Keeweetinok Lakes Regional Health Authority

Details

Name :

Keeweetinok Lakes Regional Health Authority

Address  :

Bag 1

Town  :

High Prairie

State  :

Alberta

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

T0G 1E0

Phone  :

780 523 6641

Fax  :

780 523 5542

Web URL  :


Description

The Keeweetinok Lakes Regional Health Authority is one of seventeen health authorities in Alberta with responsibility for planning and delivering services for its residents The region is located northwest of Edmonton and serves 25000 residents The largely rural culturally diverse and sparse population presents some challenges to health service delivery The Keeweetinok Lakes Regional Health Authoritys Teleradiology Project aims to fulfil two purposes to bring a needed service into the region and to evaluate Teleradiology services specifically ultrasounds for future systems in Canada
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