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Manitoba Health, Seniors and Long–Term Care (formerly Health, and Seniors Care, MHSC; also known as Manitoba Health) is the department of the Government of Manitoba that is responsible for leading the development of policy and publicly administered health system planning in the province of Manitoba; the overall funding, performance requirements, oversight, and accountability within the ...
The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA; French: Office régional de la santé de Winnipeg, ORSW) is the governing body for healthcare regulation for the City of Winnipeg, the northern community of Churchill, and the Rural Municipalities of East and West St. Paul, in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The WRHA also provides health-care ...
Regional health authorities were created in 1997 to "better manage health care services" in Manitoba. [2] In 1998, Regional Health Authorities of Manitoba, Inc. (RHAM) was established under the Corporations Act as a non-profit corporation created after the province's Regional Health Authorities discovered a need for a legal umbrella organization under which they could coordinate certain ...
Affiliated with the Canadian Association of Blue Cross Plans, Manitoba Blue Cross was founded in 1974. [1] Its history, however, dates back to 1938 when the Manitoba Hospital Services Association (a non-profit, hospital-sponsored association and the first organization to operate as Manitoba Blue Cross) began offering hospital benefits on a prepaid basis.
South Eastman Health/Santé Sud-Est Inc. was the health authority for the southern Eastman region of Manitoba, and was based in La Broquerie. [ 10 ] This region covered over 10,000 square kilometres (3,900 sq mi), spanning south from the Trans Canada Highway to the Canada–United States border , and east of the Red River to the Manitoba ...
Medicare (French: assurance-maladie) is an unofficial designation used to refer to the publicly funded single-payer healthcare system of Canada. Canada's health care system consists of 13 provincial and territorial health insurance plans, which provide universal healthcare coverage to Canadian citizens, permanent residents, and depending on the province or territory, certain temporary residents.
The first Blue Cross Plan was offered to residents of Manitoba in 1939. [1] The association is headquartered in Etobicoke, Ontario. [2] The CABCP is affiliated with the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (which operates in the United States) and the International Federation of Health Plans.
The Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP) was founded in 1991 by Drs. Noralou Roos and Leslie Roos to study population health and health care services evaluation in Manitoba. MCHP developed and maintains a population-based data repository on behalf of the Government of Manitoba for use by local, national and international research ...