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Alberta Thoracic Oncology Program   at
Royal Alexandra Hospital
Specialty: Thoracic Oncology Program
Estimated time to routine appointment: Not Available
Alberta Health Services - Edmonton Zone
SERVICE DESCRIPTION
Offers a timely, healthcare team assessment for people who may have lung cancer and facilitates initial treatment if required.This program works to make sure people with lung cancer get faster access to treatment through special rapid access clinic in Edmonton and Calgary. The program seeks to reshape cancer care in Alberta by improving the patient journey and outcomes and standardize care delivery across the province.
Offers a timely, healthcare team assessment for people who may have lung cancer and facilitates initial treatment if required.This program works to make sure people with lung cancer get faster access to treatment through special rapid access clinic in Edmonton and Calgary. The program seeks to reshape cancer care in Alberta by improving the patient journey and outcomes and standardize care delivery across the province.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
ROUTINE REFERRAL PROCESS
For routine referrals for assistance with diagnosis, staging or surgical treatment of lung cancer please submit your referral through Alberta Netcare eReferral system or fax completed referral form to 780.735.3971
For routine referrals for assistance with diagnosis, staging or surgical treatment of lung cancer please submit your referral through Alberta Netcare eReferral system or fax completed referral form to 780.735.3971
URGENT 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.
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.
 
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
Cancer metastatic to lung
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

CT Chest
 
Within 1 month

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

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

CT Chest
 
Within 1 month

Lung cancer
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

CT Chest
 
Within 1 month

Plain chest X-ray
 
Within 1 month

Lung mass
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

CT Chest
 
Within 1 month

Chest X-ray
 
Within 1 month

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

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

CT Chest
 
Within 1 month

Chest X-ray
 
Within 3 months

Malignant tumor of esophagus
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

CT Chest
 
Within 1 month

Biopsy
 
Within 1 month

Chest X-ray
 
Within 1 month

Pathology
 
Within 1 month

Mediastinal mass
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

CT Chest
 
Within 1 month

Pectus excavatum
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

CT Chest
 
Within 1 month

History of presenting condition
 
Within 3 months

Pleural effusion
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

CT Chest
 
Within 1 month

History of cancer metastatic to lung
 
Within 1 month

Plain chest X-ray
 
Within 1 month

history of pneumonia or empyema
 
Within 1 month
PATIENT APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
 
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 - 4:15 pm
Tuesday: 8:00 am - 4:15 pm
Wednesday: 8:00 am - 4:15 pm
Thursday: 8:00 am - 4:15 pm
Friday: 8:00 am - 4:15 pm
   
 
ADDRESS
Children's Centre, Room 4505
10240 Kingsway NW
Edmonton Alberta
T5H 3V9
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
Located on the 4th floor in Room 4505 of the Children's Centre at the Royal Alexandra Hospital.  


Bus stop 111 Ave, 106 St NW

LRT station; Kingsway.

Located on the 4th floor in Room 4505 of the Children's Centre at the Royal Alexandra Hospital.  


Bus stop 111 Ave, 106 St NW

LRT station; Kingsway.

 
PHONE
780-735-3972
 
PARKING INSTRUCTIONS
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.

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

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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