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The item is a promotional video produced by JEM Productions for the Government of British Columbia in 1983. The Hon. Jim Nielsen discusses British Columbia's health care system.

This series consists of committee files, executive records and publications related to home and community care programs conducted by the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Health Services in conjunction with the Provinces Health Authorities from 1988-2012. The Majority of these records were created by the Home and Community Care Branch which was succeeded by the Home, Community and Integrated Care Branch.

These records may have been created or received by several other predecessor bodies with similar functions, but all records were eventually transferred to the custody of and used by the Home and Community Care Branch. The Branch was part of the Health Authorities Division of the Ministry of Health from 2006-2013 and its predecessor, the Performance Management and Improvement Division from 2002-2006. Due to numerous reorganizations within the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Health Services, there is evidence that earlier records changed custody several times and may have been created or received by multiple groups over time.

The Home and Community Care Branch was responsible for the development and implementation of legislation, policy, guidelines and licencing to protect the health and safety of people receiving care in licensed residential care facilities. Files also regard end of life care or palliative care, assisted living, home care, dementia, building codes for care facilities, adult guardianship, and community care. Care may be provided for children, adults with disabilities, and the elderly. Records relate to all of these functions.

Records include committee files containing minutes, reference material, policy documents and correspondence; executive briefing notes; executive correspondence referral replies; executive issues records; completed publications; and approved agreement files.

These records are scheduled under Administrative Records Classification System (ARCS) numbers146-45, 200-20, 280-20, 280-30, 280-40, and 312-05.

The series consists of applications, reports, forms, correspondence, printouts from government databases, and budget information received, maintained and created by the Ministry of Health and its successors. The records were created between 1968 and 2011 for the Alternative Payments program. The series documents the provision and monitoring of Medical Services Plan (MSP) funding for physician and health care practitioner services through alternative payment agreements to regional health authorities. The functions of the Alternative Payment program were controlled by the Physicians’ Compensation branch.

The Alternative Payments program is a method of funding physician services by the Medical Services Plan through means other than the fee-for-service method. The program is designed to secure sufficient access to care in situations where fee-for-service arrangements may not guarantee physicians the financial support or stability to be able to provide needed care, such as in teaching hospitals or community-based services in rural areas. There are two models for alternative payments : service agreements and sessional arrangements. Service agreements consist of a contract between the Ministry of Health and a Health Authority which retains physicians under contract or direct employment. Sessional arrangements are based on contracts between a Health Authority and a physician.

Records consist of alternative payment agreement accountability records case files. Records regard reviewing applications from regional health authorities for funding for programs within their geographic areas of responsibility; developing and monitoring agreements with regional health authorities; monitoring programs funded by alternative payments methods; and processing payments to regional health authorities in accordance with approved agreements. The series also include some files with related policies, procedures and forms.

Ministries responsible for the creation of this series, and their dates of the responsibility, are:
British Columbia. Ministry of Health (1976-2001)
British Columbia. Ministry of Health Services (2001-2005)
British Columbia. Ministry of Health (2005-2008)
British Columbia. Ministry of Health Services (2008-2011)

The records are arranged in several groups of accessions by health region and then by agency or health authority. The records are covered by Medical Services Plan ORCS 40740-20, 40600-00 and 40700-02.

This series consists of Health supplementary benefits program records created by the Ministry of Health Services and its predecessors from 1991-2010.

These agreements document the formal relationship between the government and the medical community and the changes in that relationship. Records relate to the Medical Services Plan (MSP) or special committees relating to supplementary health care specialties. This includes records relating to negotiations for funding and the provision of services between the provincial government and representative bodies of practitioners including massage therapists, chiropractors, podiatrists, dentists, and occupational therapists. Most records relate to the addition or deletion of specific medical procedures or services from related fee schedules covered by MSP.

Prior to 2003, The provincial government human resources agency (BCPSA, prior to that Public Service Relations Commission (PSERC), and prior to that GPSD) negotiated the agreements with representatives of practitioner groups. As of 2003, the Ministry of Health Services has assumed the role of negotiator between the Medical Service Commission and practitioner governing bodies.

Records types include reports; correspondence; billing guides; committee minutes regarding additional or altered fees for medical services; and final approved agreements which the Medical Service Commission is responsible for under the Medicare Protection Act (RSBC 1996, c. 286).

Records are covered under the Medical Services Plan schedule (142798) ORCS number 43000-00, 43000-20, 43000-35.

The series consists of the records of the Provincial Health Officer from 1984-1988 and 1997-2010. These records are arranged into subseries for each Provincial Health Officer.

