

Cardiomyopathy
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

Cardiac testing
 
Within 12 months

Lab results
 
Within 6 months

Chest pain
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

Cardiac testing
 
Within 12 months

Lab results
 
Within 6 months

ECG finding
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

Cardiac testing
 
Within 12 months

Lab results
 
Within 6 months

Heart disease
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

Cardiac testing
 
Within 12 months

Lab results
 
Within 6 months

Heart disease in mother complicating childbirth
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

Cardiac testing
 
Within 12 months

Lab results
 
Within 6 months

Hypertensive disorder
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

Cardiac testing
 
Within 12 months

Lab results
 
Within 6 months

Mitral and aortic stenosis
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

Cardiac testing
 
Within 12 months

Lab results
 
Within 6 months

Mitral regurgitation
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

Cardiac testing
 
Within 12 months

Lab results
 
Within 6 months

Multiple valve disease
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

Cardiac testing
 
Within 12 months

Lab results
 
Within 6 months

Patient request second opinion by consultant
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

Cardiac testing
 
Within 12 months

Lab results
 
Within 6 months
PATIENT APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
 
MISSED APPOINTMENT GUIDELINES
We have a 3 strike policy. If a patient misses 3 appointments without notification, they are dismissed from our waitlist and redirected to the referral physician. Referral physician is notified when pt does not show. Dr. Joshi has a fee for missed appointments policy. Patients are notified of the policy with their booking letter notice, in writing prior to being seen.
We have a 3 strike policy. If a patient misses 3 appointments without notification, they are dismissed from our waitlist and redirected to the referral physician. Referral physician is notified when pt does not show. Dr. Joshi has a fee for missed appointments policy. Patients are notified of the policy with their booking letter notice, in writing prior to being seen.
 
HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday: 08:00 am - 04:00 pm
Tuesday: 08:00 am - 04:00 pm
Wednesday: 08:00 am - 04:00 pm
Thursday: 08:00 am - 04:00 pm
Friday: 08:00 am - 04:00 pm
   
 
ADDRESS
403 - 3280 Hospital Dr NW
Calgary Alberta
T2N 4Z6
PATIENT APPOINTMENT INSTRUCTIONS
  • Bring your Alberta health care card and a piece of government issued photo ID.
  • Check in at reception 15 minutes prior to your scheduled appointment time.
  • You may bring a family member or significant other during your consultation.
  • Please make sure to have someone with you if you are unable to communicate in English.
  • Bring your Alberta health care card and a piece of government issued photo ID.
  • Check in at reception 15 minutes prior to your scheduled appointment time.
  • You may bring a family member or significant other during your consultation.
  • Please make sure to have someone with you if you are unable to communicate in English.
 
DIRECTIONS
Clinic is located in the CWPH building on the 4th Level.

Located at the intersection of 16 Avenue NW and 29 Street NW.

Transit:
Public transportation is available to this facility.
Clinic is located in the CWPH building on the 4th Level.

Located at the intersection of 16 Avenue NW and 29 Street NW.

Transit:
Public transportation is available to this facility.
 
PHONE
403-521-2227
 
PARKING INSTRUCTIONS
Parking payment due in advance. Any pay station can be used to pay for any lot. We suggest CWPH Parkade or Lot 10.
Pay stations are located in all parking areas and most building entrances.
Parking pay stations accept coin and all major credit cards. Accessible parking is available in all public parking lots and secondary surface lots.
Parking rates apply 24 hours per day, and are in effect for all public parkers including those with provincially issued placards for persons with disabilities.
Parking payment due in advance. Any pay station can be used to pay for any lot. We suggest CWPH Parkade or Lot 10.
Pay stations are located in all parking areas and most building entrances.
Parking pay stations accept coin and all major credit cards. Accessible parking is available in all public parking lots and secondary surface lots.
Parking rates apply 24 hours per day, and are in effect for all public parkers including those with provincially issued placards for persons with disabilities.
 
EMAIL
VIRTUAL APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
 
 
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY
Yes

The primary purpose of the All Locations list is to let the user easily access any location of a healthcare service without going back to the main search screen.

The locations listed have 3 background colors:
  • Green means the healthcare service@location has referral information attached to it.
  • Brown means the healthcare service@location never had referral information attached to it, or it has unpublished referral information.
  • Red means
    • IA changed the healthcare service@location's status to something other than Current
    • It was deleted if it is an ARD healthcare service@location.
Green  and Brown are always at the top of the list. These are the Healthcare Service@Locations with the status of Current.
The Red list at the bottom consists of non-current Healthcare Service@locations that once had Published referral information in the ARD.
If the referral information was never published in ARD the Healthcare Service@location will not show in the Red list.

The secondary purpose of the All Locations list is to allow ARD Administrators to recover (copy) referral information from the non-current Healthcare Service@Locations to ones that are current.

Common Scenario:
A Healthcare Service moves from one location to another. In this case the IA Healthcare Service@Location record will be made defunct (non-current) and a new Healthcare Service@Location record will be created with a current status. In this scenario the captured referral guidelines in ARD can become "orphaned" as they are not attached to any current IA healthcare service.

Categories of non-current or orphaned referral guidelines: INDIVIDUAL and COMMON.
The REFERRAL GUIDELINES section of the profile has the prefix INDIVIDUAL or COMMON to help you choose the method below when transferring referral guidelines from a non-current Healthcare Service@Location to a current healthcare service@location.

Individual referral process
  1. Click on a non-current (Red) Healthcare Service@Location at the bottom of the All Locations list.
  2. The non-current referral info is displayed with the link Copy this Referral Process to another Healthcare Service@Location link on the upper right hand corner. Click on the copy link.
  3. Choose a current location (Green or Brown) from the All Locations list. This will be the Healthcare Service@Location you are pasting the referral info into.
  4. The system will display the Edit Referral Info screen populated with the referral info from the non-current Healthcare Service@Location you viewed in the first step.
  5. Click Save and the referral info is transferred from the non-current Healthcare Service@Location to the current one.
  6. Repeat these steps for each Healthcare Service@Location that needs attention.

Common referral process - 2 sub cases.
Case 1: At least 1 current Healthcare Service@Location with common referral info is with current status for this healthcare service; One or more Healthcare Healthcare Service@Locations where replaced by new one.
  1. Click on any current Healthcare Service@Location whether it has referral info (Green) or not (Brown).
  2. The healthcare service location opens in the Edit Referral Info screen populated with the current common referral info.
  3. Save it. 
  4. All locations will be updated with the common referral information, including all the locations that don't have referral info yet (Brown). The non-current referrals (Red) will also be updated.
Case 2:  All Healthcare Healthcare Service@Locations for a healthcare service are set to a non-current status and replaced by new ones. In this case there is no current additional referral info to copy from, so the only alternative is to pick up the non-current common referral process (Red). Follow the steps described in the section Individual Referral Process above to copy/paste the non-current common referral info to the current healthcare service locations.
Generally we want to replicate current common referral info to new or replaced healthcare service locations. We only resort to copying non-current common referral info if there is no other option.

Remember: Some fields can be location specific with the common referral process:
Parking Instructions, Directions, Parking Map, Wait Time, Referral Phone or Referral Fax.
To update these items you have to edit each Healthcare Service@Location separately.

ADDITONAL NOTES:
  • The info icon after the All Locations drop down will be visible to ARD Administrators.
  • The system doesn't allow you to copy referral information from one non-current Healthcare Service@Location to another.

 

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