Health & Healthcare

Health administration platforms

Here's what the 2024 BC election parties are promising.

BC NDP

  • Fully review the Health Authorities structure with the goal of reducing costs

    "We will complete a full review of Health Authorities with the goal of driving down costs and streamlining overhead and administration, putting those savings to work delivering more front-line services to you." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

  • Create a unified province-wide system for rehabilitation, imaging, and procedures

    "We will deliver unified access to provincial health care resources. Rather than having rehabilitation, imaging and procedures fragmented across regions, a unified province-wide access system would reduce wait times and give better access to health care for all patients, especially in rural areas." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

  • Transition away from faxes to digital systems

    "We will move to digital delivery. We will axe the fax, remove unnecessary paperwork, and speed up prescription, referral and other services." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-07

  • Work with health care professionals to improve the flow of health records and data

    "We will work with health care professionals to find new ways of improving the flow of health records and data, making health care work better for you – particularly when you have multiple health care providers." — An Action Plan for You, retrieved 2024-10-0

BC Conservatives

  • Fund hospitals, health authorities, and non-governmental facilities by how many patients they treat, instead of in block grants

    "Instead of simply throwing money at health facilities and hoping for the best (the “block grant” model), the Conservative Party will implement what has effectively worked well in European countries and Quebec – a policy known as “activity-based funding”.

    This will see hospitals, Regional Health Authorities, and/or other non-government facilities funded based on their output – each time they treat patients for specific diagnostic and priority procedures, they receive additional funds. This approach incentivizes providers to be more efficient and treat as many patients as possible."

    conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2024-10-08

  • Increase tracking and publication of key metrics like wait-time

    "Ensuring that we track key metrics for all parts of the healthcare journey. We will expand current tracking of the time from the visit to a specialist to the surgery. We will expand this tracking to include the wait time to see a specialist." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2024-10-08

    "Identifying additional performance metrics for the system and ensuring that the progress is tracked and reported to British Columbians in an accessible and understandable manner." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2024-10-08

  • Require health authorities to annually report cases of patients dying while waiting for surgery
  • Run a Health Services Performance Review to identify potential savings
  • Remove siloing of regional health authorities from the Ministry of Health

    "Drawing on best governance practices from other jurisdictions to break down silos between the Regional Health Authorities and the Ministry. This enables the implementation of Integrated Operations Centres at the provincial and zone level and allow the ability to track and manage wait times and optimize resources in real time." — conservativebc.ca, retrieved 2024-10-08

BC Greens

  • Work towards creating a single health authority for the province, alongside the First Nations Health Authority

    "Review the Health Authority model, with a focus on creating a single health authority for province, alongside the First Nations Health Authority, which will focus on addressing systemic racism and improving Indigenous life expectancy." — BC Greens 2024 Platform, retrieved 2024-10-09

  • Review the Procurement Services Act to ensure contracts are awarded based on expertise and community relationships, not just cost

    "Review the Procurement Services Act to ensure contracts are awarded based on expertise and relationships with communities, not just cost." — BC Greens 2024 Platform, retrieved 2024-10-09

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