Subseries 1 is the records of H.M. Richards, Provincial Health Officer from approximately 1981 to 1993, though records only cover the dates 1984-1988. Richards had previously been the Assistant Deputy Minister, Preventative Services. Records may also be those of Ron de Burger the later, Assistant Deputy Minister, Preventative services and Robert Fisk, Acting Provincial Health Officer.

The majority of records relate to epidemiology, AIDS and tuberculosis. Records include correspondence, including letters from concerned members of the public and interest groups, draft and final copies of educational material and pamphlets, reference material, and reports.

Subseries 2 is the records of Dr. Perry Kendall, who served as the Provincial Health Officer from 1999-2018. The series consists largely of news releases, correspondence, annual reports, presentations, and notes dating from 1997 to 2010. The series includes records that address the health of the province’s aboriginal population, air quality, fall prevention for the elderly, infant mortality, teenage obesity and activity levels, teenagers’ sex education, and a provincial drug strategy. The series also consists of a VHS recording of Dr. Kendall at a December 15, 2004 press event, as well as a DVD and audio dubbing master for the short informative film “Step by Step : preventing falls among the elderly.”

The records in subseries 2 are arranged by project and were originally housed in file folders within expandable project folders. Files have been removed from the expandable folders due to over-stuffing, however, the first half of each file title reflects the title of the expandable file.

This series consists of committee files from the Health Authorities Division and its precursor, the Performance Management and Improvement Division from 2002-2007, which included the following branches: Evaluation and Strategic Directions Branch, Health Authority Branch, Home and Community Care Branch, Mental Heath and Addictions Branch and Provincial Branch.

The committees in this series are high level province wide committees with representatives from the Ministry of Health, the Provincial Health Services Authority, the regional health authorities, academic institutions, and non-government health service and planning organizations. Ministry of Health representatives may include the deputy minister, assistant deputy ministers, and management level staff.

Many of the committees report to the BC Health Leadership Council, which is chaired by the Ministry of Health Deputy Minister. Most of the committees have a mandate that involves defining strategies and priorities in particular areas of the provincial health care system (e.g., surgical services, critical services, emergency services, eHealth).

Records include minutes, agendas, terms of reference, agreements, correspondence, survey, reports and other reference materials utilized in committee meetings.

Some committees in this series include:
Provincial Critical Services Committee;
Provincial Medical Services Committee;
Provincial Surgical Services Steering Committee;
Provincial Acute Care Committee;
Emergency Health Services Project;
Mental Health and Addictions Planning Council;
And the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC): a joint committee between government and the BC Medical Association to support and encourage family practice medicine in BC. Prevalent issues relate to chronic disease management, obstetrics and providing adequate income to general practitioners.

Other subjects include: Riverview development, electronic health records, waiting times, meetings with individual Health Authorities, conference records, and Health Authority performance reviews and site visits.

Records in this series are covered by Administrative Records Classification System (ARCS) number 200-20.

The series documents the Conversation on Health, a public consultation established by the Ministry of Health to engage British Columbians in a dialogue about health care and to generate ideas relating to the health care system. The Conversation on Health was a year-long, public engagement initiative that used a variety of facilitation techniques and communication channels to reach as many British Columbians as possible to understand their issues and prepare for the future of health care in the province. This series includes records relating to the approval, planning and evaluation of the Conversation on Health project and records summarizing and assessing feedback from stakeholders such as individuals, patients, health care workers, professional associations, health organizations, First Nations, academics, and other interested parties from 2006-2007. These records were created and received under the authority of the Speech from the Throne on February 14, 2006 which established the operational responsibilities and functions of the creating agency. The Conversation on Health project was launched by the Premier and Minister of Health on September 28, 2006 at the BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver.

These records consist of correspondence, reports, presentations, briefing notes, project charters, fact sheets, news releases, and planning documents. They are arranged by event, subject or document type. The records are classified under the Conversation on Health ORS (schedule 191564). Records selected for transfer to the BC Archives classified under 26520-06 include symposium submissions and presentations documenting input to the international symposium on innovation in health care provision sponsored by the Conversation on Health.

