july 6 2010 founder government of prince edward island headquarters charlottetown prince edward island area served prince edward island key people donna murnaghan ph.d chairperson of the board of directors dr. richard wedge chief executive officer number of employees 3 730 2012 slogan one island health system website www.healthpei.ca health pei is the single health authority for the canadian province of prince edward island . it delivers medical care on behalf of the government of prince edward island s department of health and wellness and is governed by a board of directors appointed by the minister of health and wellness . health pei is headquartered in charlottetown prince edward island and operates hospitals health centres and nursing home facilities throughout the province while providing a variety of programs and services . contents 1 history 2 board of directors 3 one island health system 4 facilities 5 quick facts 6 statistics 2011 2012 7 references 8 external links history edit health pei was established by the provincial government following royal assent of the health services act on april 1 2010 . health pei began operations on july 6 2010 with the transfer of all operational health care services from the department of health and wellness . an earlier november 8 2005 reorganization by the provincial government saw the following health authorities dissolved and transferred to the then named department of health east prince health region ; west prince health region ; kings health region ; and queens health region . board of directors edit health pei is governed by an 11 member competency based board of directors appointed by the minister of health and wellness . the board meets monthly at locations throughout the province while committees and task groups meet regularly between board meetings . board members are dr. donna murnaghan ph.d chair ; gordon mackay vice chair ; dr. marvin clark md ; kenneth ezeard ca ; phyllis horne ; rhonda smallman ; denis marantz ; james t. revell llb ; dr. kinsey smith md ; sandra gaudet ; and peter doucette . as part of their role in managing the affairs of health pei they employ the chief executive officer . board committees are quality and safety ; compliance and monitoring ; public engagement ; and policy . one island health system edit following the release of a 2008 report by corpus sanchez international titled a call to action a plan for change work began to integrate prince edward island s health services . initiatives were begun such as increasing access to primary care family physicians offices walk in clinics community mental health intended to encourage prevention and ease pressures on the system by reducing emergency department visits and unplanned hospitalizations ; collaborative model of care a realignment of staff to areas where they are needed the most ; electronic health records which provide an electronic record of every islander s health history and care to caregivers when and when they need it . facilities edit health pei operates the following facilities queen elizabeth hospital charlottetown pe prince county hospital summerside pe hillsborough hospital charlottetown pe souris hospital souris pe kings county memorial hospital montague pe community hospital o leary o leary pe western hospital alberton pe quick facts edit health pei serves the entire province of prince edward island . annual budget approximately 560.8 million 2013 14 approximately 3 700 staff and physicians over 27 facilities clinics and offices 7 hospital foundations which operate independently of health pei eastern kings health foundation kings county memorial hospital foundation queen elizabeth hospital foundation prince county hospital foundation stewart memorial hospital foundation western hospital foundation o leary community health foundation 1 statistics 2011 2012 edit primary care visits to health centres 113 039 admissions to addiction programs 3 150 referrals to community mental health 5 004 referrals to provincial diabetes programs 1 683 breast feeding rate 68 percent immunization rate 2 yrs old 84 percent hospital care emergency department visits 100 631 admissions 15 783 inpatient days 141 582 average length of stay 8.7 days surgeries acute care 3 824 surgeries day 6 665 long term care facilities public 9 beds public 572 admissions 225 average length of stay 2.5 years home care admissions 4 536 clients over age 75 2 719 2 references edit health pei 2010 annual report 1 external links edit health pei official website health pei on twitter retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title health pei & oldid 663824551 categories health regions of prince edward islandorganizations based in charlottetown2010 establishments in prince edward islandgovernment agencies established in 2010hidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 24 may 2015 at 17 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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