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Magnetic Resonance Imaging   at
St. Mary's Hospital
Specialty: Radiology
Connect Care Department: CAM STMH MRI MOBILE IMAGING
Estimated time to routine appointment: Not Available
Alberta Health Services - Provincial Health Services
SERVICE DESCRIPTION
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used in Diagnostic Imaging to investigate the anatomy and function of the body in both health and disease.MRI scanners use strong magnetic fields and radiowaves to form images of the body. The technique is widely used in hospitals for medical diagnosis, staging of disease and for follow-up without exposure to ionizing radiation.

Used for many exams, including: head, spine, heart, bone / joints, and abdomen.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used in Diagnostic Imaging to investigate the anatomy and function of the body in both health and disease.MRI scanners use strong magnetic fields and radiowaves to form images of the body. The technique is widely used in hospitals for medical diagnosis, staging of disease and for follow-up without exposure to ionizing radiation.

Used for many exams, including: head, spine, heart, bone / joints, and abdomen.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
A legal guardian must accompany all patients under the age of 18, or any patient that does not have the capcity to consent. Mature minors may be able to give consent.
A legal guardian must accompany all patients under the age of 18, or any patient that does not have the capcity to consent. Mature minors may be able to give consent.
ROUTINE REFERRAL PROCESS
A referral from a doctor or other authorized practitioner is required for an appointment.
All referrals must be booked by faxing a completed requisition to the preferred site.
A referral from a doctor or other authorized practitioner is required for an appointment.
All referrals must be booked by faxing a completed requisition to the preferred site.
URGENT REFERRAL PROCESS
Urgent/Emergent requests must be discussed by direct consultation with the radiologist.
Urgent/Emergent requests must be discussed by direct consultation with the radiologist.
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 7 days.
  • Wait list status update every 14 days.
  • Appointment outcome to referral source within 30 days.
 
PHONE
1-866-921-6674
FAX
1-866-522-4674
REFERRAL PHONE
866-921-6674
REFERRAL FAX
866-522-4674
LINKED SPECIALISTS
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
General anesthetic
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month

Magnetic resonance imaging
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month

Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
PATIENT APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
 
MISSED APPOINTMENT GUIDELINES

If the patient is unable to attend the scheduled Diagnostic Imaging appointment, please notify the performing department immediately.  The referring practitioner will be notified within one business day of a failure to attend a scheduled appointment and will have to take steps to have the appointment rescheduled if still needed.

If the patient is unable to attend the scheduled Diagnostic Imaging appointment, please notify the performing department immediately.  The referring practitioner will be notified within one business day of a failure to attend a scheduled appointment and will have to take steps to have the appointment rescheduled if still needed.

 
HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday: 7:30 am - 6:30 pm
Tuesday: 7:30 am - 6:30 pm
Wednesday: 7:30 am - 6:30 pm
Thursday: 7:30 am - 6:30 pm
Friday: 7:30 am - 6:30 pm
Description:
Mobile MRI service, available at this location every 5 weeks. Messages may be left 24 hours, 7 days per week.
   
 
ADDRESS
4607 53 Street
Camrose Alberta
T4V 1Y5
PATIENT APPOINTMENT INSTRUCTIONS
 
DIRECTIONS
St. Mary's Hospital is located on 53rd Street in Camrose.
Directions
St. Mary's Hospital is located on 53rd Street in Camrose.
Directions
 
PHONE
1-866-921-6674
VIRTUAL APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
 
PARKING MAP
 
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.

 

V6.5