| 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. |
| Goal 1 |
Strategy 1: Use information on population
health needs and status in planning of patient care. |
Implemented/ongoing |
| Goal 1 |
Strategy 4: Develop a framework for
the delivery of provincial programs. |
Implemented |
| Goal 1 |
Strategy 7: Establish health service
framework to identify and communicate government expectations
and standards in a number of key areas, including all health
services regulated through provincial legislation. |
Superseded by performance agreements |
| Goal 2 |
Strategy 1: Monitor and report on
the health status of the population. |
Implemented/ongoing |
| Goal 3 |
Strategy 2: Review the Medical Services
Commission structure and recommend new structures as appropriate. |
Moved to MOHS Plan — see MOHS Strategy 11 |
| Goal 3 |
Strategy 3: Establish a comprehensive
accountability and performance management strategy for health
authorities and other providers. |
Implemented |
| Goal 3 |
Strategy 5: Within the framework
of the Canada Health Act (CHA), develop a regulatory framework
to support private sector involvement in capital financing,
selected areas of service delivery and in the implementation
of information technology service. |
Implemented |
| Goal 3 |
Strategy 7: Participate in multi-lateral
and bi-lateral negotiations to restore full federal funding
to the provinces, and identify and pursue opportunities for
collaboration with other provinces and the federal government
in pharmaceuticals, health human resources, home and community
care and information technology. |
Implemented/ongoing |
