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Heart Function Clinic   at
Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute
Specialty: Cardiology
Connect Care Department: EDM UAH MAZ HEART FUNCTION
Estimated time to routine appointment: Within 1 month
Alberta Health Services - Edmonton Zone
SERVICE DESCRIPTION
Provides care to patients with a diagnosis of heart failure.Heart Function Clinic at the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute

Mission Statement: Our clinic provides specialized multidisciplinary outpatient care for patients with heart failure. While there is no cure for heart failure, with proper management with medications, lifestyle changes and specialized treatments, patients with heart failure can live healthier, more comfortable lives. We are also involved with major research and quality improvement initiatives.

Our Team: Our multidisciplinary team consists of physicians, nurse practitioner, nurses, dieticians, and pharmacists, who have advanced training in heart failure. We also consider you and your support network to be valuable members of our team, and base your care and treatment recommendations on evidence based guidelines and your individual needs.

Your Routine Care at the Heart Function Clinic: We will perform a complete clinical assessment and will review your current medications. We will teach you about heart failure, how to recognize the signs and symptoms, as well as strategies to improve your symptoms, and cope with the condition. This can often be done through medications, lifestyle changes, cardiac rehabilitation, as well as close follow-up in our clinic. Your treatments may include further tests, medications adjustments, lifestyle changes, as well as specialized approaches for heart failure.

Your Specialized Care at the Heart Function Clinic: As we progress with your care for heart failure, we will also evaluate you for possible specialized treatment opportunities. These decisions are guided by several factors, including your heart function and symptoms. This may include a referral for the following:

  1. Device Therapy such as Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) and Cardio-Resynchronization Therapy (CRT).
  2. Advanced Heart Failure Therapies such as left ventricular assist device (LVAD) and Heart Transplant.
  3. Genetic Counselling and Screening for patients with Cardiomyopathies.
  4. Supportive Care for patients who are progressing to the end-stage of their heart failure will be provided with additional supportive care to improve their quality of life.
  5. Social Worker Consultation if you or your family member require information regarding community support programs, or further assistance with coping mechanisms.
Provides care to patients with a diagnosis of heart failure.Heart Function Clinic at the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute

Mission Statement: Our clinic provides specialized multidisciplinary outpatient care for patients with heart failure. While there is no cure for heart failure, with proper management with medications, lifestyle changes and specialized treatments, patients with heart failure can live healthier, more comfortable lives. We are also involved with major research and quality improvement initiatives.

Our Team: Our multidisciplinary team consists of physicians, nurse practitioner, nurses, dieticians, and pharmacists, who have advanced training in heart failure. We also consider you and your support network to be valuable members of our team, and base your care and treatment recommendations on evidence based guidelines and your individual needs.

Your Routine Care at the Heart Function Clinic: We will perform a complete clinical assessment and will review your current medications. We will teach you about heart failure, how to recognize the signs and symptoms, as well as strategies to improve your symptoms, and cope with the condition. This can often be done through medications, lifestyle changes, cardiac rehabilitation, as well as close follow-up in our clinic. Your treatments may include further tests, medications adjustments, lifestyle changes, as well as specialized approaches for heart failure.

Your Specialized Care at the Heart Function Clinic: As we progress with your care for heart failure, we will also evaluate you for possible specialized treatment opportunities. These decisions are guided by several factors, including your heart function and symptoms. This may include a referral for the following:

