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Provincial Health Services Authority

Provincial Health Services Authority. Working Together For Better Health in BC. Provincial Health Services Authority. Province wide solutions. Better health. PHSA Mission. “Accessible, quality health services” Deliver quality services Directions and standards Resources Performance

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Provincial Health Services Authority

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  1. Provincial Health Services Authority Working Together For Better Health in BC

  2. Provincial Health Services Authority Province wide solutions. Better health.

  3. PHSA Mission “Accessible, quality health services” • Deliver quality services • Directions and standards • Resources • Performance • Research and teaching

  4. Collaborating Across the Province • Province-wide mandate to ensure quality and accessibility • PHSA and five geographic health authorities

  5. PHSA Agencies

  6. PHSA Agencies in BC • Access • Quality • Efficiency • Effectiveness

  7. Steps Forward

  8. SARS • BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) • BC Cancer Agency’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre • Successful containment in BC • National and international recognition for research

  9. Renal Care • Kidney disease growing by 10% per year • Integrated outcomes-based health care • Opening new dialysis centres or expanding services

  10. Mental Health • Supporting patients closer to home • New beds: Vancouver Island, Prince George, Kamloops • New facilities in 2004 Garden in bloom at Iris House tertiary psychiatric rehabilitation facility in Prince George. Back yard with a view at South Hills tertiary psychiatric rehabilitation facility in Kamloops.

  11. Chest Surgery • Two centres of excellence for Thoracic Surgery – Vancouver and Kelowna • Two more centres in next two years • Recruitment of new thoracic surgeon

  12. Improving Access • Standards and measures for surgical services • Access to and effectiveness of emergency services

  13. Cardiac Services • Wait-lists • Referral systems • Leadership and long-term planning

  14. Stepping Forward • Regional considerations • Identifying barriers to access • Ensuring consistent, quality care • PROTECTING PATIENT CARE!

  15. Patients first

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