Provincial Health Services Authority (British Columbia)
- Provincial Health Services Authority (British Columbia)
Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) is a publicly-funded health service provider in the province of British Columbia. Other health authorities in the province have a regional jurisdiction. PHSA is unique in Canada as the only health authority having a province-wide mandate for specialized health services. Services are provided either directly through PHSA agencies or through funding or collaboration with [http://www.healthservices.gov.bc.ca/socsec/index.html regional health authorities] .
PHSA operates and manages a number of well-recognized specialized agencies:
*BC Cancer Agency
* [http://www.bccdc.org BC Centre for Disease Control]
*BC Children's Hospital & Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children
* [http://www.bcmhas.ca BC Mental Health & Addictions Services]
* [http://www.bcrenalagency.ca BC Renal Agency]
* [http://www.transplant.bc.ca BC Transplant Society]
*B.C. Women's Hospital & Health Centre
* [http://www.phsa.ca/AgenciesServices/Agencies/cardiac.htm PHSA Cardiac Services]
PHSA operates with an annual budget of more than C$1 billion and employs more than 10,000 people. President and CEO [http://www.phsa.ca/WhoWeAre/Management/default.htm Lynda Cranston] was selected as one of the [http://www.wxnetwork.com/top100.html Top 100 Women in Canada] in 2004, 2005 and 2006.
Regional health authority partners
*Interior Health
*Fraser Health
*Northern Health
*Vancouver Coastal Health and Providence Health Care
*Vancouver Island Health Authority
External links
* [http://www.phsa.ca Provincial Health Services Authority website]
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