# Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority

> Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority is Manitoba's publicly funded health-service operator for a vast rural, northern and remote region. Serving roughly 137,000 residents through hospitals, long-term care, home care, public health, mental-health, emergency and community programs, it is testing a practical rural-health playbook: train people locally, bring specialists to patients, put selected front doors online and make Indigenous-led support part of the care model.

- **Founded:** 2012
- **Headquarters:** Selkirk, Canada
- **Team size:** More than 3,000 staff, 88 family physicians and many volunteers; supplemental company data lists approximately 3,200 employees.
- **Products:** Acute and hospital care, Long-term and transitional care, Primary and community care, Home care, Mental health and addictions
- **Notable:** Opened a 15-bed transitional care unit in July 2024; the unit recorded 113 admissions and 98 discharges in its initial reported period., Provided 177 shifts through a seven-person casual nurse-practitioner float pool in 2024-25., Completed 172 pediatric outreach appointments across 21 clinic days in Eriksdale and Pine Falls from October 2024 through March 2025.

## Products & services

- **Acute and hospital care** — Hospital, emergency, surgical, diagnostic and inpatient services across the region, including Selkirk Regional Health Centre and rural hospitals.
- **Long-term and transitional care** — Residential long-term care plus a 15-bed transitional unit for medically stable patients awaiting the next appropriate setting.
- **Primary and community care** — Clinics, nurse-practitioner coverage, public health, prevention and same-day access programs distributed across rural communities.
- **Home care** — In-home assessment and support, including self- and family-managed care options funded through the provincial system.
- **Mental health and addictions** — Crisis response, 24/7 mental-health liaison nursing at Selkirk and a virtual Digital Front Door for Rapid Access to Addictions Medicine clinics.
- **Indigenous health services** — Patient navigation, Elder and Skaabe support, cultural guidance, smudging access, traditional-healing integration and anti-racism work.
- **Emergency medical services** — Pre-hospital emergency response and transport across rural, northern and remote communities.
- **Specialist outreach** — Pediatric and other specialist services delivered in smaller centres to reduce long-distance travel.

## Achievements

- Opened a 15-bed transitional care unit in July 2024; the unit recorded 113 admissions and 98 discharges in its initial reported period.
- Provided 177 shifts through a seven-person casual nurse-practitioner float pool in 2024-25.
- Completed 172 pediatric outreach appointments across 21 clinic days in Eriksdale and Pine Falls from October 2024 through March 2025.
- Expanded mental-health liaison nurse coverage at Selkirk Regional Health Centre to 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with a 0% vacancy rate for the 4.2 FTE team.
- Graduated 79 people through local in-person uncertified health-care aide training in 2024-25.
- Hired three internationally educated registered nurses through a rural onboarding pilot; Pine Falls' reported RN vacancy rate improved from 100% to 71%.
- Performed 648 cystoscopy cases against a target of 612 in 2024-25.
- Expanded its Indigenous Health team with an Elder/Knowledge Keeper and a Skaabe partnership at Selkirk Regional Health Centre.
- Launched a 2026-2031 strategic plan focused on workforce, access and coordination, partnerships and dismantling systemic racism and discrimination.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Promoted self- and family-managed home care through Care Possible and published expanded summer access options for non-urgent care.
- **2026-06** — Manitoba announced 200 additional hip and knee replacement surgeries across the province after 800 were completed at Selkirk Regional Health Centre in the prior year.
- **2026-05** — A new Dynacare laboratory opened in Selkirk to improve access to laboratory and diagnostic services.
- **2026-03** — The expanded Ashern emergency department was scheduled to open, increasing treatment spaces from five to 13 and total ED space to 7,800 square feet.
- **2026-01** — IERHA announced three pediatricians serving Selkirk, Eriksdale, Pine Falls, Gimli and Arborg.
- **2025-11** — Manitoba announced a new IERHA midwifery program beginning with two full-time midwives integrated with primary and obstetrical care.
- **2025-11** — IERHA presented its 2026-2031 strategic plan.

## Links

- Website: https://www.ierha.ca/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/interlake-eastern-health
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/IERHA_MB
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ierha_news/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InterlakeEasternRHA

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Last updated: 2026-08-23