Health Authority Renal Programs & Leadership
BC’s health care delivery system is divided up and organized based on the province’s geographic regions. Each health authority has a different geographic landscape and size, number of institutions, patient population needs, and care delivery models.
Provincial Health Services Authority
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Hospitals
- Prince George: University Hospital of Northern British Columbia
Community Units
- Fort St. John
- Prince George: Northern Health Independent
- Terrace Community Dialysis Unit
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Hospitals
- Kamloops: Royal Inland Hospital
- Kelowna General Hospital
- Penticton Regional Hospital
- Trail: Kootenay Boundary
Regional Hospital
Community Units
- Cranbrook
- Creston
- Grand Forks
- Kamloops
- Kelowna
- Vernon
- Sparwood
- Williams Lake
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Hospitals
- Vancouver General Hospital
- Vancouver: St. Paul’s Hospital
Community Units
- East Vancouver
- North Vancouver: North Shore
- Powell River: qathet
- Richmond
- Sechelt
- Squamish
- Vancouver
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Hospitals
- Abbotsford Regional Hospital and
Cancer Centre - New Westminster: Royal Columbian
Hospital - Surrey Memorial Hospital
Community Units
- Abbotsford
- Coquitlam: Tri-Cities
- New Westminster: Royal City
- Surrey: Newton
- Surrey: Panorama
- Abbotsford Regional Hospital and
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Hospitals
- Nanaimo Regional General
Hospital - Victoria: Royal Jubilee Hospital
Community Units
- Cumberland
- Duncan
- Nanaimo
- Port Alberni
- Victoria- Community Dialysis Unit
- Victoria- The Summit Residential
Care
- Nanaimo Regional General
BC Renal has an important and close partnership with the regional health authorities through their health authority renal programs (HARPs or “regional renal programs”).
The HARPs are the health-care delivery structures for kidney care in BC and through health authority partnerships, BC Renal has expanded kidney service delivery to 13 hospitals and 29 community dialysis units throughout the province. With a mix of hospital and free-standing sites, services are delivered by 13 hospital dialysis units, 12 home hemodialysis training sites, 13 peritoneal dialysis clinics and 16 kidney disease clinics also known as “Kidney Care Clinics.”
BC Renal works with the health authority renal programs to:
- Address local and provincial issues regarding care delivery and find solutions
- Discuss strategic directions of kidney care provision to ensure that delivery of services is consistent within the province
- Identify opportunities for improving the quality of care and using resources efficiently
Each renal program is responsible for the regional coordination of all kidney services under the leadership of the executive sponsor, senior administrator(s), and the clinical leadership of a Medical Director who is an experienced nephrologist (MD-KS).
Health Authority Renal Program Leadership
Service Agreement
BC Renal and the HARPs have a service arrangement which describes the partnership and captures areas of responsibilities such as:
- Administrative and clinical services and accountabilities
- Data collection, sharing and reporting
- Provincial annual resource cycles
- Vendor contracts