Perinatal Services BC

What Perinatal Services BC does

Perinatal Services BC (PSBC) is a provincial health authority program operating under the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) in British Columbia, Canada. PSBC provides leadership, coordination, and strategic planning for perinatal services across the province, serving pregnant women and families, healthcare professionals (family physicians, obstetricians, midwives, nurse practitioners, nurses), and First Nations and Indigenous communities. It functions as the central source for evidence-based perinatal information in BC and coordinates service delivery across all five regional health authorities (Fraser, Interior, Island, Vancouver Coastal, Northern).

The organization's core service portfolio comprises two provincial screening programs — Prenatal Genetic Screening (SIPS, IPS, Quad Screen, funded NIPT for high-risk pregnancies, and privately paid FTS and NIPT) and Newborn Screening BC (a blood spot card panel covering 27 rare but treatable disorders including metabolic, endocrine, hemoglobin, cystic fibrosis, SCID, and SMA) — alongside the Biliary Atresia Home Screening Program. PSBC maintains the Perinatal Data Registry, a population-based database collecting individual-level obstetrical and neonatal chart data for virtually all births in BC, and produces periodic surveillance reports. Professional education offerings include the Neonatal Resuscitation Program, Acute Care of At-Risk Newborns (ACoRN), Fetal Health Surveillance, and online education modules. Clinical decision-support tools (Pregnancy Dating Tool, Trisomy 21 Risk Calculator, EPDS, EDD Calculator) and patient resources such as the Pregnancy Passport are consolidated on the Perinatal and Newborn Health Hub digital platform (psbchealthhub.ca).

PSBC's business model is publicly funded: prenatal genetic screening is provided free of charge to pregnant people with Medical Services Plan (MSP) coverage in BC, while non-MSP residents pay a $150 fee for screening plus blood collection charges. Privately paid options (FTS and NIPT at private clinics) carry vendor-dependent pricing. The organization does not generate commercial revenue in the conventional sense; it operates as a provincial program funded through PHSA allocations from the BC Ministry of Health, with no private ownership, venture backing, or external investors.

Name

Perinatal Services BC

Legal name

Perinatal Services BC

Website

https://perinatalservicesbc.ca

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Perinatal Services BC is a Provincial Health Services Authority program that coordinates perinatal and newborn healthcare across British Columbia, operating provincial prenatal genetic and newborn screening programs, maintaining the Perinatal Data Registry, and delivering professional education and clinical resources to families and healthcare providers province-wide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Maternal and Perinatal Health Services

NAICS

Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Lactation, Postpartum & Perinatal Support Services (HLAFAJAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

High-Risk & Medically Complex Newborn Support (Non-Clinical NCS) (HSAAACAG), Prenatal & Maternal-Fetal Diagnostic Imaging Centers (HLAFAKAL)

Keywords

• Perinatal health services
• Prenatal genetic screening
• Newborn screening program
• Perinatal data registry
• Maternal health guidelines

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

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Core offering

Perinatal Services BC is a provincial program that coordinates and delivers perinatal (pregnancy, birth, and newborn) health services across British Columbia. It administers prenatal genetic screening, newborn blood spot screening, and newborn hearing screening programs, operates the Perinatal Data Registry, and develops clinical practice guidelines and education resources used by health authorities and providers province-wide.

Product overview

Perinatal Services BC is a health services organization that provides a comprehensive suite of perinatal screening, surveillance, and education services across British Columbia. The portfolio includes Prenatal Genetic Screening (with SIPS, IPS, Quad Screen, and NIPT options), Newborn Screening BC (testing for 27 disorders including metabolic, endocrine, hemoglobin disorders, CF, SCID, and SMA), the Biliary Atresia Home Screening Program, the Perinatal Data Registry for population-based surveillance, and professional education programs (Neonatal Resuscitation, Fetal Health Surveillance, ACoRN). These services are supported by clinical tools such as the Pregnancy Dating Tool, Trisomy 21 Risk Calculator, and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Content is transitioning to the Perinatal and Newborn Health Hub digital platform (psbchealthhub.ca).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Prenatal Genetic Screening Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Screens for 27 rare but treatable disorders through newborn blood spot card screening
• +2 more outcomes

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Technology focussed No

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Regional players

• HealthLink BC: BC's provincial health information and advice service. Comparable to PSBC's family-facing pregnancy and newborn health information dissemination function within the same province.
• Healthy Child Manitoba: Manitoba government program focused on prenatal and early childhood health, including Indigenous pregnancy resources, that parallels PSBC's family-facing pregnancy support and Indigenous Pregnancy Passport offerings.
• Saskatchewan Prevention Institute: Saskatchewan-based organization providing perinatal education, resources, and prevention programming comparable to PSBC's family-facing pregnancy resources and Indigenous-specific materials.

Broad incumbents

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC): National professional body that produces clinical guidelines and education for perinatal care providers; comparable to PSBC's role in guideline dissemination, professional education (NRP, ACoRN, FHS), and clinical tools for obstetricians.
• Public Health Ontario: Ontario's public health agency that overlaps with PSBC on screening guidance, surveillance reporting, and population-level health data infrastructure. Broader scope than PSBC but directly comparable functions in evidence synthesis and lab-based screening.

Direct peers

• Newborn Screening Ontario: Provincial newborn screening program in Ontario that screens for treatable disorders using blood spot cards, directly comparable to PSBC's Newborn Screening BC program covering metabolic, endocrine, and other rare conditions.
• Alberta Health Services - Perinatal Health Program: Provincial health authority responsible for perinatal service coordination in Alberta. Provides comparable perinatal screening oversight, clinical guidelines, and health-professional education across a single Canadian province.
• Canadian Neonatal Network: National network that maintains population-level neonatal data and outcomes reporting across Canadian NICUs; shares PSBC's data-registry and surveillance mandate at the neonatal level and is a natural data partner or comparison.
• BORN Ontario (Better Outcomes Registry & Network): Ontario's provincial perinatal and child health registry network, directly comparable to PSBC's Perinatal Data Registry and screening coordination role. Operates a population-level data registry covering births in Ontario with similar surveillance, screening oversight, and health-professional resources.

Emerging players

• Canadian Association of Midwives: National association supporting midwives in Canada who are key users of PSBC's perinatal guidelines and screening pathways; comparable as a stakeholder and professional education counterpart.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/perinatal-services-bc

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