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Primary Care Alberta Clinical Updates - May 14, 2026
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New patient letters in screening mammography reportsThe Alberta Breast Cancer Screening Program (ABCSP) within Primary Care Alberta, in collaboration with the Alberta Society of Radiologists, is pleased to announce the expansion of patient-facing result letters integrated directly into screening mammogram radiology reports.
Since Oct. 23, 2025, patients visiting select radiology clinic locations in the Edmonton area received a summary of their screening mammogram results, provided alongside the full clinical report in their MyHealth Alberta Account (MyChart). This initiative is now expanding to more radiology clinics across the province. Physicians will also see the summary when they review results.
The ABCSP team plans to continue to expand the initiative to additional radiology clinics, ensuring more patients benefit from clear screening information.
If you have any feedback or would like to learn more, please reach out to abcsp@primarycarealberta.ca.
Laboratory tests for specimens collected in Diagnostic Imaging To improve access to and accuracy of image‑guided interventional procedures, AHS Diagnostic Imaging (DI) has partnered with Alberta Precision Laboratories (APL) to support non‑electronic orders requiring specimen collection in DI. Going forward, all such DI requests must include the appropriate APL requisition(s). Requests without required APL forms will not be scheduled and will be returned with guidance on locating forms and contact information for the APL Help Line.
Lab bulletins:
Central, Edmonton and North Zones only: Effective Feb. 19, if ammonia is ordered at an acute care site that does not perform testing onsite, samples will be frozen and sent on scheduled couriers. This is a change from being automatically sent by stat transportation, and applies to Edmonton area suburban hospitals. A list of impacted sites is available in the lab bulletin. If results for ammonia are required stat at the impacted sites, please contact the laboratory to request stat transportation.
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Effective Feb. 19, if ammonia is ordered at an acute care site that does not perform testing onsite, samples will be frozen and sent on scheduled couriers. This is a change from being automatically sent by stat transportation, and applies to Edmonton area suburban hospitals. A list of impacted sites is available in the lab bulletin. If results for ammonia are required stat at the impacted sites, please contact the laboratory to request stat transportation.
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Effective Feb. 19, if ammonia is ordered at an acute care site that does not perform testing onsite, samples will be frozen and sent on scheduled couriers. This is a change from being automatically sent by stat transportation, and applies to Edmonton area suburban hospitals. A list of impacted sites is available in the lab bulletin. If results for ammonia are required stat at the impacted sites, please contact the laboratory to request stat transportation.
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Effective Feb. 19, if ammonia is ordered at an acute care site that does not perform testing onsite, samples will be frozen and sent on scheduled couriers. This is a change from being automatically sent by stat transportation, and applies to Edmonton area suburban hospitals. A list of impacted sites is available in the lab bulletin. If results for ammonia are required stat at the impacted sites, please contact the laboratory to request stat transportation.
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