The series consists of public and preventative health records relating to the development of programs and policies for the provision of prevention services directed at persons and groups who are at risk for developing a health problem, disease or disorder. These programs are guided by the Health Act (RSBC 1996, c. 179); some programs may also fall under the Health Act Communicable Disease Regulations (BC Regulation 567/98), and the Dentists Act (RSBC 1996, c. 94). This series includes records relating to ensuring best evidence policy and program development and maintenance, community health services issues pertaining to cardiovascular disease, communication disorders, musculoskeletal disorders, neurological and behavioral disorders, nutrition issues, and health prevention and promotion; and health services for mentally challenged adults living in the community. Some of the programs/projects documented in these records include ActNow BC, Dial-a-Dietician, BC heart health project, Pregnancy Outreach program, and Action Schools!. These records were created and received by the Population Health and Wellness Division, Ministry of Health between 1987 and 2006 in BC.

The records are arranged alphabetically by project or program, or by issue or title. Record types include correspondence, reports, presentations, briefing notes, research materials, research data, financial statements, program/project planning materials, drafts, notes, and workshop/outreach materials. These records are classified under section 3 public and preventative health of the Community Health Programs ORCS (schedule 122353), 2011. The files are assigned an alphabetical acronym code and the following ORCS numbers: health promotion and prevention projects, programs, initiatives, and strategies (62330-30); non-communicable disease project and program files (62390-30); nutrition project files (62420-30); nutrition program and initiative files (62420-40); and communication disorder hearing and audition projects (62250-30). The series also includes annual, operational, research, statistical, and other reports (62420-45). Some files have been removed for tobacco litigation. These files are identified on the file list as [removed].

This series consists of records of the Division of Tuberculosis Control, including files relating to Pearson Hospital, the B.C. Tuberculosis Society, committals to sanatoria, and records relating to meetings of the staff from 1934-1969. The series also consists of two annual reports issued by the Division of Tuberculosis Control between 2002 and 2004.

The fonds consists of the personal and professional records of Dr. James Douglas Galbraith, a medical doctor who specialized in tuberculosis treatment, especially among First Nation communities; the records primarily document this work. The fonds also includes Galbraith’s autobiography, entitled “My journey from New Flos to Victoria” (MS-1237).

This series consists of responses to the Royal Commission on Health Care from the Royal Commission Response Office of the Ministry of Health, 1979-1992.

The series includes records received from various healthcare related associations and organizations, such as hospitals, nurses, midwives, acupuncturists, podiatrists, optometrists and others. These include their submissions to the Commission, responses to the Commission’s final report or general information about the professions and issues impacting their work.

Records created by the Ministry address specific recommendations from the Commission to improve Ministry of Health policies and practices. Issues were divided into the following working groups:

Working group 1 (W1): better management
Working group 2 (W2): regionalization
Working group 3 (W3): governance of professions & financing

These files include correspondence, reports, planning documents, policy documents, meeting minutes, statistics, maps, journal articles, newspaper clippings, work plans, and agendas. Issues addressed in the file include managing health information, immunization, sexually transmitted diseases, and healthcare regionalization and governance models. Records culminated in responses to the Commission’s recommendations and a series of discussion papers.

Note that some files have been removed by the Ministry for tobacco litigation.

This series consists of records of the Royal Commission on Health Care and Costs, 1990-1991. Records include submissions, records of hearings, executive summaries, staff files, administrative files, press clippings, and contract research reports.

The series consists of A.D. Turnbull's official papers as M.L.A., material relating to his time as Minister of Health and Welfare, in addition to his personal papers that reflect his association with various professional, national and community organizations.

This series consists of the executive records of the Assistant Deputy Ministry (ADM), Community and Family Health, 1987-1990. These records document the creation of the Community and Family Health division which was the amalgamation of the previously separate Preventative and Community Care Services in 1988. The new division included all Public Health promotion and protection programs delivered through health units across the province and the BC Centre for Disease Control, and programs operated or funded by Mental Health Services, Forensic Psychiatric Services, and Services to the Handicapped. Examples of records documenting these activities include the advisory committee on health promotion and wellness (Preventative Services), vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons (Services to the Handicapped), and child and youth mental health services (Mental Health Services). Records also include program specific reports, correspondence on restructuring the Community and Family Health division, program specific briefing notes, cooperation and liaison files documenting significant program specific relationships (Associated Boards of Health), and other related committee activities such as the hospital and community partnership program committee and the interministerial committee on strengthening the family. These records were created and received by the Ministry of Health in BC under the Health Act (RSBC 1996, c. 179) and other applicable legislation such as the Forensic Psychiatry Act (RSBC 1979, c. 139), and the Mental Health Act of British Columbia (RSBC 1996, c. 288). The mission of the division was to promote the health of individuals and communities in BC by monitoring population health, and the cost-effective implementation of community-based preventative, protection and treatment strategies.

