Capital Health was a public health authority providing complete health services to Edmonton, Alberta's capital city, and its surrounding communities. It was also the largest single employer in the province of Alberta, employing approximately 30,000 people.[1] In 2008, it was merged into Alberta Health Services.
The Capital Health Authority was created on June 24, 1994, under Alberta's Regional Health Authorities Act. On May 26, 2003, it was renamed Capital Health. On July 1, 2008, it was absorbed into the province-wide Alberta Health Services Board.
Capital Health was located in the centre of Alberta, bordered to the north and west by the Aspen Regional Health Authority, to the east by East Central Health and to the south by the David Thompson Regional Health Authority.
Capital Health provided health services to more than one million residents within its geographic boundaries. It also provided specialized programs and services to people throughout Alberta, Western Canada and Canada's northern territories.
The communities within Capital Health's service area include:
Capital Health provided health care services in the following hospitals and health centres:
| Hospitals & Health Centres[2] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Alberta Hospital Edmonton | Misericordia Community Hospital | |
| Devon General Hospital | Northeast Community Health Centre | |
| Evansburg Health Centre | Redwater Health Centre | |
| Fort Saskatchewan Health Centre | Royal Alexandra Hospital | |
| Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital | Stollery Children's Hospital | |
| Grey Nuns Community Hospital | Strathcona Community Hospital | |
| Health First Strathcona | Sturgeon Community Hospital | |
| Leduc Community Hospital | University of Alberta Hospital | |
| Lois Hole Hospital for Women | WestView Health Centre | |
| Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute | ||
The Misercordia and Grey Nuns hospitals were jointly operated by Capital Health and the Caritas Health Group, a Catholic healthcare provider in Alberta. It also operated the Edmonton General Continuing Care Centre.