Calgary Health Region was formerly the governing body

Health regions of Canada

Health regions of Canada are used to administer public health to Canadians. Public health is primarily a provincial jurisdiction in Canada's federal system, so health regions are organized and given responsibilities by the provinces, causing differences among the health units across the country.-...

 for healthcare regulation in an area of the Canadian province of Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

. It was amalgamated with other regional health authorities in 2008 to become part of Alberta Health Services

Alberta Health Services

Alberta Health Services is the province-wide organization responsible for providing hospital and other health care in the Canadian province of Alberta. Known as the "superboard", it was created in May 2008, with the abolition of nine previous regional health authorities, the Alberta Mental Health...

. The region administered facilities in the communities of:

• Airdrie
  Airdrie, Alberta
  Airdrie is a city in Alberta, Canada, located just north of Calgary within the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. The City of Airdrie is part of Calgary's Census Metropolitan Area and a member community of the Calgary Regional Partnership . Due to its proximity to Calgary, Airdrie's population has been...
  
  
• Banff
  Banff, Alberta
  Banff is a town within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is located in Alberta's Rockies along the Trans-Canada Highway, approximately west of Calgary and east of Lake Louise....
  
  
• Black Diamond
  Black Diamond, Alberta
  Black Diamond is a sister town to Turner Valley. There exists a three-kilometer trail next to the roadway between Black Diamond and Turner Valley named the Friendship Trail. It has a hospital, shops, hotels and residences, an elementary school [K-6] and highschool [7-12] as well a hockey rink and...
  
  
• Canmore
  Canmore, Alberta
  Canmore is a town in Alberta, Canada, located approximately west of the City of Calgary near the southeast boundary of Banff National Park. It is located in the Bow Valley within Alberta's Rockies. The town shares a border with Kananaskis Country to the west and south and the Municipal District of...
  
  

• Carmangay
• Claresholm
  Claresholm, Alberta
  Claresholm is a town located within southern Alberta, Canada. It is located on Highway 2, approximately northwest of the City of Lethbridge and south of the City of Calgary. The town is the seat of the Municipal District of Willow Creek No...
  
  
• Cochrane
  Cochrane, Alberta
  Cochrane is a town in the Canadian province of Alberta. The town is located 18 km west of the Calgary city limits along Highway 1A. With a population of 15,424 , Cochrane is the second largest town in Alberta and one of the fastest growing communities in Canada...
  
  
• Didsbury
  Didsbury, Alberta
  Didsbury is a town in central Alberta, Canada, at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.Located next to Alberta Highway 2A, near the Queen Elizabeth II Highway, Didsbury is within the Calgary-Edmonton corridor. Didsbury is approximately the half-way point between the cities of Calgary and Red...
  
  
• High River
  High River, Alberta
  High River is a town in southwestern Alberta, Canada with a population of 10,716. It is south of the city of Calgary, at the junction of Alberta Highways 2 and 23...
  
  

• Nanton
  Nanton, Alberta
  Nanton is a town in southern Alberta, Canada. Nanton was named after Sir Augustus Meredith Nanton, of Winnipeg who directed firms that offered financing for farms and ranches throughout the west...
  
  
• Okotoks
• Strathmore
  Strathmore, Alberta
  Strathmore is a town located along the Trans-Canada Highway in southern Alberta, Canada, east of the city of Calgary, within the boundaries of Wheatland County.- History :...
  
  
• Vulcan
  Vulcan, Alberta
  Vulcan is a town located midway between the cities of Calgary and Lethbridge on Highway 23, in the prairies of southern Alberta, Canada. The population of the town was 1,940 in 2006, and the population of the county, which is also named Vulcan, was 3,718. The town's economy is mainly tourism and...
  
  

The entire region was a member of the Planetree Alliance

Planetree Alliance

Planetree is a nonprofit organization of hospitals and other health care organizations founded in 1978 and headquartered in Derby, Connecticut, in the United States. It aims to provide more personal and human care in hospitals. The organization was founded by Anna Jaques after her frustration at...

