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Organization

The Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) is governed by a board of directors and led by an executive team. There are two main organizational structures through which VIHA operates and delivers its services:

Integrated Organization Model

Under the leadership of the executive team, many physicians, VIHA staff, and senior leaders are working together toward the goal of a fully integrated organization. 

The objectives are to:

  • facilitate the development of integrated authority-wide services;
  • respond effectively to the needs of patients, residents and clients;
  • provide consistent levels of access, quality, and safety across our system;
  • increase the participation of staff, clinicians and other stakeholders in decision making; and
  • improve communication across our system.

Success is measured by:

  • improved quality and access to services;
  • patient, client and resident satisfaction;
  • improved clinical outcomes;
  • improved health status of our population;
  • more effective and efficient use of resources; and
  • increased employee satisfaction.

The organization model:

  • highlights quality and safety as the key drivers to our system;
  • introduces authority-wide co-management of clinical portfolios;
  • operationalizes a "plan regionally - deliver locally" philosophy;
  • embraces unique community needs and moves away from three distinct geographic areas;
  • contemplates a distributive management model;
  • facilitates more devolved decision making, close to the front line;
  • empowers clinicians to be involved in decision making;
  • simplifies decision making;
  • clarifies roles, responsibilities and accountabilities;
  • fosters a closer link between primary and secondary care; and
  • provides an effective foundation for clinical teaching and research.