Regina Holliday
Regina Holliday is a patient rights arts advocate currently living in Maryland. She was born in Enid, Oklahoma and began painting at the age of six. She attended high school in Sapulpa, Oklahoma and whilst attending was Oklahoma State Champion in Original Oratory and Poetry Recitation. After graduation, she briefly attended OSU where she met her husband Fred Holliday in a theatre painting class.
After spending 16 years working in retail management and six years teaching art, Regina began painting a series of murals depicting the need for clarity and transparency in medical records. This advocacy mission was inspired by her husband Frederick Allen Holliday II and his struggle to get appropriate care during eleven weeks of continuous hospitalization at five facilities. After his death resulting from complications of kidney cancer on June 17, 2009, she began painting a large mural entitled “73 cents.” This piece can be viewed at 5001 Connecticut Ave. Washington, DC 20008 and depicts the Holliday family’s journey through the medical system during Fred’s cancer care and their desperate attempt to access Fred’s medical record.
The painting became part of the national healthcare debate and was featured on BBC, CNN, CBS, AOL and the Voice of America. The Washington Post and many international newspapers reported on this painting during its completion in the fall of 2009.
Regina also paints on canvas at medical conferences throughout the United States. She paints the concepts discussed and presents them through a patient’s view. She also began an advocacy movement called “The Walking Gallery.” The Walking Gallery consists of artists, medical providers, technicians, governmental employees and advocates who wear patient-entered care paintings on the backs of their business suits. These jacket paintings combined with the tools of social media have spread the word about the importance of the patient’s voice in healthcare discussions.
On July 13, 2010, Regina was honored to represent the patient voice during the Meaningful Use Stage One Announcement. She appeared on stage with HHS Secretary Kathleen Sibelius, Don Berwick from CMS, and David Blumenthal from the ONC, and Regina Benjamin Surgeon General.
Regina will be the keynote speaker at the 2014 We Can Do Better Conference.
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