Gallant HealthWorks & Associates (GHWA) is a people-centred consulting network working in collaboration with other leading healthcare transformation services Canada-wide and internationally.
GHWA "Engages Stakeholders in Health" by advising, creating, leading and implementing solutions that enables customers to achieve both their organizational and personal goals.
GHWA is the only independent network of experienced leaders, clinicians, researchers and educators with broad cross-sectorial skills that support Canadians' health improvement in its broadest sense.
We have expertise in many areas, including:
customer & stakeholder engagement
strategic planning
leadership development
person-centred health/patient-family focused care
team facilitation
health promotion & prevention
network and partnership building
communication/social media/knowledge translation
business intelligence(*LITCO SYSTEMS Inc. QlikView)
Customers are government agencies, health authorities, education institutions, corporations, professional groups, non-profits, other consultancies and individuals.
Paul Gallant (Principal), mentioned on University of British Columbia, Medicine, web: "First of it's kind workshop brings citizens and providers together to discuss [health] system redesign"Details
Paul led and conducted stakeholder analysis with health leaders, physicians, patients and advisory groups. He developed content from Public Participation (e.g. IAP2), Patient Family Centred Care (e.g. IPFCC) and Triple Aim (IHI & BC Ministry of Health) frameworks. He facilitated a working group from various partner organizations that included patients, advised on project management, quality improvement, facilitated priority setting and relationship building, plus oversaw the development and delivery of an interactive workshop for health care providers, leaders and citizens.
"Twenty-one community members and health
care providers from the Fraser Health region participated in a workshop on
Saturday October 1st at the Surrey Central Library to discuss ways that
citizens can inform the health system. The interactive workshop was the
first of its kind developed by the Your Voice Counts collaboration.
The session focused on three topics
identified by community members through surveys and community consultations:
1. How to talk about your health care
2. How the health care system works and
the challenges it faces
3. How to use your experiences to improve
the health care system.
The session was co-facilitated by team
members Paul Gallant (GHWA/INSITE), Ron Plowright of Fraser Health, Andrea McLagan of
ImpactBC and Sheila Allison of the Patient Voices Network. In
partnership with the Intercultural Online Health Network."
Paul Gallant in the UK Business News: A collaboration success story "Inspire People Group" visit to BC. Meeting Hon. Kevin Falcon, then BC Minister of Health Services.
Excerpt: Morpeth based Inspire People Group have just returned from a highly successful trip to Vancouver where they formed the basis of a working alliance and at the same time came away with a real business opportunity. Cook says “In addition to meeting the BC Minister of Health, influential GP’s and leading Academics, I was fortunate to spend time with a top drawer consultancy firm who run “change” programmes across Healthcare and Provincial Government. We are now looking to integrate one of our HR based models with the LEAN – Sixth Sigma concept to allow us to partner and deliver our model to high level clients across Canada”. In addition to this specific opportunity Inspire will work together with Gallant HealthWorks of Vancouver to uncover other areas where they can collaborate using their shared experience of the Health and Education Sectors...
*ABOUT QlikView
Our partner LITCO SYSTEMS Inc. is a reseller for QlikView, a Business Intelligence software suite developed in Sweden. With QlikView in-memory analysis, healthcare providers can integrate data from across systems and remove the inhibitors to improving the quality, safety and cost of healthcare delivery. Contact us to arrange a brief demonstration.
Paul Gallant, Principal (L) & Canadian Forces Maj. General Lise Mathieu (Ret'd) discuss importance of people in health system transformation (PCH), Sept. 2010
P. Gallant & G. Cook Inspire People Group (UK) discuss BC healthcare leadership & business opportunities, Oct 2010
Paul & Hon. Elinor Caplan (L-former Health Minister Ont.) discuss Person Centred Health & improving healthcare "systems," March, 2010
Meeting with Dr. Roderick Lawrence (L), June 2010. Citizen empowerment, environmental health/healthy cities, WHO & University of Geneva
“I have known Paul for several years in a number of capacities including his work/reputation in person-centred health, prospective projects and most recently with Advantage International. Paul has demonstrated the highest values in his work, commitment to quality, delivering effective outcomes, health care through his extensive support to Person Centred Health, and working with a team through change. Paul has the ability to quickly reach and understand the senior healthcare leaders' viewpoint in various provinces. He has shown great insight into Canadian healthcare sector and his values and approach are based on building and maintaining successful relationships in business and on a more personal level to achieve long-term success. He is also fun to work with.” Wayne Mills, President, Challenging Leaders Limited, Toronto 2011
“I recently worked with Paul as part of a patient and health care provider content development/workshop facilitation in primary health. Paul was knowledgeable and skilled in working with and moving our team ahead under tight timelines. He supported team members in reaching our objectives and demonstrated a wide breadth of experience, adaptability and leadership in achieving our end goal. He has a great sense of humour and was a pleasure to work with!” R. Plowright, Fraser Health Authority, 2011
“Paul is a focused, dedicated team leader with strong executive-level support skills and contextual understanding of health care needs across BC and internationally. He has proven ability to communicate clearly and diplomatically in multicultural environments.”Svetlana Kishchenko MD, Public Health Specialist, Institute For Health Policy Analysis, 2010
“After meeting Paul through sitting on the Board of Directors of Health Care Leaders' Association of BC (HCLABC), I began to learn of his commitment to collaboration and diverse range of health care networks. Paul successfully combines the use of social media and his personable nature to better engage others towards achieving their goals and passions.” Dan Levitt, Board Member HCLABC, 2010
Excerpt: Morpeth based Inspire People Group have just returned from a highly successful trip to Vancouver where they formed the basis of a working alliance and at the same time came away with a real business opportunity. Cook says “In addition to meeting the BC Minister of Health, influential GP’s and leading Academics, I was fortunate to spend time with a top drawer consultancy firm who run “change” programmes across Healthcare and Provincial Government. We are now looking to integrate one of our HR based models with the LEAN – Sixth Sigma concept to allow us to partner and deliver our model to high level clients across Canada”. In addition to this specific opportunity Inspire will work together with Gallant HealthWorks of Vancouver to uncover other areas where they can collaborate using their shared experience of the Health and Education Sectors... 
Paul Gallant, Principal (L) & Canadian Forces Maj. General Lise Mathieu (Ret'd) discuss importance of people in health system transformation (PCH), Sept. 2010 
P. Gallant & G. Cook Inspire People Group (UK) discuss BC healthcare leadership & business opportunities, Oct 2010 
Paul & Hon. Elinor Caplan (L-former Health Minister Ont.) discuss Person Centred Health & improving healthcare "systems," March, 2010 
Meeting with Dr. Roderick Lawrence (L), June 2010. Citizen empowerment, environmental health/healthy cities, WHO & University of Geneva 
