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Sunday, May 13, 2018

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Regina Holliday

Regina Holliday is a resident of Grantsville, Maryland.  Some people call her the Rosa Parks of Health Care.

Ms. Holliday is an activist, artist, speaker and author.   You might see her at a health conference painting the content she hears from the patient view.  She is part the movement known as participatory medicine.  She and others in this movement believe that the patient is a partner with their provider and both should work together as a team.  

Regina is a mother and a widow; she speaks about the benefits of health information technology and timely data access for patients due to her family loss. In 2009, she painted a series of murals depicting the need for clarity and transparency in medical records. This advocacy mission was inspired by her late husband Frederick Allen Holliday II and his struggle to get appropriate care during 11 weeks of continuous hospitalization at 5 facilities. Her paintings became part of the national debate on health care reform and helped guide public policy.   

She also began an advocacy movement called “The Walking Gallery.” The Gallery consists of medical providers and advocates who wear patient story paintings on the backs of business suits. Paint and patients, pills and policy all come together within The Walking Gallery of Healthcare.  This "walking wall" of 400+ individuals who wear personal patient narrative paintings on their backs is changing minds and opening hearts.  They are attending medical conferences where often there isn’t a patient speaker on the dais or in the audience.   They are providing a patient voice, and by doing so, are changing the conversation.  

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