All links are best viewed in Google Chrome. Estimated read time: eight minutes | - Measles exposure risk in Carlyle, Arcola, and Wawota
- Robot assisted surgeries strengthening patient care in Saskatchewan
| - SHA Innovation Awards - nominations now open
- Provincial Parking Policy and Procedures - important reminders
- 2025 T4 slips - available February 13, 2026
- Patient Safety Alert – Patient Education Artificial Urinary Sphincter
- LifeSpeak Week 2: Recognizing signs when others need help
| - Virtual Session: CPR Racism Guide with Dr. Holly Graham
- Virtual Session: Ethics Exchange - Treatment Refusal After Spinal Cord Injury Accept or Reject?
- Virtual Information Session: British Columbia Institute of Technology Cardiology Technology program
- Webinar: Spirometry Community of Practice
- Workshop: Substance Use Disorders
- Virtual Workshop: Fundamentals of Fetal Health Surveillance
| - Images and Citations - Quick Guide for Clinical Document Development
| Public Service Announcements and News Releases | Measles exposure risk in Carlyle, Arcola, and Wawota: The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is notifying the public of measles exposure risks in Carlyle, Arcola, and Wawota due to a confirmed measles case. | Robot assisted surgeries strengthening patient care in Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan patients are benefiting from a newly added robot-assisted surgical (RAS) system located at the Royal University Hospital (RUH) in Saskatoon. | SHA Innovation Awards - nominations now open! Innovation is happening across SHA every day—now is your chance to shine a light on the teams and projects driving real change. Whether it is a bold new idea, a creative problem-solving approach, or a groundbreaking collaboration, we want to celebrate the people making a difference in health care. As part of SHA Innovation Month this May, we will highlight nominees across six different award categories, share their inspiring work, and recognize award recipients in a province-wide virtual celebration. Big or small, every innovation counts. Do you know an innovative team or project that deserves to be in the spotlight? Nominate them now! It only takes a few moments. Nominations close Friday, March 20. | Provincial Parking Policy and Procedures - important reminders Parking services supports and enables safe and accessible parking options for patients, visitors and health-care staff. Key reminders for all staff: - Parking privileges are allocated based on consideration of position, frequency of travel and years of service, as outlined in the parking policy.
- Parking permits are non-transferable.
- Visitor parking lots:
- Staff members are not allowed to park in visitor lots during work time, unless they are from a visiting community. If staff members are parking in visitor lots in their home community, they are subject to violations.
- Staff members are allowed to park in visitor lots (including their home facility) when they are a patient and receiving care or are visiting a patient or acting as a support person to a loved one outside of their scheduled work hours.
- Waitlists are used where parking demand exceeds capacity.
- Many parking alternatives exist in Saskatoon and Regina, including:
- Inter-Facility Staff Shuttle;
- Park and Ride (available at Royal University Hospital, Jim Pattison Children's Hospital, and Saskatoon City Hospital);
- Bicycle racks, locked cages or lockers; and
- EcoPass transit program through the City of Saskatoon Transit.
- Platinum Parking is the provincial provider that provides regular parking enforcement at many SHA sites, they also follow up on unpaid violations.
- Parking fees vary by location and follow former regional practices.
All staff members must submit a parking application and are encouraged to review the detailed information available on the SHA Parking Services webpage. For parking inquiries, please reach out to: | 2025 T4 slips - available February 13, 2026 Your T4 slip for the 2025 tax year will be available to download in MyConnection on February 13. T4 slips for former employees will be mailed to the address on file by end of February. You may also be able to view your T4 through the Canada Revenue Agency's My Account service by mid-March. T2200's will be available in early March. See knowledge articles below for more additional support. | Patient Safety Alert – Patient Education Artificial Urinary Sphincter Health-care professionals need to be informed of the presence of Artificial Urinary Sphincter implants and communicate this information as needed to prevent patient harm. Please read the latest safety alert and share with your teams. | LifeSpeak Week 2: Recognizing signs when others need help Seeking professional mental health support when emotions, stress, or behaviours start interfering with daily life, relationships, or personal safety. Managers and caregivers can reduce stress and support recovery by recognizing unhelpful thinking patterns, creating a supportive environment, and responding quickly and compassionately when someone reaches out for help with mental health challenges. - Video: Key manager behaviors to help prevent and reduce stress on your team
- Blog: Understanding Unhelpful Thinking Styles
Visit our website for more well-being resources. | Virtual Session: CPR Racism Guide with Dr. Holly Graham Date: February 25
Time: 10 - 11 a.m. Join Dr. Holly Graham, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Saskatchewan, for an online session introducing the CPR Racism Guide. | Virtual Session: Ethics Exchange - Treatment Refusal After Spinal Cord Injury Accept or Reject? Date: February 18
Time: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Join Dr Join Gary Goldsand – Regina and Integrated Rural Health, Saskatchewan Health Authority, Assistant Clinical Professor John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry University of Alberta for a presentation on ethical issues. Register using the link in the poster below. | Virtual Information Session: British Columbia Institute of Technology Cardiology Technology program Date: February 19
Time: 7 - 8 p.m. Join British Columbia Institute of Technology online information session to learn more about the Cardiology Technology program. | Webinar: Spirometry Community of Practice Date: February 19, 26 and March 5
Time: 1 - 2 p.m. The Spirometry Community of Practice will be temporarily shifting its focus to the recently approved Spirometry procedures. | Workshop: Substance Use Disorders Date: March 4
Time: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: Sandman Signature Hotel, Saskatoon, SK The College of Medicine, Continuing Medical Education, and Continuing Pharmacy Education have created the Advancing Interprofessional Management of Substance Use Disorders in Saskatchewan (AIMS-SK) program, aimed at improving health outcomes for individuals with substance use disorders. | Virtual Workshop: Fundamentals of Fetal Health Surveillance Date: March 27 and 28
Time: 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. The course is intended for practitioners (nurses, physicians, registered midwives) with clinical experience as part of their regular review of fetal health surveillance knowledge, skills and clinical decision making as well as new obstetrical care pro-viders as an adjunct to their facility orientation program. | Images and Citations - Quick Guide for Clinical Document Development The following updates were made to Images and Citations Quick Guide for Clinical Document Development (CS-G-0250). - Guidance has been added for Artificial Intelligence (AI) image use. At this time, AI generated images are not to be used in clinical documents.
- It is expected that all image permissions will be cited in the clinical documents according to the guidance provided and prior to submission to Clinical Standards.
- Clinical documents that contain copyrighted material will not be processed and published without proof of permissions provided to Clinical Standards and/or citation for images that require no permissions.
- More citation examples have been added so that teams can copy and paste the format.
- The flow of the document has been adjusted to make it more user friendly.
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