Health services in Alberta

Alberta's publicly funded health-care system

Alberta Health Services is the provincial health authority responsible for overseeing the planning and delivery of health supports and services to more than 3.7 million adults and children living in Alberta.

Alberta Health and Wellness is the provincial government ministry responsible for setting, monitoring and enforcing provincial health policy and standards; some health programs; and managing health capital planning, procurement and outcome measures.

The Health Quality Council of Alberta is an independent organization responsible for promoting patient safety and health service quality on a provincewide basis.