Alberta Health Services (AHS) is Canada’s largest integrated provincial health care system, delivering care across Alberta. The AHS Research & Innovation division drives evidence-informed assessment, development, and adoption of innovations to enhance quality, outcomes, and value for patients. Guided by a strategic framework, they bridge research and practice across the province’s healthcare facilities.

Researchers benefit from centralized support through the Health System Access (HSA) team, which streamlines data access, operational approvals, privacy, and ethics for clinical and system-level studies.. AHS generates significant research output, ranked among Canada’s top institutions in health sciences  .