The records are arranged by subject and relevant Administrative Records Classification System (ARCS) code. They include correspondence, memoranda, reports, briefing notes, and meeting materials. These records are classified under the Executive Records schedule (102906). Records in this accession appraised for destruction documented routine administrative activities. Some files have been removed for tobacco litigation. These files are identified on the file list as [removed].

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Live from Victoria, reporter Clem Chapple at the Legislature; Clem and Jack talk about the Vander Zalm government’s Speech from the Throne. In the studio, Jack speaks with Ole Ingstrup, Chair of the National Parole Board. They discuss some individual cases; the Charter of Rights; dangerous offenders and eligibility for parole; mandatory supervision; literacy programs in prison. To end the show, Jack visits the offices of AIDS Vancouver, meets the staff, and discusses the various services provided.

In response to what was perceived to be medical persecution, the British Columbia Chiropractors' Association (BCCA) was formed under the leadership of Walter Sturdy on April 7, 1920. The formation of the BCCA appears to represent a formal split in the Anti-Vaccination and Medical Freedom League. Following this division, the so-called "mixers" (who used a variety of healing modalities, both mechanical and non-mechanical) were organised around the BC Association of United Drugless Therapists. It was the "straights" (who provided hands-only, spine-only care) who were represented by the BCCA. Both groups were able to have private members introduce bills to the Legislature which would have legitimised and formalised each groups' role. Forceful lobbying by the medical profession, however, led to an amendment to the Medical Act, which set out qualifications for, and limitations to chiropractors in April 1921. In subsequent years various chiropractors and the medical profession continued lobbying efforts on behalf of their various interests. In 1929, 1930 and 1931 the chiropractors and drugless healers introduced bills into the Legislature which would have given them more freedom under the Medical Act or provided for separate and autonomous regulation of both groups. In 1931 the government appointed a Royal Commission to examine the issue of chiropractic and drugless healing. The Commission recommended that chiropractors should have a separate act and should be prohibited from practising midwifery or surgery and from prescribing drugs. In addition, it was recommended that the Act be restricted to the regulation of chiropractors and should not include drugless therapists. A private member's bill was introduced based on these recommendations but it was defeated by one vote on the third reading. During the election of 1933 the chiropractors attempted to interview and make known the attitudes of all the candidates toward official recognition of chiropractors. The Conservative government was defeated in this election and the new Liberal government appeared to be sympathetic to the chiropractors. Soon after the opening of parliament a chiropractic bill, substantially the same as the previous one, was introduced. This bill passed final reading on March 29, 1934 thereby giving official recognition to chiropractors as well as defining the limiting their scope of activities. In 1933 the BCCA was dissolved and was replaced by the Chiropractors' Association of British Columbia (CABC). Some members of the CABC were also active in the Canadian Chiropractic Association and this relationship is reflected in the records. Records include papers and correspondence relating to the formation and operations of the BCCA and to the subsequent activities of its members. A substantial number of clippings found throughout the records document these and related issues. A number of links existed between the CABC and the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in Toronto and year books, certificates, and related material highlight this connection. There are also biographical sketches which cover a broad cross-section of the membership of the CABC. A paper prepared by Lesley Biggs for the BC Studies Conference in 1986 deals with the early struggle for licensing of chiropractors in B.C.

Records in this series consist of minute books, correspondence, clippings, brochures, photographs and other records relating to the formation and operations of the Chiropractors' Association of British Columbia and to the subsequent activities of its members. Also included are biographical sketches of many of the members, notably Walter T. Sturdy who founded the B.C. Chiropractors' Association, the predecessor of the CABC These biographies and other material were assembled by the CABC with the assistance of Margaret Cantwell.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Dr. Michael Rekhart, Chief of the provincial government’s AIDS program, and Dr. Hilary Wass from the AIDS Care Team at St. Paul's Hospital, discuss AIDS. Economist Dian Cohen talks about the government's budget.

