Common use of Clinical Support Clause in Contracts

Clinical Support. (a) collaborate with AHS in focusing on approaches to the provision of the Services which ensure that the Services as provided are part of a health system which optimizes resource utilization and provides services which are of high quality, efficient and effective and which ensures that the Services as provided by the Service Provider are provided in a manner and to a standard not less than that provided in public hospitals; (b) accommodate the implementation of any clinical practice guideline developed from time to time by those clinical departments/divisions/sections in the Province of Alberta relevant to the performance of the Services; (c) collaborate and cooperate with AHS on a continual basis in the development and implementation of innovative projects or processes relating to the provision of surgical services in the Province of Alberta of, or similar to, the nature and type of the Services, including those related to: (i) assessing the health needs in the Province of Alberta, (ii) assessing resource utilization in the Province of Alberta, (iii) developing continuous quality improvements, (iv) evaluating the cost effectiveness of the Services; and (v) developing processes to accommodate expected future changes to Clients requiring services (e.g. population ageing, criteria expanding), and to implement within the Facility all related AHS and joint AHS-CPSA quality assurance and monitoring activities developed; (d) act reasonably to meet volume demands within criteria established and funding available as specified in this Agreement; (e) act reasonably to pace the procedures carried out at the Facility on an annual basis such that the maximum cumulative available Services (as identified in Schedule “B”) per annum are reasonably distributed/scheduled over the whole year; (f) participate in technology assessment, including equipment, testing protocols and procedures; (g) incorporate specific outcome measures for the Services; (h) inform AHS of any new technology/practice procedures related to the Services which are discovered and which appear to have a reasonable potential to significantly impact either Client care or the cost of providing the Services; and (i) obtain the written approval of AHS prior to use of new technology/ practice procedures in connection with the Services.

Clinical Support. (a) collaborate with AHS in focusing on approaches to the provision of the Services which ensure that the Services as provided are part of a health system which optimizes resource utilization and provides services which are of high quality, efficient and effective and which ensures that the Services as provided by the Service Provider are provided in a manner and to a standard not less than that provided in public hospitals; (b) accommodate the implementation of any clinical practice guideline developed from time to time by those clinical departments/divisions/sections in the Province of Alberta relevant to the performance of the Services; (c) collaborate and cooperate with AHS on a continual basis in the development and implementation of innovative projects or processes relating to the provision of surgical services in the Province of Alberta of, or similar to, the nature and type of the Services, including those related to: (i) assessing the health needs in the Province of Alberta, (ii) assessing resource utilization in the Province of Alberta, (iii) developing continuous quality improvements, (iv) evaluating the cost effectiveness of the Services; and (v) developing processes to accommodate expected future changes to Clients requiring services (e.g. population ageing, criteria expanding), and to implement within the Facility all related AHS and joint AHS-CPSA quality assurance and monitoring activities developed; (d) act reasonably to meet volume demands within criteria established and funding available as specified in this Agreement; (e) act reasonably to pace the procedures carried out at the Facility on an annual basis such that the maximum cumulative available Services (as identified in Schedule “B”) per annum are reasonably distributed/scheduled over the whole year; (f) participate in technology assessment, including equipment, testing protocols and procedures; (g) incorporate specific outcome measures for the Services; (h) inform AHS of any new technology/practice procedures related to the Services which are discovered and which appear to have a reasonable potential to significantly impact either Client care or the cost of providing the Services; and (i) obtain the written approval of AHS prior to use of new technology/ practice procedures in connection with the Services.

Clinical Support. (a) collaborate with AHS in focusing on approaches to the provision of the Services which ensure that the Services as provided are part of a health system which optimizes resource utilization and provides services which are of high quality, efficient and effective and which ensures that the Services as provided by the Service Provider are provided in a manner and to a standard not less than that provided in public hospitals; (b) accommodate the implementation of any clinical practice guideline developed from time to time by those clinical departments/divisions/sections in the Province of Alberta relevant to the performance of the Services; (c) collaborate and cooperate with AHS on a continual basis in the development and implementation of innovative projects or processes relating to the provision of surgical services in the Province of Alberta of, or similar to, the nature and type of the Services, including those related to: (i) assessing the health needs in the Province of Alberta, (ii) assessing resource utilization in the Province of Alberta, (iii) developing continuous quality improvements, (iv) evaluating the cost effectiveness of the Services; and (v) developing processes to accommodate expected future changes to Clients requiring services (e.g. population ageing, criteria expanding), and to implement within the Facility all related AHS and joint AHS-CPSA quality assurance and monitoring activities developed; (d) act reasonably to meet volume demands within criteria established and funding available as specified in this Agreement; (e) act reasonably to pace the procedures carried out at the Facility Facilities on an annual basis such that the maximum cumulative available Services (as identified in Schedule “B”) per annum are reasonably distributed/scheduled over the whole year; (f) participate in technology assessment, including equipment, testing protocols and procedures; (g) incorporate specific outcome measures for the Services; (h) inform AHS of any new technology/practice procedures related to the Services which are discovered and which appear to have a reasonable potential to significantly impact either Client care or the cost of providing the Services; and (i) obtain the written approval of AHS prior to use of new technology/ practice procedures in connection with the Services.

Clinical Support. (a) collaborate with AHS in focusing on approaches to the provision of the Services which ensure that the Services as provided are part of a health system which optimizes resource utilization and provides services which are of high quality, efficient and effective and which ensures that the Services as provided by the Service Provider are provided in a manner and to a standard not less than that provided in public hospitals; (b) accommodate the implementation of any clinical practice guideline developed from time to time by those clinical departments/divisions/sections in the Province of Alberta relevant to the performance of the Services; (c) collaborate and cooperate with AHS on a continual basis in the development and implementation of innovative projects or processes relating to the provision of surgical services in the Province of Alberta of, or similar to, the nature and type of the Services, including those related to: (i) assessing the health needs in the Province of Alberta, (ii) assessing resource utilization in the Province of Alberta, (iii) developing continuous quality improvements, (iv) evaluating the cost effectiveness of the Services; and (v) developing processes to accommodate expected future changes to Clients requiring services (e.g. population ageing, criteria expanding), and to implement within the Facility all related AHS and joint AHS-CPSA quality assurance and monitoring activities developed; (d) act reasonably to meet volume demands within criteria established and funding available as specified in this Agreement; (e) act reasonably to pace the procedures carried out at the Facility on an annual basis over the term of this amendment such that the maximum cumulative available Services (as identified in Schedule “B”) per annum are reasonably distributed/scheduled over the whole yearthis amendment; (f) participate in technology assessment, including equipment, testing protocols and procedures; (g) incorporate specific outcome measures for the Services; (h) inform AHS of any new technology/practice procedures related to the Services which are discovered and which appear to have a reasonable potential to significantly impact either Client care or the cost of providing the Services; and (i) obtain the written approval of AHS prior to use of new technology/ practice procedures in connection with the Services.