The tension between the choice to ensure the highest level of safety for citizens against Covid-19 infection and the desire to keep the people and the economy able to function as much as possible is a challenge for all leaders
Andrew Neuner, CEO of the Health Quality Council of Alberta leaves his position this week after tendering his resignation a number of months ago. At some point in time, we will learn from him what was behind this for we
Eight years ago on May 19. 2012 Greg Price passed away prematurely while attempting to get the care he needed from Alberta’s health non-system. The events we were part of leading up to his death remain sharp and hard with
Recently the Alberta government announced its partnership with Telus to make the Babylon app available to Albertans. Babylon provides a means to connect virtually with contracted physicians in order to get medical advice. It comes at a time when the system
Yesterday, March 17th, Minister Shandro announced that the government was not going to change the payments to doctors on March 31st as previously announced. His announcement coincided with Premier Kenney declaring a Public Health Emergency in Alberta due to the
2020 brings with it the opportunity for substantial positive and needed change in Alberta’s health “system”. An opportunity if pursued properly, will show the rest of the country how it can be done well. Much has been said and indeed
6 years ago this morning, we lost Greg to a series of gaps and breaks in the health system. Many things have happened since then. We have got to know and appreciate a number of great people who are working
Today Greg would have been 37. By now, his plans were to have a family of his own starting to grow. He would be well on his way to accomplishing his vision to change the way water is recovered and
Patient Centred Care a well used and much written about descriptor but what is it? In practice, does it really mean full patient involvement and engagement in choices in their care? Early on, our family chose to use different terminology
Better Healthcare for Albertans is the name of the report that Merwin Sayer, Alberta’s Auditor General, and his very capable team produced and released in May of 2017. While this report was built on their investigation of the past and
