Dr Victor Montori speaking about Shared decision making. What it isn’t…

And what it is. Discussed more in Dr Montori’s excellent book. patientrevolution.org/store/p/whywer…

Congrats Brian. So well deserved. Thanks all your contributions to Alberta Emergency departments over your long career

oh goodness, how did we get here? (𝙹𝚘𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚍 [email protected], no need to respond. It's a rhetorical question). If you're nervous about vaccines, talk to your family doctor

Despite the stench, and his white fur a dark hue of gray, with Calgary’s water restrictions, this is the only bath Doug will see in the next five weeks

Last ride before the rain. West Bragg Creek is gorgeous

Thanks to @Marshall_Hecon and Aidan Hollis 💚, local conference organizers. A lot of work down the drain - too bad as it would have raised the profile of health econ here and brought in tourism $. Understanding the need for security, delays seemed excessive. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Dang. Too bad I didn’t have an ironclad contract. Could have paid off our mortgage. Sad to have several excellent health care leaders sitting on the sidelines. Alberta spending millions in severance as it overhauls health system theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta…

A really thoughtful article from one of Alberta’s committed patient advisors. Health care is all about patients - they’re the customer. In the distraction of Health care refocusing, this can’t be forgotten calgaryherald.com/opinion/opinio…

Yet one more kick to the midsection in the Turkish acetaminophen debacle. Alberta Premier, ministers accepted NHL playoff tickets after voting to loosen ethics rules theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta…

At Blue rodeo concert. I’m guess I’m dating myself!

Airdrie has health care needs, but this solution isn’t what’s required to address the problem. Privatization concerns sparked by potential new Alberta health-care 'prototype' cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

More on the for profit Urgent care centre being proposed for Airdrie. pdst.fm/e/chtbl.com/tr…

It’s important to follow the evidence on for profit delivery of care - where it might work and where it doesn’t. When it just pulls staff and physicians out of already taxed public surgery facilities, it’s not helping. calgaryherald.com/opinion/opinio…

Hard to see how this ends well. Even Tyler Shandro has stepped off the board (?related to this). Face of Coutts border blockade joins United Conservative Party’s board in Calgary riding theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta…

“Ms. Smith would be wiser to try to understand the common causes of the current crisis and address those. But that’s more difficult than blithely labelling the province’s health managers as indifferent monopolists, and then ad-libbing a simple solution.” theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editor…

And the tear down is in full flight. This change should be studied closely, but sadly I’m not confident we’ll learn much. Provincial Governments aren’t too keen to put a microscope on this kind of reorganization edmontonjournal.com/news/recovery-…