Regina Holliday (née Regina McCanless) is a Grantsville, Maryland, resident, art teacher, artist, muralist, patient rights arts advocate, founder of the Walking Gallery and the Medical Advocacy Mural Project.
[2] During his final hospitalization, Holliday asked to see her husband's medical records, so that she could do online research of his condition and care, and so that they could make informed decisions together.
At the first of five hospitals he was admitted to during this medical ordeal, on April 18, 2009, she was told that copies of his records would cost $.73 per page and would be available after a 21-day wait.
Holliday contributed a chapter to 2010's The Big Book of Social Media about the treatment of her husband by the health care industry.
[4] Holliday has completed three murals in Washington, D.C., on themes relating to health care and patients' rights: "The Walking Gallery"[6] is an evolutionary step in public art - from murals on walls of buildings to mini-murals painted on the backs of jackets, lab coats, etc.
As of July 2012, the Walking Gallery includes 170 jackets, painted primarily by Holliday and worn by 155 walkers.