Over the past few months, our blog style postings on the Health Arrows website have been dormant. We have been very busy responding to the great interest in seeing our film Falling Through the Cracks: Greg’s Story and the associated
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
Thank you to those that responded our last post. It had been a little while since the previous one. During that time we were working on the development (with an amazing team of dedicated people) of a short, high-quality film
Today marks 4 years since the Health Quality Council of Alberta (HQCA) released the Continuity of Patient Care Study. The HQCA used Greg’s journey to examine the continuity of patient care in our healthcare system. The report outlines 13 recommendations
As summer comes to a close and school starts again, we thought we would share a bit of information on what we have been busy with over the last few months. We have set up a not-for-profit organization in honour
Last Friday we had the opportunity to talk to Heather Yourex from Global News about the 5th anniversary of Greg’s death and the current state of our health system. Heather also reached out to Alberta Health, which triggered the following
Organizational culture is the third priority that we want to talk about on the 5th anniversary of Greg’s premature death. When we think about culture we see it as a group of individuals with common beliefs and a consistent approach.
