Health Cities Expands Chronic Illness Home Health Monitoring Across Alberta, Canada 

A pilot home health monitoring program in Alberta, Canada, is set to expand across the province, according to health care solution provider Health Cities. The program has focused on monitoring health factors among seniors in rural Alberta with chronic illnesses such as heart failure, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and diabetes.;

The program, led by the Central Zone Primary Care Network Committee (CenZPCNC), began in 2021 as a collaboration between the Government of Alberta, Alberta Health Services, Boehringer Ingelheim, TELUS Health, Alberta Innovates, and Health Cities. It uses technology to alleviate stress on the health system, and it demonstrated . . .