Vancouver Coastal Health

Vancouver Coastal Health

Infobox Organization
name = Vancouver Coastal Health




mcaption = VCH service area map
motto = Leading research. Leading education. Leading care.
formation = 2001
type = British Columbia Health Authority
leader_title = CEO
leader_name = Ida J. Goodreau
key_people =
num_staff = 22,000 (approx), 5,000 volunteers
budget = $2.8 billion (can) (approx)
website = [http://www.vch.ca/ www.vch.ca]

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is a publicly-funded healthcare provider in the Canadian province of British Columbia. VCH provides health services through more than 9,000 acute, rehabilitation and residential beds across 14 hospitals. VCH is also responsible for two diagnostic and treatment centres, and in the community over 500 facilities provide a range of direct and contracted services including home and community care, mental health services, population and preventive health, addictions services and primary care.

ervice area

VCH directly serves 25% of B.C.’s population who live in a geographic area of 54,200 km2 (over 1 million people). VCH responds to the healthcare needs of residents of 17 municipalities and regional districts in British Columbia, including:

* Bella Bella
* Bella Coola
* North Shore
* Richmond
* Squamish
* Sunshine Coast
* Vancouver
* Whistler

VCH is also home to British Columbia's largest acute care hospitals and serves 46% of all inpatient specialized care for the over four million people in the province of BC.

VCH is not responsible for all healthcare within its geographic service area. Hospitals such as BC Children's Hospital and [http://www.bcwomens.ca BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre] and agencies such as the BC Cancer Agency are operated by the Provincial Health Services Authority. Community partners and non-governmental organizations also provide certain health care services.

Denominational agreements

Seven care facilities, including St. Paul's Hospital, are operated through agreement with Providence Health Care, a Roman Catholic faith-based care provider. The CEO of Providence sits as member of VCH's executive team. Through another affiliation agreement with the United Church of Canada, VCH also provides health services in Bella Bella and Bella Coola and the surrounding areas. VCH also treats patients referred for specialized services from other health authorities throughout the province.

ee also

Other health authorities in British Columbia

*Fraser Health (geographic region)
*Interior Health (geographic region)
*Northern Health (geographic region)
*Vancouver Island Health Authority (geographic region)
*Provincial Health Services Authority (logical region)

The Provincial Government, through the British Columbia Ministry of Health, sets province-wide goals, standards and performance agreements for health service delivery by the health authorities.

External links

* [http://www.vch.ca Vancouver Coastal Health]


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