Coordinating the Development of Specified Province-wide Programs and Services Sample Clauses

Coordinating the Development of Specified Province-wide Programs and Services. In addition to its governance and management role for defined province-wide services, the Ministry mandates the PHSA to provide a leadership role, in support of the Ministries of Health, in developing the most effective service delivery practices for specific programs and services. In this capacity, the PHSA will assume a leadership role in planning and coordinating changes required in these programs to have them more effectively delivered throughout the province and, in conjunction with the MOHS, will monitor and evaluate the change processes over time to ensure their continuous improvement. Selected programs may be funded by PHSA on behalf of the MOHS as the most efficient mechanism on a permanent or temporary arrangement. Direct or contractual funding by PHSA permits targeted funding, tracking of expenditures, and utilization review that facilitates reallocation or other forms of reconciliation. A consultative process will be undertaken in the fall of each year that will include the MOHS, the PHSA, and the regional health authorities. This process will focus on the identification of high priority programs and issues that need to be considered on a provincial basis over the next three years, and determination of the goals and expectations for those programs and issues. The Ministries will use this consultation process to formulate and determine the provincial priorities for the PHSA for the upcoming year(s), which will then be incorporated into the next MOHS’ Service Plan, and the Performance Agreements of the PHSA and the regional health authorities. Criteria for Program Planning Leadership by PHSA In determining in which of the programs the PHSA will serve in a “change management” role the following will be considered: • There is a need for significant changes to the existing patterns or quality of delivery of a service, and these changes can best be introduced with a full scope of provincial coordination and leadership. • There is a need for integration of all provincial components of a service to ensure that patients in all areas of the province are effectively and efficiently served. • There is an emerging technology or pattern of practice that needs to be carefully evaluated, cost analyzed, and planned for deployment before being introduced on a province-wide basis. In applying these criteria it is recognized that, in the longer term, as many services as feasible and appropriate should be provided and funded through the regional health authorities....