| Core Business |
2002/03 – 2004/05
Service Plan Strategies |
2003/04 – 2005/06
Service Plan Strategies |
| Stewardship and Corporate
Management |
| Stewardship |
Goal 3 Strategy 1: Develop
a comprehensive long-term health plan that includes: Human Resources
Strategy, Hospital Facilities Plan; an Intermediate and Long-Term
Care Facilities Plan; a Medical Machinery and Equipment Plan;
an Information Technology Plan; a Rural and Remote Health Initiative;
and an Electronic Health Record (EHR). |
MOHP Strategy 1: Translate
health care needs into clear strategic direction for the healthcare
system and communicate this direction through comprehensive
mid and long-term plans.
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| Goal 1 Strategy 5: Develop provincial
quality standards for selected services. |
MOHP Strategy 2: Develop
provincial quality and access standards/guidelines for selected
services (e.g. appropriate service volumes required to ensure
safety and quality of service delivery). |
| Goal 1 Strategy 6: Develop provincial
standards of access for selected services (i.e. primary care
and chronic care). |
| Goal 2 Strategy 4: Develop population-based
immunization strategies and screening programs with specific
emphasis on high-risk population. |
MOHP Strategy 3: Develop coordinated
system-wide approaches for responding to major public health
risks and epidemics (e.g. SARS, West Nile, meningitis and influenza
outbreaks; childhood immunizations). |
| Goal 2 Strategy 2: Determine effective
targeted prevention and early intervention strategies and set
standards for their delivery. |
MOHP Strategy 4: Protect
public health by articulating expectations for core public health
prevention and protection activities, including standards for
their delivery (e.g. food and water safety licensing). |
| Goal 2 Strategy 3: Set expectations
to require health authorities to provide effective and targeted
prevention programs. |
| Goal 1 Strategy 2: Develop a quality
assurance policy for regulated health professions. |
MOHP Strategy 5: Enhance
the quality and accountability of self-regulated health care
professionals in British Columbia by developing a regulatory
framework to support and guide their work. |
| Goal 1 Strategy 3: Develop recommendations
for an appropriate governance model for licensing function. |
| Goal 3 Strategy 6: Explore options
for increased patient-participation in non-CHA services (i.e.
user fees and co-payments based on ability to pay) that improve
the utilization of services and allow services to be improved. |
MOHP Strategy 6: Provide legislative,
regulatory and policy frameworks that provide greater flexibility
in how and what services are delivered to ensure appropriate
and cost-effective service delivery (e.g. Public private partnerships). |
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MOHP Strategy 7: Ensure the healthcare
system has the capacity to meet the population's health needs
by developing provincial plans for the supply and effective
use of health care professionals, facilities and infrastructure. |
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MOHP Strategy 8: Influence public
policy outside health to address principle risk factors that
underlie health outcomes and drive health system costs (e.g.
housing, economics, environment). |
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MOHP Strategy 9: Lead the development
of planning guidelines that articulate best practices for service
delivery (End-of-life, Aboriginal health services and women's
health strategies). |
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MOHP Strategy 10: Support health
research and create opportunities for health partners to share
knowledge and best practices to facilitate continuous improvement
in service delivery. |
| Goal 2 Strategy 5: Develop measures
and report on health services utilization among specific populations. |
MOHP Strategy 11: Monitor and report
publicly on the health of the British Columbia population. |
| Goal 3 Strategy 4: Develop common
methodologies for costing and monitoring the economic impact
of disease. |
MOHP Strategy 12: Monitor and forecast
the economic impact of disease and demographic trends. |
| Goal 1 Strategy 8: Identify mechanisms
to determine patient and public perspectives and satisfaction. |
MOHP Strategy 13: Monitor & report
on patient & public health service experience (e.g. satisfaction). |
| Corporate Management |
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MOHP Strategy 14: Implement
Human Resource Management Plan for the Ministries of Health
(see Section F in this service plan). |
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MOHP Strategy 15: Embed
sound business practices and a business management culture within
the ministries of health. |
| Services Delivered
by Ministry (Vital Statistics Agency) |
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VS Strategy 1: Pilot
an electronic service for the registration of births and deaths. |
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VS Strategy 2: Maintain
customer satisfaction levels while implementing nationally mandated
identification security measures. |
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VS Strategy 3: Improve
direct electronic access to users of vital event health-related
information products from the VISTA data warehouse to support
health planning and surveillance activities. |
