The document summarizes a presentation given to the Vancouver Island Health Authority Board about the North Island Hospitals Project. It discusses plans to build two new hospitals - a 90-95 bed facility in Campbell River and a 150-160 bed hospital in Comox Valley. The project involves replacing aging infrastructure to better serve the communities for 50+ years using modern design standards. It provides an update on project timelines, clinical input, and the challenges and benefits of the significant undertaking.

1. North Island Hospitals Project
North Island Hospitals Project
Presentation to the VIHA Board
January 30, 2013
Howard Waldner Jane Murphy Dr. Jeff Beselt
VIHA President Chief Executive Officer Chief of Staff
and Chief Executive St. Joseph’s General Campbell River Hospital
Officer Hospital and Co-Chair and Co-Chair Clinical
Clinical Leadership Leadership Steering
Steering Committee Committee

2. • Two new hospitals built to modern, best-practice design
best practice
standards to serve us well for 50+ years;
• Campbell River (90-95 beds);
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Comox V ll (150 160 b d )
Valley (150-160 beds);
• Services
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3. • Project Board
– Overall direction and key decision-making for the NIHP, with particular
reference to scope, budget, schedule and communications
– Chief Project Officer accountable to Project Board
– Membership (MoHS, MoTI, VIHA, PBC, CSRHD)
– Chair: Elaine McKnight
– Chief Project Officer: Tom Sparrow
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5. • VIHA Board and Executive
– VIHA Board maintains governance project content oversight
– VIHA Executive:
• Senior management oversight and decision-making;
• Guiding principles and objectives;
• Policy context and decisions;
• Operational responsibility rests with VIHA
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6.  Project Board established March 2010
 CSRHD funding for Business Case ($3M – part of 40%)
 RFPs issued for consultant/advisor team:
– Closed December 1, 2010
– Selection December 2010
– Business Case de e op e t co
us ess development commenced in Ja ua y 2011
e ced January 0
– Target completion of business case is fall of 2011
 $600 million project approved April 26, 2012
 RFQ Complete
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7. Comox Site
 All approvals in p
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Campbell River Site
 All approvals in place
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8. • F
Functional program
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• Technical specification development
• Articulating scale and p j
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• Preparation of (pre-qualified) RFP Package
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10. • Confirm timeline for 40 community based beds for
seniors care.
• Completing Request for Proposal work
• RFP release – March / April 2013
• RFP evaluation – Fall 2013
• VIHA Site Preparation work
• February / March 2013 – Courtenay
• May / June 2013 – Campbell River
• Finance Close and Formal Ground Breaking
Ceremony
• Spring 2014
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11. Engagement
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• Cli i l L d hi St i C
Clinical Leadership Steering Committee
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• Community Liaison Committee
• Multiple Stakeholder Groups
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Clinical Leadership Steering Committee
• Chairs:
– Jane Murphy (CEO St Joseph’s Hospital)
– D J ff Beselt (Chief of Staff, Campbell River Hospital)
Dr. Jeff B lt (Chi f f St ff C b ll Ri H it l)
• 3 physicians from Comox and Campbell River appointed
by their
b th i medical staffs
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• Co-Management (Physician/Administration)
– Community Hospital
– Executive Director and CMO, COO levels

13. Guiding Principles
• A Place we want to work and learn
• Evidence Based Design
• Patient Centered: For islanders, First Nations, and the Elderly
islanders Nations
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Principles and Process
• Work done in partnership
– all meetings involved stakeholders from both communities
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• Regional focus
– best meet needs of North Island not individual community or personal
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interests
• Support strong clinical input
• Use this work to strengthen and improve relationships

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Challenges and Achievements
• Challenges
– Scope of work and time frames
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Compromises must b made
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• Achievements
– 20 clinical working groups and planning done jointly
– Recommendations on:
• Inpatient Psychiatric beds
• Centre for Excellence in Maternity for Aboriginal Women
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– Building on evidence of PCC and Nanaimo ER, LDRP
– Innovation based on clinical input
• Ambulatory procedures
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16. Exciting and Needed Project for the NI
• The new community hospitals will:
– Better meet needs of the NI communities served
– Provide much needed space for hospital care
– Provide much better designed space
– Provide an opportunity to begin working together in new ways

17. QUESTIONS?
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