Cancer screening notifications are moving towards becoming paperless.
Primary Care Alberta’s Screening Programs will update its communication methods to better serve Albertans.
Starting this fall, mailed invitation and reminder notifications for cancer screening will be phased out when possible, and patients will get notifications and information through MyHealthAlberta’s MyChart online platform.
The Alberta Cervical Cancer Screening Program implemented this change first on Sept. 15. The Alberta Colorectal Cancer Screening Program and Alberta Breast Cancer Screening Program will follow in 2027.
Patients not enrolled in MyChart will continue to receive printed letters. Normal screening results will be available via MyChart or communicated through the patient’s appropriate care provider.
Abnormal test results will be mailed, available via MyChart, or communicated through the patient’s appropriate care provider.
If you’re not already signed up, you’re encouraged to set up a MyChart account by visiting myhealth.alberta.ca/help/KB/setting-up-myhealth-records.
If you still receive paper letters and are concerned your mailing address is incorrect, call Primary and Preventative Health Services at 310-0000 (toll free) then dial 780-427-1432.
For additional information about screening, talk to your primary care provider or visit screeningforlife.ca.
Written by: Stan Ashbee – Vista Radio
