title: Clinical program development in an Alberta Capital Health Authority.
abstract: Developing a continuum of service delivery with provider input in a new health region has posed a major challenge. Planning service delivery by program has recently been considered an improvement over site-specific and discipline-specific planning. Implementing program councils has fundamentally restructured service planning in the Capital Health region: providers now plan together, focusing on the needs of patients/clients and the community.
authors.affiliation: Capital Health Authority, Edmonton, Alberta.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Towers
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jirsch
mesh_terms: D000416:Alberta; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018166:Health Care Reform; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D016730:Program Development; D012040:Regional Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*