Capital Health, Alberta Health Services
Alberta Health Services - Capital Health is one of the largest integrated health regions in Canada, and we’re proud to be one of the country’s top-rated health systems, known internationally for groundbreaking innovations and advances in medicine. Community Report. Corporate Brochure & Maps. (PDF)
In 2004 Alberta Venture Magazine recognized Alberta Health Services - Capital Health as one of Alberta’s top five most innovative organizations in its survey “Alberta’s Most Respected Corporations.” Alberta Health Services - Capital Health was the only public sector organization on the list. Alberta Venture magazine has ranked Alberta Health Services - Capital Health number one in its Top 50 Public Sector organizations in Alberta, based on revenue, assets, number of employees and clients served.
As an academic-based health system, we work closely with the University of Alberta and other post-secondary institutions to train and prepare the next generation of health professionals. As one of Alberta’s nine Regional Health Authorities, Alberta Health Services - Capital Health is funded by the Government of Alberta.
Alberta Health Services - Capital Health provides complete health services to one million residents in the cities of Edmonton, Fort Saskatchewan, Leduc, Spruce Grove and St. Albert, and the counties of Leduc, Parkland, Strathcona and Sturgeon (and communities within their geographical areas), as well as the Town of Devon and communities in the eastern part of Yellowhead County. Alberta Health Services - Capital Health also serves a total of 1.6 million people across central and northern Alberta, providing specialized services such as trauma and burn treatment, organ transplants and high-risk obstetrics.
In addition to emergency and acute care, we also provide home care services, outreach programs, continuing care, public health, specialty clinics, mental health services and many rehabilitation and prevention programs.
Our staff and physicians are some of the best in the business. They do what they love in world-class facilities with the latest technology and procedures.
But the people of Alberta Health Services - Capital Health do more than care for the sick and treat the injured. They address the overall health of the region, providing communities with information on how to both stay healthy and avoid the greatest health risks in order to ensure these communities continue to be healthy places to live, work and raise a family.
Contact:
Corporate Office
Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre
8440 – 112 Street
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2B7
Phone 780-407-1000 (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)