MOD 1 - Health Care System

framework of the health care team

Canada Health Act

Provincial Health Authorities

• Fraser Health

• Interior HA

• Northern HA

• Van Coastal HA

• Van Island HA

• Providence HA - Christian

• Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) - specialized

Hierarchy of the Health Officials

1. PHO

2. COO

3. Directors

who manages the budget and delivery of services?

Provincial Ministry of Health and HAs

PHO

the senior Medical Health Officer in BC and liaises between Ministry and the HA

COO

overall operation of the entire hospital and liaises with the Ministry of Health

Directors

establish and plan for the future budgetary and operational needs of all the sites

• Operations Director

• Executive Director

• Medical Director (Radiologist)

Xray Department Hierarchy

1. Site Supervisor

2. Xray department supervisor

3. area supervisors

4. technologists

5. CI

6. students

Systems

• HIS: the underlying system where the entire medical record of the patient is kept and managed

• RIS: HIS module of software that is specific to radiology

• PACS: drive of all pt images

• EMR: merges HIS and RIS into a global digital chart

Workflow of General Imaging Department

1. ordering physician write req

2. physicians clerk makes appt

3. pt takes req to radiology depart

4. radiology clerk assign accession number to pt

5. pt takes the req and meets tech

6. tech check RIS to determine if there are previous images and refers to PACS if there is

7. tech completes exam and docs relevant info and sends images to PACS