Northern Health’s medical imaging departments strive to provide high quality, efficient diagnostic testing services to residents in the North.
Our clerks, technologists, radiologists, and administrative staff are committed to upholding the highest medical standards and providing medical staff and patients with the diagnostic tools to improve health and wellness.
Northern Health medical imaging embraces working collaboratively with other health authorities, a wide range of health practitioners and with the BC Ministry of Health striving to provide consistent and standardized services to our diverse patient population. The BC guidelines are produced by the Guidelines and Protocols and Advisory Committee (GPAC) a joint committee between the Doctors of BC and the BC Ministry of Health.
Northern Health medical imaging provides primary and tertiary services that includes image guided diagnostic and therapeutic services. Please refer to the services below.
- Requisition (PDF)
Available at the following NH facilities:
- Requisition (PDF)
Available at the following NH facilities:
Available at the following NH facilities:
- Requisition (PDF)
Available at the following NH facilities:
- Dawson Creek and District Hospital
- Fort St. John Hospital and Peace Villa
- Hazelton - Wrinch Memorial Hospital
- Masset - Northern Haida Gwaii Hospital and Health Centre
- Prince George - University Hospital of Northern BC (UHNBC)
- Prince Rupert Regional Hospital
- Quesnel - GR Baker Hospital
- Smithers - Bulkley Valley District Hospital
- Terrace - Mills Memorial Hospital
- Vanderhoof - St. John Hospital
- Appropriateness criteria - Knee and hip (PDF)
- Appropriateness criteria - Knee and hip patient, when is it appropriate? (PDF)
- Appropriateness criteria - Lumbar Spine (PDF)
- Appropriateness regional checklist (PDF)
- Appropriateness UHNBC checklist - MSK and lumbar (PDF)
- MRI prioritization guidelines
- Requisition (PDF)
MRI central intake sites are:
Fort St. John
Phone: 250-261-7424
Fax: 250-261-7637
Terrace
Phone: 250-631-4676
Fax: 250-638-4077
Prince George
Phone: 1-855-565-2405 or 250-565-2405
Fax: 250-565-5877
Available at the following NH facilities:
- Requisition (PDF)
Available at the following NH facilities:
- Requisition (PDF)
Available at the following NH facilities:
- Burns Lake- Lakes District Hospital and Health Centre
- Chetwynd Hospital and Health Centre
- Dawson Creek and District Hospital
- Dease Lake - Stikine Health Centre
- Fort Nelson General Hospital
- Fort St. James - Stuart Lake Hospital
- Fort St. John Hospital and Peace Villa
- Fraser Lake Community Health Centre
- Haida Gwaii Hospital and Health Centre - Xaayda Gwaay Ngaaysdll Naay Medical imaging
- Hazelton - Wrinch Memorial Hospital
- Houston Health Centre
- Hudson's Hope Health Centre
- Kitimat General Hospital and Health Centre
- Mackenzie District Hospital and Health Centre
- Masset - Northern Haida Gwaii Hospital and Health Centre
- McBride and District Hospital
- Prince George - University Hospital of Northern BC (UHNBC)
- Prince George - Victoria Medical X-ray
- Prince Rupert Regional Hospital
- Quesnel - GR Baker Hospital
- Smithers - Bulkley Valley District Hospital
- Stewart Health Centre
- Terrace - Mills Memorial Hospital
- Tumbler Ridge Community Health Centre
- Valemount Community Health Centre
- Vanderhoof - St. John Hospital
Northern Health medical imaging advocates for the use of the provincial guidelines developed by the Specialist Trauma Advisory Network (STAN). STAN is a specialist advisory and oversight network for complex trauma cases across BC.
- STAN clinical practice guidelines: Comprehensive guidelines for trauma including BC imaging guidelines for major trauma.
Available at the following NH facilities:
- Burns Lake - Lakes District Hospital & Health Centre
- Dawson Creek and District Hospital
- Fort Nelson General Hospital
- Fort St. John Hospital and Peace Villa
- Hazelton - Wrinch Memorial Hospital
- Kitimat General Hospital and Health Centre
- Masset - Northern Haida Gwaii Hospital & Health Centre
- Prince George - University Hospital of Northern BC (UHNBC)
- Prince Rupert Regional Hospital
- Quesnel - GR Baker Hospital
- Smithers - Bulkley Valley District Hospital
- Terrace - Mills Memorial Hospital
- Vanderhoof - St. John Hospital
Procedures and interventional exams
Northern Health’s medical imaging departments provide special procedures such as biopsy, joint injections, aspiration, line placements, and other tests that require a radiologist on site.
Northern Health strives to ensure accessibility of services, while ensuring that services are only provided where the required expertise of radiologists and technologists is present, and where required special equipment and post procedure care (if necessary) is available.
The medical imaging special procedures and interventional exams list is organized by low, medium and high risk, which determines where the requisition will be sent. It is intended to support clinicians in locating the most appropriate sites for the required procedure and/or exam using the referral pathway.
Clinicians:
Complete approved requisition:
- X-Ray/Fluoroscopy requisition
- Breast imaging requisition
- Ultrasound requisition
- Computed Tomography (CT) requisition
and fax to:
- Dawson Creek and District Hospital medical imaging
- Fort St. John Hospital & Peace Villa medical imaging
- University Hospital of Northern BC (UHNBC) medical imaging
- Prince Rupert Regional Hospital medical imaging
- GR Baker Hospital medical imaging
- Bulkley Valley District Hospital medical imaging
- Mills Memorial Hospital medical imaging
Local medical Imaging department:
- Will consult with the Radiologist and if the procedure cannot be performed on site or in a timely manner will be referred to the nearest resource for the patient using the referral pathway by the imaging department.
Procedures at a site may be temporarily delayed or unavailable due to radiologist and/or staff absence or equipment downtime.