SUMMARY: "Concern" was a CBC radio series about "today's world" and the topics that concerned people. It went on the air on Oct. 2, 1969. "Your Doctor, Your Health" was a three-part series that explored the re;lationship between physician and patient. The program looks at treatments, traditions and alternatives to tradition. In the series, conservative, progressive and avant-garde physicians are heard discu;ssing their practices, morals and ethics. Program 1 of 3.;

SUMMARY: "Concern" was a CBC radio series about "today's world" and the topics that concerned people. It went on the air on Oct. 2, 1969. "Your Doctor, Your Health" was a three-part series that explored the re;lationship between physician and patient. The program looks at treatments, traditions and alternatives to tradition. In the series, conservative, progressive and avant-garde physicians are heard disc;ussing their practices, morals and ethics. Program 2 of 3.;

SUMMARY: "Concern" was a CBC radio series about "today's world" and the topics that concerned people. It went on the air on Oct. 2, 1969. "Your Doctor, Your Health" was a three-part series that explored the re;lationship between physician and patient. The program looks at treatments, traditions and alternatives to tradition. In the series, conservative, progressive and avant-garde physicians are heard disc;ussing their practices, morals and ethics. Program 3 of 3.;

CALL NUMBER: T4166:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The inside track, no. 79 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1984-03 SUMMARY: On the Toronto-produced radio show "The Inside Track", Grant Thomas Edwards talks about his work studying the medicinal practices of the Bella Coola Indians.

CALL NUMBER: T4166:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The inside track, no. 80 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1984-04 SUMMARY: On the Toronto-produced radio show "The Inside Track", Grant Thomas Edwards talks about his work studying the medicinal practices of the Bella Coola Indians.;

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Webster goes out to visit Mount Pleasant Health Centre’s Medical Clinic—BC’s first salaried doctor’s clinic—to investigate this model aimed at reducing skyrocketing medical costs facing the Social Credit government. Albert Burke and Fred Coates of PSAC Agricultural Unit reveal that federal meat inspection is at risk because of government changes to the responsibilities of meat inspectors. Gerald Green, a lawyer with Vancouver Community Legal Assistance Society, speaks about involuntarily committed mentally ill patients being forced to pay a daily charge.

SUMMARY: "Your Doctor, Your Health" was a three-part series that explored the relationship between physician and patient. The program looks at treatments, traditions and alternatives to tradition. In the seri;es, conservative, progressive and avant-garde physicians are heard discussing their practices, morals and ethics. Program 3 of 3.;

SUMMARY: "Your Doctor, Your Health" was a three-part series that explored the relationship between physician and patient. The program looks at treatments, traditions and alternatives to tradition. In the serie;s, conservative, progressive and avant-garde physicians are heard discussing their practices, morals and ethics. Program 1 of 3.;

SUMMARY: "Your Doctor, Your Health" was a three-part series that explored the relationship between physician and patient. The program looks at treatments, traditions and alternatives to tradition. In the seri;es, conservative, progressive and avant-garde physicians are heard discussing their practices, morals and ethics. Program 2 of 3.;

CALL NUMBER: T3860:0344 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Rafe Mair RECORDED: [location unknown], 1981-01-09 SUMMARY: Rafe Mair quits.; CALL NUMBER: T3860:0345 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jim Nielsen RECORDED: [location unknown], 1981-03-31 SUMMARY: Jim Nielsen -- doctors legislation.; CALL NUMBER: T3860:0346 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Vander Zalm RECORDED: [location unknown], 1981-04-08 SUMMARY: Bill Vander Zalm announces new town.; CALL NUMBER: T3860:0347 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hugh Curtis budget speech RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1981-04-08 SUMMARY: Hugh Curtis -- Budget speech 1981 [i.e., his speech to the Legislature].; CALL NUMBER: T3860:0348 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Washington governor John Spellman RECORDED: [location unknown], 1981-05-07 SUMMARY: Washington governor John Spellman.; CALL NUMBER: T3860:0349 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Attorney General Allan Williams RECORDED: [location unknown], 1981-06-30 SUMMARY: Attorney General Allan Williams on RCMP costs. Dave Barrett on BC Rail.; CALL NUMBER: T3860:0350 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Health minister Jim Nielsen RECORDED: [location unknown], 1981-06-30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Health minister Jim Nielsen on hospital board disbanding abortion committee; Transportation minister Alex Fraser on BC Ferries. TRACK 2: Dewdney Socred MLA George Mussallem on his private me;mber's bill to protect people from mistakes by computers.;

Files of Dr. G.H. Bonham, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Community Health Services.

Files of two Deputy Ministers of Health, J.W. Mainguy (1975-1978) and Chapin Key (1978-1981). Initials for each file note their creator.

CALL NUMBER: T4303:0220 SUMMARY: Another copy of the above.

CALL NUMBER: T4303:0256 SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. This program won the Peabody award; in 1980. "Peniel, the private ground of a cancer patient" is a radio feature set in the wards of the Cancer Control Agency of BC. This program won the Peabody award in 1980. Tapes T4303:0378 - 0382 comprise field recordings for this program.

CALL NUMBER: T4303:0220 SUMMARY: Another copy of the above.