This Friday, May 19 will be the fifth anniversary of Greg’s death. Memories and his presence are felt every day but at the same time a lot has happened in the last 5 years. Like on most anniversaries and milestones now are an appropriate
“Using digital health tools as a patient makes me feel far more of a partner in my health care than just the recipient.”— Alexa Thompson, Halifax, Nova Scotia (source: Infoway) “Better data can improve health care decision-making and contribute to
What does ezReferral do? ezReferral is a web based program, run through any browser. It allows health care professionals to communicate quickly, securely and effectively. For instance a family doctor can quickly log in, refer a patient to the selected
When we created Health Arrows we wanted it to be a place where we could encourage progress and improvement in our health system. We wanted to highlight what was being done right to uncover a path to a future where
What product or service does your company offer? Brightsquid Secure Communications Corp. provides confidential messaging and file sharing services for healthcare professionals. We make patient information more accessible so that teams can collaborate more efficiently and effectively, and patients can
We thought we would provide some of our own analysis on the Alberta Budget for 2017-2018 that was presented a few weeks ago. Highlights Cuts to Acute Care and Ambulance Services while Administration, Ministry Support Services and Physician Compensation & Development increase
Team-based care seems like an obvious and logical concept. There are lots of somewhat cheesy sayings like “Two heads are better than one”, “Less me, more we”, “Teamwork makes the dream work” etc, etc. Yet many of our experiences in
In my last post I talked about how Greg was an innovative thinker who loved to challenge the status quo. What I love about digital health tools is not that they are amazing innovations or extraordinary technological feats of genius
Greg wanted to have positive impact on everyone around him. There is a collection of quotes in a notebook he referred to as his “book of everything” “Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never
The Health Quality Council of Alberta (HQCA) plays a critical role in our health system. As an independent body that takes a system level view and whose efforts promote and improve of patent safety and health service quality across Alberta
