Provincial Health Authority: Organizational Transition

There are no shortage of news stories concerning the challenges in the healthcare system. These include covid impacts, financial challenges, human resource challenges related to recruitment, burnout and retention, as well as the need for the system to operate more efficiently (see https://www.cma.ca/news-releases-and-statements/canadas-health-system-life-support-health-workers-call-urgent ; https://www.macleans.ca/society/health/our-current-health-care-disaster-could-have-been-averted/ ). Provinces often devote up to 40% of their budgets to healthcare with NL spending an just under $10,000 per person on health care. (see https://vocm.com/2021/11/04/province-5-billion-health-care/ ).
The provincial government in Newfoundland and Labrador formally launched the creation of a Provincial Health Authority in the spring of 2022 and appointed a transitional provincial CEO (David Diamond) on June 1, 2022 to lead the creation of the same with a timeline of 10 to 18 months (see https://www.gov.nl.ca/releases/2022/health/0425n01/). As noted in the press release announcing the new authority, key challenges facing the new authority include to “reimagine healthcare” in such as way as to “create more consistency in health care throughout Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as avoid duplication in associated corporate services such as human resources, payroll and finance.“ (see https://www.gov.nl.ca/releases/2022/health/0425n01/).

Faculty Supervisor:

Travor Brown

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Partner:

Eastern Health

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

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