Last week Alberta’s Auditor General released a report titled “Better Healthcare for Albertans.” While I admit I haven’t managed to read the full report yet – and because of its relevance we are planning on sharing our thoughts on it
The next priority that we would like to discuss was originally labelled as the “Establishment of a Universal Health Record for Albertans” and over the last year we have realized that this issue isn’t just about a single or universal
“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
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
