February 20, 2012 – Average Appointment Wait Times

Calgary, Edmonton and Okotoks Locations

NOTE: Urgent/Emergent ultrasound exams available same day at all locations.

Urgent and Emergent ultrasound appointments are available at all clinic locations.   Canada Diagnostic Centres has expanded this service to an emergency ultrasound suite open all day Monday-Friday at the Pacific Place location in the NE Calgary.  This is for the sole purpose of providing even better access to patients needing urgent and emergent ultrasounds.

To book an appointment, please call:

Toll Free: 1.877.420.4CDC (4232)
Calgary and area: 403.212.5855
Edmonton and area: 780.484.1672
MRI and CT Booking Line: 403.212.5847

The CDC Chinook clinic hours of operation have been extended for 2012 to allow for greater flexibility in patient bookings. Starting January 16th, 2012, the CDC Chinook location will remain open on select Mondays and Tuesdays with the following:

Ultrasound until 9:00pm

Injections until 7:30pm

Please call 403.253.4666 to book and for more information on specific dates.
CDC Chinook is located at 1-6020 1A ST SW

December 19 , 2011 – Average Appointment Wait Times

Calgary, Edmonton and Okotoks Locations

NOTE: Urgent/Emergent ultrasound exams available same day at all locations.

Urgent and Emergent ultrasound appointments are available at all clinic locations.   Canada Diagnostic Centres has expanded this service to an emergency ultrasound suite open all day Monday-Friday at the Pacific Place location in the NE Calgary.  This is for the sole purpose of providing even better access to patients needing urgent and emergent ultrasounds.

To book an appointment, please call:

Toll Free: 1.877.420.4CDC (4232)
Calgary and area: 403.212.5855
Edmonton and area: 780.484.1672
MRI and CT Booking Line: 403.212.5847

Our comfortable exam rooms are equipped with large screens perfect for displaying your baby’s first pictures, and a guest can accompany you for the entire exam.

Take your memories home with a complimentary 5×7 photo and frame.  You can also purchase a CD-ROM containing all of your baby’s images.

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has made a statement that should put an end to controversies over the effectiveness of mammography screening. 

 Please see the complete ACR Statement link below:

http://www.acr.org/HomePageCategories/News/ACRNewsCenter/ACR-Statement-on-Landmark-Mammography-Screening-Trial-.aspx

Pain Management Therapy is a treatment used to specifically target the delivery of medications (usually cortisone) into a joint that is causing pain. It is especially helpful in treating chronic tendonitis, osteoarthritis and post-traumatic injuries such as chronic pain in healed fractured joints. It can also be beneficial for patients awaiting joint replacement surgery, as it allows individuals to maintain their daily routines until their surgery date. For many patients pain relief can last up to six months after treatment.

Common areas for treatment are:

• lumbar spine
• knees
• elbows
• wrists
• sacroiliac joints
• nerve roots
• hips
• facet joints
• shoulders

Canada Diagnostic Centres offers:

• Appointments available in 1-7 days, (types of injections vary by location – please call to confirm)
• Covered by Alberta Health Care and require a medical referral
• Service offered Monday – Friday

 To book an appointment please call 1-877-420-4CDC (4232)

Urgent and Emergent Ultrasound Service

Canada Diagnostic Centres (CDC) has always set aside some same-day appointment times for urgent or emergent ultrasound cases at every one of its clinics, and this will of course continue. However, we are pleased to announce that we have expanded the availability of this medically necessary service in an important way:

Starting March 14, 2011 CDC has an additional ultrasound suite open all-day Monday to Friday for the sole purpose of providing even better access to patients needing urgent or emergent diagnosis.

Highlights of this service:

• Available at our conveniently located Pacific Place site in NE Calgary (T & T Mall), just 4 minutes from the Deerfoot Trail / TransCanada interchange,
• All exam types available: obstetric, vascular, general, and MSK,
• STAT reporting options include verbal or expedited faxed reports (or both) within one hour of exam completion;
  all reports are posted on the NETCARE portal,
• Same day appointments are easily booked through our central line at 403-212-5855, or call Pacific Place directly at 403-215-2900,
• Service is offered Monday to Friday from 0800 to 1700.

CDC is proud to offer this urgent and emergent service to physicians and patients in Calgary and Southern Alberta. 

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Canada Diagnostic Centres’ Pacific Place location has just completed a large-scale renovation and expansion.  Outlined below is a list of what’s new and benefits.

1.      Digital mammography upgrade

• Complimentary computer aided detection (CAD) on all exams
• Better visualization in women with dense breast tissue (usually younger patients)*
• Lower radiation dose*

2.      Digital X-ray upgrade

• New direct-detector unit will allow double the number of patients per hour to be examined, giving dramatically faster walk-in X-ray service

3.      Pain management upgrade

• Installation of new digital C-arm fluoroscopy procedure suite
• Epidural lumbar spine steroid injections now available
• Ultrasound guided injections including Baker’s cysts – Ganglions – Carpal tunnel syndrome – Plantar fasciitis

4.      Ultrasound expansion

• Increase from five ultrasound rooms to eight
• 4D obstetrical ultrasound available in every room for 2^nd and 3^rd trimester visits: no special arrangements necessary
• Appointments within 1 or 2 business days for all studies

5.      Bone mineral densitometry

• Adoption of new 2010 Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines
• Vertebral Fracture Assessment (VFA) automatically performed with the BMD exam where indicated by the guidelines

6.      Environment

• Spacious new layout for increased patient comfort and privacy

7.      Appointments

• Most appointments available within 1-2 days including ultrasound
• Two radiologists now on site every day to expedite reporting

*versus film screen Mammography

Canada Diagnostic Centres (CDC) is proud to open the newest addition to its Alberta diagnostic imaging clinics.  A clinic designed and staffed to uphold CDC’s commitment to “Exceptional patient care.”

Conveniently located across from West Edmonton Mall, this clinic currently offers ultrasound, mammography, bone mineral densitometry and walk-in x-ray. Pain management and G.I. studies will be available in January 2011.

Being new means that there are many appointment choices and wait times are very low.
Call 1-877-420-4CDC (4232) to book an appointment.

Our requisition forms are being distributed throughout Edmonton and are also available as a PDF on our website. Follow this link for the requisition – http://www.canadadiagnostics.ca/pdf/referral_form_ED.pdf

The clinic’s address is #172, 17010 – 90 Ave. Hours of operation are Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm. To get directions to us via Google Maps please click this link – http://www.canadadiagnostics.ca/public/locations.php then scroll down to the Westgate listing.

If you require additional information please contact Sandy Griffiths at sgriffiths@canadadiagnostics.ca or 780-863-7213.

The staff at Westgate X-ray & Ultrasound are committed to providing the medical community and patients exceptional service and care. We invite you to experience it for yourself at our new clinic.