Turning Health Innovation into Sustainable System Impact in British Columbia

What we do

Our approach

Focus areas

Partner with us

WHAT WE DO

IHSTS is a province-wide health innovation catalyst that helps promising ideas become sustainable,

system-integrated solutions.

About Us

We work at the intersection of community need, health system priorities, and evidence-based practice to close the gap between pilot projects and lasting impact.

Our Approach

Our structured approach ensures innovations are

co-designed, evaluated, scaled, and positioned in the system where they matter most.

Our Initiatives

OUR APPROACH

Design

Defining the right problems to solve, with the right partners, from the start.

Develop

Testing, refining, and proving solutions in real-world conditions.

Deliver

Moving beyond ideas and pilots to lasting, system-embedded solutions.

Focus Areas

Chronic disease self- management

Community-based prevention

Digital and hybrid awareness models

Equity-focused rural health solutions

why partner with us

Move beyond innovative ideas

We specialize in translating promising ideas into programs that last - avoiding duplication, and fragmented implementation.

Demonstrate measurable impact

Rigorous evaluation and accountability are built into every phase, supporting transparency and accountability.

Build what communities will use

All initiatives are co-designed with patients, caregivers, frontline providers, and community partners.

Support with sustainable funding

We integrate public, private, and partnership-based funding models to support long-term viability and sustainability.

Align with the health system

Our work is explicitly aligned with Ministry priorities, health authority needs, and population health goals.

Scale up with with ease and confidence

Initiatives are designed from day one to be adaptable, transferable, and scalable across regions and populations.

Blog

What Finland Figured Out About Diabetes Prevention and What We Can Learn

Finland cut type 2 diabetes incidence by more than 50% through community-based prevention at scale. The evidence has been available for two decades.

Rural BC's Health Equity Problem: Designing for Cities and Wondering Why It Doesn't Work

Rural BC communities carry the highest chronic disease burden yet receive solutions designed for urban settings. Here's why community-led design isn't idealism, it's the evidence-based alternative.

Food Is Medicine. So Why Isn't BC's Health System Prescribing It?

Evidence now supports dietary intervention as a path to type 2 diabetes remission. So why does BC's primary care system still treat nutrition as an afterthought? A look at the gap and the opportunity.