Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) is a publicly funded health service provider in the province of
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...
. PHSA is unique in
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
as the only health authority having a province-wide mandate for specialized health services, although within British Columbia the
First Nations Health Authority
The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) is a health service delivery organization responsible for administering a variety of health programs and service for First Nations people living in BC.
Overview
The FNHA is part of a First Nations Health ...
is also non-regional and highly dispersed. The five other health authorities in the province have regional jurisdiction. Services are provided either directly through PHSA agencies or through funding or collaboration with regional health authorities.
PHSA operates and manages a number of well-recognized specialized programs/services:
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BC Cancer
BC Cancer is part of the Provincial Health Services Authority in British Columbia, Canada.
Facilities
BC Cancer's first cancer treatment centre (then known as the British Columbia Cancer Institute) officially opened in Vancouver on November 5 ...
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BC Centre for Disease Control
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BC Children's Hospital & Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children
*BC Emergency Health Services (with programs
BC Ambulance Service
The British Columbia Ambulance Service (BCAS) is an ambulance service that provides emergency medical response for the province of British Columbia, Canada. BCAS is one of the largest provider of emergency medical services in North America. The ...
and the BC Patient Transfer Network)
*Health Emergency Management BC
*BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services
*BC Renal
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BC Transplant
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BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre
*Cardiac Services BC
*BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (with the partnership with
Providence Health and
UBC
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks among the top three ...
)
The PHSA concentrates on doing three things to meet its responsibilities in health care:
* Provide leadership and management of selected agencies and organizations providing province-wide health care services;
* Ensure health care is delivered by overseeing performance agreements, expectations and funding allocations for selected provincial health care programs and services; and,
* Province-wide coordination of programs, services and support systems required by all health authorities and/or the Ministry of Health.
Management and employees
Because of its provision of province-wide specialized care, PHSA has repeatedly had the five highest-paid employees (each a physician) in the public health sector listed in annual reviews by the
Vancouver Sun
The ''Vancouver Sun'', also known as the ''Sun'', is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The newspaper is currently published by the Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network. Published s ...
newspaper.
Benoit Morin took over as president and CEO in February 2020 after the retirement of his predecessor, Carl Roy, who served as the executive leader of PHSA from January 2014 – February 2020. The organization’s first president and CEO, Lynda Cranston, resigned after a controversial wage increase for 118 senior managers during a province-wide wage freeze for the public health sector.
PHSA has been consistently named a top employer in Canada, and in October 2013 was again recognized with a national top employer honour.
See also
Regional health authorities in British Columbia
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Vancouver Coastal Health
Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is a regional health authority that provides health services including primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary care, home and community care, mental health services, population and preventive health and addictio ...
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Fraser Health
The Fraser Health Authority (FHA) is one of five publicly funded health authorities into which the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) is divided. It is governed by the provincial ''Health Authorities Act''.
History
Fraser Health was crea ...
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Interior Health
Interior Health is a regional health authority in British Columbia. It is one of the five publicly-funded regional health authorities, serving the southern Interior region of British Columbia.
Facilities
As of 2020 Interior Health operates ...
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Island Health
Island Health, also known as the Vancouver Island Health Authority, is the publicly funded health care provider in the southwestern portion of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was established as one of five geographically based heal ...
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Northern Health
Northern Health is the publicly funded healthcare provider for the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Northern Health serves over 300,000 people in an area of 600,000 square kilometres. It was established as one of five g ...
Other non-regional health authorities in British Columbia
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First Nations Health Authority
The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) is a health service delivery organization responsible for administering a variety of health programs and service for First Nations people living in BC.
Overview
The FNHA is part of a First Nations Health ...
References
External links
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2001 establishments in British Columbia
Medical and health organizations based in British Columbia
Organizations based in Vancouver