A physician-led practice on Vancouver Island
Monarch Health looks after 5,000+ people across executive health and care at home.
A message from Monarch Health
Better Medicine. Better Guidance. More Life in Every Year.
Many of us in family medicine share the same experience. Modern medicine has transformed how we diagnose and treat disease. Yet much of the healthcare system is built to respond to illness, not to preserve health.
Patients increasingly want more. They want to understand their risks, protect their independence, and stay well for longer. These conversations belong at the heart of family medicine, but they need time, and a team, to do them well.
Why Prevention Matters
Most of us have lived through a version of this: a parent or grandparent slowly loses strength, memory or confidence, and a family sees how much of life rests on abilities we take for granted. It makes us ask what we might do earlier to preserve function and independence.
Wellness and longevity offer real promise, but the industry often moves faster than the evidence. More testing does not always mean better health, and unnecessary investigations can bring anxiety, further tests and cost without benefit. The fundamentals have not changed: physical activity, good nutrition, restorative sleep, meaningful relationships, appropriate screening and the management of known risk factors.
“Family medicine must help lead the conversation.”
Family physicians are trained to weigh evidence, understand risk and see each person as an individual, and those skills matter as much in wellness as in treating disease. If these conversations are not happening with trusted clinicians, they will happen elsewhere, with sellers whose interests may differ from the patient's. Our job is to help people tell what is useful from what is unnecessary, and what is promising from what is proven.
Monarch Health brings physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dietitians, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and other allied health professionals together, so that prevention, healthy aging and long-term well-being get the attention they deserve. We are as willing to advise against an unnecessary test as to recommend a useful one: our value lies in the quality of our judgment, guidance and care. We build on family medicine and on Canada's public healthcare system, and we do not claim to have every answer. Now that we know better, we want to do better.
Our values
Respect
Every person treated with dignity, kindness and compassion, and diverse perspectives genuinely valued.
Integrity
Doing the right thing when it is difficult - honesty, accountability and transparency, including about what we do not know.
Innovation
Challenging the status quo with curiosity, evidence and continuous learning, rather than with novelty for its own sake.
Professional pride
High standards of clinical care, service and professionalism, held consistently rather than occasionally.
Regulation and responsibility
- Physicians
- Physicians and surgeons who work with Monarch Health are licensed and regulated by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia (CPSBC).
- Nurses
- Nurses practising at Monarch Health are licensed and regulated by the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).
- Uninsured services
- Monarch Health provides uninsured services in accordance with the standards of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia (CPSBC). Monarch does not bill the Medical Services Plan (MSP). Access to MSP-insured physician services is not dependent on participation in any uninsured program or service. Membership also does not result in priority or preferential scheduling of MSP-insured services. Where uninsured services are provided, fees are disclosed in advance and are consistent with applicable professional guidelines, including the Doctors of BC Uninsured Services Fee Guide where appropriate.