The Health Quality Council of Alberta has announced the appointment of Charlene McBrien-Morrison as Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Health Quality Council of Alberta, effective June 12. Charlene’s 16 years with the Health Quality Council of Alberta, the majority of which was as Executive Director, and more than two decades of healthcare leadership experience, will position her well to lead the organization as Acting CEO.
Under Charlene’s leadership, the strong team of the Health Quality Council of Alberta will continue to deliver on the organization’s legislated mandate to improve the quality and safety of healthcare services in Alberta.
In the near future the Board will be launching a national search for the permanent CEO.
“The Board is appreciative to Charlene for stepping forward to take on this acting role in the interim,” says Brent Windwick, the Health Quality Council of Alberta Board Chair.
We also recognize and thank Andrew Neuner for his significant contributions to the Health Quality Council of Alberta, and are grateful for his many years of dedication to quality and safety improvement in Alberta’s healthcare system and wish him well in his future endeavours.”
Andrew Neuner, Chief Executive Officer, Health Quality Council of Alberta
There’s no shortage of things to think about these days if you are a family physician in Alberta.
Your practice is busy. The COVID-19 pandemic has added serious new patient questions. And in the background, we know the ongoing discussions with the Alberta government about the physician funding framework are likely on your mind.
Some of you may wonder why the Health Quality Council of Alberta chose now to release the 2020 Primary Healthcare Panel Reports.
The answer is we wanted to get this information – the most current and comprehensive data about patient panels – in your hands as soon as possible. And, frankly, some of you have been asking for it. Delaying the release runs the risk of making data less relevant.
I know all of you won’t have capacity to reflect on your panel data at this time. And that’s ok. It’s available for you to review whenever you’re ready.
With everyone focused on the COVID-19 response, the Health Quality Council of Alberta has put on hold – until further notice – our planned activities to promote these reports with physician and other healthcare audiences. That means we won’t offer webinars or pro-actively communicate about the reports in the near-term. There will also be delays in generating reports for new requestors.
There’s information on the Health Quality Council of Alberta website about what’s new with the 2020 data, and if you have any questions, please reach out to our team at primaryhealthcarereports@hqa.ca.
Thanks again for all you do to support patient safety and health service quality in Alberta.
The Health Quality Council of Alberta board of directors have announced that Andrew Neuner, chief executive officer, has given notice of his resignation, effective June 2020.
Statement from the Health Quality Council of Alberta’s Board Chair, Brent Windwick:
Andrew has served the Health Quality Council of Alberta for six years, and has achieved an array of accomplishments. Along with my fellow board members, I am proud of Andrew’s contributions to Alberta’s healthcare system, and we are committed to supporting the Health Quality Council of Alberta through this change. It is the role of the Health Quality Council of Alberta board of directors to appoint a new chief executive officer. We will start a rigorous recruitment process immediately to find a suitable candidate for the position.
Andrew has led a committed and dedicated team that diligently works every day to deliver on the Health Quality Council of Alberta’s mandate. I have every confidence that this is an organization that will work seamlessly and successfully through this transition, and it will be business as usual. We will continue to pursue the many quality and safety initiatives already underway, including:
- Monitoring the quality and safety of Alberta’s healthcare system through our FOCUS on Healthcare online reporting tool
- Providing a voice to patients through our patient experience surveys including those in emergency department care, primary care, and continuing care.
- Supporting improvement in primary care by providing family physicians across the province with digital Primary Healthcare Panel Reports.
The Health Quality Council of Alberta will continue to work collaboratively with its partners towards the ongoing improvement of healthcare quality and safety for Albertans.
