Clinical information

Resources for hospital-based and community physicians and for special zones.

Community physicians

Outpatient treatments for COVID-19

• Paxlovid practitioner prescription template
  This practitioner prescription can be used when prescribing Paxlovid to patients. It can also be used as a companion sheet to send along with an EMR-generated prescription to let the pharmacist know interactions and eligibility have been addressed.
• Step-by-step Paxlovid prescribing guide
  A resource from ACFP to help physicians get started prescribing Paxlovid.
• Outpatient treatment for COVID-19
  Information and resources on available outpatient treatments for COVID-19.

Patient care & your practice

• COVID-19 guidance for community providers
  Provincial PCN Committee - COVID Task Group has produced a COVID-19 guidance document for community providers.
• COVID-19 information for community physicians
  The primary source of information on COVID-19 specific to community physicians and their teams. Includes guidance and pathways.

Vaccination resources

• Registration link for clinics wanting to administer the COVID-19 vaccine.
  Register via the link above, and send an email to health.imm@gov.ab.ca
• Using the HQCA panel report for vaccination outreach
  A tutorial video has been created to show family physicians and clinic staff how to use the HQCA panel report to follow up with unvaccinated or under vaccinated patients in a variety of ways.
• Vaccine hesitancy guide
  A comprehensive online guide created by the University of Calgary to support better clinical conversations about vaccines for both adult and pediatric patients.
• Alberta Health immunization policy
  Alberta Immunization Policy COVID-19 documents.

Patient resources

• Navigating COVID (RAG tool)
  Use this table to keep track of your symptoms. Information can be shared with your family physician at your next scheduled appointment.
• AHS patient page - COVID-19 information for Albertans
  COVID-19 information from Alberta Health Services on vaccines, self-care, testing, outpatient treatment, getting healthy after COVID-19 and more.
• Alberta Health - COVID-19 information for Albertans
  COVID-19 information from Alberta Health on getting vaccinated, preventing the spread and available resources.
• MyHealth.Alberta.ca
  Information on how to care for yourself, manage symptoms, get tested, vaccines and more.

Hospital-Based Physicians

• COVID-19 information for AHS staff and health professionals
  AHS information page.