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J.R. (Bud) McCaig Inducted into The Canadian Business Hall of Fame
CALGARY - J.R. (Bud) McCaig has been inducted into The Canadian Business Hall of Fame in recognition of his valuable contribution to the Canadian business community and to the economy and quality of life in Canada.
Mr. McCaig was Chairman of Trimac Corporation, which the McCaig family formed in 1945 and expanded into North America’s premier provider of services in highway transportation, including bulk transportation and logistics.
Known for his business success, generosity to the community and commitment to revitalizing health care for Albertans, Mr. McCaig founded Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute in 2004.
He was inducted posthumously into The Canadian Business Hall of Fame on May 6, 2008, as a member of the Laureate Class of 2008.
Established by Junior Achievement of Canada in 1979, The Canadian Business Hall of Fame celebrates the outstanding achievements of Canada’s most distinguished business leaders and the legacy they have created for future generations of business leaders. Laureates are nominated by their peers and chosen by an independent selection committee representing Canada’s foremost business, academic and media institutions.
Manage Waits Centrally for Better Efficiency
An essay on managing health care waits concludes that creating a single common framework for reporting wait times is the necessary first step toward better health care planning. It’s also a necessary step in applying methods to shorten and eliminate waits. The essay is published in Evidence Boost for Quality, an online publication of the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation. It refers to interim results of the Alberta Hip and Knee Replacement Project to support its conclusion.
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Highlights of the Hip and Knee Replacement Pilot Project:
- Wait to see a surgeon – dropped from an average 145 working days to 21 days
- Wait from consultation to surgery – fell from average of 290 working days to 37 days
- Stay in hospital down almost a day and a half – to 4.7 days from 6 days
- Patient outcomes improved – for example, 85% of patients were up and mobile the day of their surgery
- Patients were better able to function physically and had less pain following their surgery
- Patients and health care providers were more satisfied
Alberta's Umbrella Organization for Bone and Joint Health Care
Founded by J.R. (Bud) McCaig, the Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute is the umbrella organization for bone and joint health care, research and education throughout Alberta.
The Institute was founded on the strong belief that Albertans should have a standard of bone and joint health and health care that is the best in the world – a standard others will want to emulate.
To establish this standard, the Institute is developing innovative, sustainable approaches to bone and joint health and health care. These approaches are designed to improve access, quality and efficiency in the public health care system, increase prevention, and advance research and knowledge so that the care patients receive is based on the best evidence available globally and on sound medical judgment.
The Institute’s work has produced a new patient-centered model of bone and joint health care that has captured the attention of people across Canada and in other countries.
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