, a nonprofit association of health-care institutions, set up to promote practices to make patients less intimidated and more comfortable with the health care they receive.

Acute care facilities and health centres

Calgary Health Region administered 43 health care centres and 12 acute care sites (hospitals). Hospitals include Alberta Children's Hospital

Alberta Children's Hospital

Alberta Children's Hospital is the largest public hospital for sick children in the prairie provinces, and is located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is operated by Alberta Health Services - Calgary Health Region. The new facility opened on September 27, 2006 and is the first free-standing...

, Foothills Medical Centre

Foothills Medical Centre

Foothills Medical Centre is the largest hospital in Alberta, Canada and is located in the City of Calgary. It is one of Canada's most recognized medical facilities and is one of the leading hospitals in Alberta, providing advanced healthcare services to over two million people from Calgary,...

, Peter Lougheed Centre

Peter Lougheed Centre

Peter Lougheed Centre is a large hospital in Alberta, Canada. It is located in the City of Calgary, and runs under the auspices of Alberta Health Services, formerly the Calgary Health Region, providing medical and surgical services not only to Calgary, but also Southern Alberta...

, and Rockyview General Hospital

Rockyview General Hospital

Rockyview General Hospital is a large hospital in Alberta, Canada. It is located in the city of Calgary, on the shores of the Glenmore Reservoir and is administered by the Alberta Health Services and formerly by the Calgary Health Region....

 in Calgary

Calgary

Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...

, Banff Mineral Springs Hospital in Banff

Banff, Alberta

Banff is a town within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is located in Alberta's Rockies along the Trans-Canada Highway, approximately west of Calgary and east of Lake Louise....

, Oilfields General Hospital in Black Diamond

Black Diamond, Alberta

Black Diamond is a sister town to Turner Valley. There exists a three-kilometer trail next to the roadway between Black Diamond and Turner Valley named the Friendship Trail. It has a hospital, shops, hotels and residences, an elementary school [K-6] and highschool [7-12] as well a hockey rink and...

, Canmore General Hospital in Canmore

Canmore, Alberta

Canmore is a town in Alberta, Canada, located approximately west of the City of Calgary near the southeast boundary of Banff National Park. It is located in the Bow Valley within Alberta's Rockies. The town shares a border with Kananaskis Country to the west and south and the Municipal District of...

, Claresholm General Hospital in Claresholm

Claresholm, Alberta

Claresholm is a town located within southern Alberta, Canada. It is located on Highway 2, approximately northwest of the City of Lethbridge and south of the City of Calgary. The town is the seat of the Municipal District of Willow Creek No...

 and High River General Hospital in High River

High River, Alberta

High River is a town in southwestern Alberta, Canada with a population of 10,716. It is south of the city of Calgary, at the junction of Alberta Highways 2 and 23...

. The Sheldon M. Chumir Centre

Sheldon M. Chumir Centre

The Sheldon M. Chumir Centre is a health centre located in Calgary, Alberta. The facility is administered by the Calgary Zone of Alberta Health Services...

 and Richmond Road Diagnostic Centre (located in the old Alberta Children's Hospital building) became new care facility additions to the Calgary Health Region before the reorganization.

History

The CHR was formerly known as Calgary Regional Health Authority (CRHA) until 2000 when it adopted its new designation. In 2009 sites and services within the former Region were renamed within AHS, many becoming part of the new Calgary Zone.

Headquarters

The Region's former offices in the Southland Park

Southland Park

Southland Park is the name of a commercial office complex in Calgary, Alberta comprising over of office space and consisting of four separate office buildings. The complex is Calgary's largest suburban office park...

 office complex in Southwood, Calgary are still occupied by Alberta Health Services staff, as part of the Calgary Zone of the AHS.

External links

• Alberta Health Services
• Calgary Health Region