  1. Device Therapy such as Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) and Cardio-Resynchronization Therapy (CRT).
  2. Advanced Heart Failure Therapies such as left ventricular assist device (LVAD) and Heart Transplant.
  3. Genetic Counselling and Screening for patients with Cardiomyopathies.
  4. Supportive Care for patients who are progressing to the end-stage of their heart failure will be provided with additional supportive care to improve their quality of life.
  5. Social Worker Consultation if you or your family member require information regarding community support programs, or further assistance with coping mechanisms.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
New Canadian Patient Referrals:
Please include the following in referrals:
  • Preferred Language(s)
  • Alberta Health Number or Interim Federal Health Number
New Canadian Patient Referrals:
Please include the following in referrals:
  • Preferred Language(s)
  • Alberta Health Number or Interim Federal Health Number
Referral instructions for primary care, community care, private
providers etc. who do not send referrals via Connect Care. 
REFERRAL PROCESS - FOR NON-CONNECT CARE USERS
Complete the referral form and fax it to the service using the contact information in this profile.
Complete the referral form and fax it to the service using the contact information in this profile.
REFERRAL PROCESS - FOR CONNECT CARE USERS
Send an Internal Referral using the Ambulatory Referral Order to Cardiology, type EDM UAH MAZ HEART FUNCTION in the “To Department” section and complete order. 
Send an Internal Referral using the Ambulatory Referral Order to Cardiology, type EDM UAH MAZ HEART FUNCTION in the “To Department” section and complete order. 
ADDITIONAL SERVICE DETAILS

Please NOTE: Patients must bring an updated medication list to the clinic appointment.

For additional information, please refer to the Mazankowski Heart Function Clinic website.

Please NOTE: Patients must bring an updated medication list to the clinic appointment.

For additional information, please refer to the Mazankowski Heart Function Clinic website.

 
PHONE
780-407-2648
780-407-7044
FAX
780-407-8652
REFERRAL FORM
CLICK + TO VIEW REFERRAL GUIDELINES
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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
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Dilated cardiomyopathy
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
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Family history of genetic disease
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
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Heart failure
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
PATIENT APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
Email
Print
 
MISSED APPOINTMENT GUIDELINES
If you are unable to attend a scheduled appointment, please contact the clinic a minimum of 48 hours in advance.
If you are unable to attend a scheduled appointment, please contact the clinic a minimum of 48 hours in advance.
 
HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Tuesday: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Wednesday: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Thursday: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Friday: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
   
 
ADDRESS
2A7, Ambulatory Care Clinics and Diagnostics
11220 83 Avenue NW
Edmonton Alberta
T6G 2B7
PATIENT APPOINTMENT INSTRUCTIONS
 
DIRECTIONS
  • Bus stops at 112 and 114 St.
  • LRT Health Sciences station is located west across 114 St.
  • Bus stops at 112 and 114 St.
  • LRT Health Sciences station is located west across 114 St.
 
PHONE
780-407-2648
780-407-7044
 
PARKING INSTRUCTIONS
  • As parking can be difficult around the hospital, please allow yourself extra time. 
  • Please see parking map in the section below.
  • Wheelchairs are available for a $1.00 deposit at the entrance to the pedway in the parkade (4th floor).
    Please ensure that you bring along a loonie, if required, as there is no change available.
  • Rates apply 24 hours per day, and are in effect for all public parkers, including those with provincially issued placards for persons with disabilities. Public parking is GST exempt.
  • Pay by Plate machines accept Canadian coins or credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express). Maximum 28 Canadian coins per transaction, no pennies. Machines provide no change.
  • Pay on Foot machines accept Canadian coins and bills, or credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express). These machines will provide change.
  • Parking Office accepts payment by cash, credit card, debit or cheque.
  • As parking can be difficult around the hospital, please allow yourself extra time. 
  • Please see parking map in the section below.
  • Wheelchairs are available for a $1.00 deposit at the entrance to the pedway in the parkade (4th floor).
    Please ensure that you bring along a loonie, if required, as there is no change available.
  • Rates apply 24 hours per day, and are in effect for all public parkers, including those with provincially issued placards for persons with disabilities. Public parking is GST exempt.
  • Pay by Plate machines accept Canadian coins or credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express). Maximum 28 Canadian coins per transaction, no pennies. Machines provide no change.
  • Pay on Foot machines accept Canadian coins and bills, or credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express). These machines will provide change.
  • Parking Office accepts payment by cash, credit card, debit or cheque.
 
EMAIL
VIRTUAL APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
 
 
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY
Yes

Parking stalls, ramps, elevators, and washrooms


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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