Effective January 22, 2026 at 08:30, Connect Care users will see new clinical information related to the ongoing measles outbreak in Alberta reflected in the "Medical History" section of the patient chart. This information will display as “History of measles”.
The comment field will provide additional detail indicating whether the case was confirmed through epidemiological (epi) linking (Public Health investigation) or laboratory confirmation. The comment will also clearly identify that the Medical History entry was updated via an automated import, rather than through manual clinician entry (click the camera icon to see a screenshot).
Data has been provided by the Public Health Surveillance & Informatics team and was extracted from the Communicable Disease/Outbreak Management system. Lab data has been extracted from Connect Care.
Imported data includes all confirmed measles cases from March 1, 2025 up to and including December 9, 2025. The Population and Public Health Communicable Disease Control Notifiable Disease team will enter any new measles outbreak data from the December 9 import date.
This enhancement is intended to improve clarity, consistency, and situational awareness for care teams during the ongoing measles response.