On November 25, the Hon. Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, announced the first of 24 Ontario Health Teams (OHTs), Mississauga Health.
According to the November 25 Connected Care update, the government will be announcing each OHT in communites across Ontario over the coming weeks. Announcements will be made on the OHT web page, which will be updated as each is identified.
Once all 24 teams have been introduced, a complete list of all OHTs will be announced and details about next steps will be shared with all teams that have submitted an application.
Questions about OHTscan be sent to ontariohealthteams@ontario.ca.
OHT Teams: Announcements
November 25: Mississauga OHT (Mississauga Health)
The proposed Mississauga OHT (Mississauga Health) represents a partnership of local health care providers who are committed to better health in the community and better experiences for patients and providers.
Our vision: To improve the health of people in the community by creating an interconnected system of care from prenatal care to birth to end-of-life. Through partnership, care will address physical, mental, and emotional well-being, and will be reliable, high-quality, grounded in exceptional experiences and sustainability.
November 26: Hamilton OHT (Hamilton Health Team)
The Hamilton Health Team's early initiatives focus on three priority populations in Hamilton, based on data demonstrating a need to better integrate care for an aging population and provide more accessible mental health services:
- Adults with mental health and addiction concerns
- Children and youth with mental health and addiction concerns
- Older adults with multiple chronic conditions
The Hamilton Health Team is a collaboration of Hamilton health and social service partners and includes representation from more than 20 organizations, reflecting primary care, home care, hospitals, community agencies, long-term care, mental health, Indigenous health, post-secondary education, and the City of Hamilton (Healthy and Safe Communities Department, Public Health and Paramedic Services).
November 28: Southlake Community OHT
The Southlake Community OHT is a partnership of a number of healthcare organizations who share both a rich history of collaboration and an exciting vision for the future of healthcare in our communities. The partners have worked closely together over the years to provide high-quality services to the patients, families and communities who rely on them for care. Building on existing successful partnerships, the team has been planning for eight months to bring connected care to the communities we serve. Initially, the team will focus on older adults with complex healthcare needs and adults with mental health and addiction challenges.
November 29: Durham OHT
Lakeridge Health is pleased to be one of 17 partners in the Durham OHT. The Durham OHT is a collaborative group of organizations and patient and caregiver advisors working in partnership to improve access and delivery of coordinated health services. The group is comprised of partners from across the care continuum, including primary care providers, hospitals, mental health, and home and community care.
November 29: Guelph and Area OHT
The Guelph and Area OHT will be building on what they already do well: collaborating to meet the needs of patients. The Guelph and Area Ontario Health Team, which includes health care providers from Guelph, Puslinch, Rockwood and Erin, will expand integrated services and partnerships within their team and will first focus on palliative care and mental health and addictions.
December 2: Burlington OHT
The vision of the Burlington OHT is to co-create a person-centred and family-centred delivery model that wraps health and social services around patients, families and caregivers. At the centre of the model is the relationship between the patient and family and primary care. Current barriers to the sharing of health information make it challenging for providers to deliver the right care at the right time and for patients to participate fully in their care. The Burlington OHT will be working on a digital health strategy and introducing innovative models of care to address these and other challenges.
December 2: North York OHT (North York Health Partners)
North York Toronto Health Partners was formed to fulfill the mandate of providing integrated health care for a defined patient population within our community. While the goal of these teams is to care for entire populations, North York Toronto Health Partners will start by focusing on patient groups with more complex and higher needs, including frail seniors, those with mental health and addiction issues, and those at end of life.
December 3: East Toronto OHT (East Toronto Health Partners)
Building on a 25-year history of collaboration, in 2017, the CEOs of five organizations representing the continuum of care in East Toronto formed the foundation for an integrated care network – the East Toronto Health Partners (ETHP). The six anchor partners include: (Michael Garron Hospital, Providence Healthcare, South Riverdale Community Health Centre, VHA Home HealthCare and WoodGreen Community Services) and East Toronto Family Practice Network (EasT-FPN). Over the last two years, we have worked together with patients, families, community representatives and a range of partner organizations with a shared goal of building a ‘Network of Networks’ model of seamless care for our community.
Together, ETHP provides a comprehensive basket of health and social services, tailored to meet changing local needs. We provide primary to acute care, food security to supportive housing, home-based healthcare and community support services, long-term care, birth to end-of-life care, and settlement to employment.
December 4: North Western Toronto OHT
Humber River Hospital, along with 12 partner organizations, was one of the 24 teams who received approval from the Ministry of Health to move forward with the development of an Ontario Health Team (OHT) for north and west Toronto. For more information on the North Western Toronto OHT, follow @NWTorontoOHT on Twitter.
December 4: North Toronto OHT
The North Toronto OHT is a collaboration of health care organizations and providers who are working together to improve the coordination of care among family physicians, hospitals, long term care facilities, and home and community care.
December 4: All Nations Health Partners OHT
The All Nations Health Partners Ontario Health Team, has a vision to build a wholistic, people-centred system that also supports health care providers in their work to address the unique needs of the area. This Ontario Health Team includes 15 partner providers and leaders from urban and rural communities within Kenora and Sioux-Narrows-Nestor Falls, including Kenora Chiefs Advisory and the Kenora Métis Council. Partners provide a range of care including hospital, community support services, primary care organizations, long-term care home and municipal services.
December 6: Brampton, Etobicoke and Area OHT
As it continues its work to integrate care, the Brampton/Etobicoke and Area Ontario Health Team will put in place 24/7 navigation and care coordination services for patients and families. In year one, a focused group of patients will receive these services through their integrated primary care teams and the broader Ontario Health Team partners. This work will be implemented in phases and over time will provide care for everyone within the Brampton/Etobicoke and Area Ontario Heath Team's population.
December 6: Muskoka and Area OHT
Through integration and collaboration, the Muskoka and Area Ontario Health Team will endeavour to share accountability, leverage innovation, embrace technology and relentlessly strive to be better. Working together as partners, the Muskoka and Area Ontario Health Team will build a quality-focused, equity-driven, outcomes-based, sustainable, health care system that will improve the well-being of all. This work will be implemented in phases and over time will provide care for everyone within the Muskoka and Area Ontario Health Team's population. For year one, the Muskoka and Area Ontario Health Team will focus on adults over 65 who are experiencing transitions in the health care system and are receiving care from two or more providers.
December 6: Eastern York Region North Durham OHT
Markham Stouffville Hospital (MSH), in collaboration with people with lived experience, caregivers, residents, primary care partners, and community service providers, is at the forefront of this initiative, with the development of the new Eastern York Region North Durham (EYRND) OHT. Through vigorous data analysis, consultation with the Regional Municipality of York (York Region), collaboration with over 100 primary care providers and input from over 2,000 community residents, our first year focal points were developed. These first year initiatives will focus locally to improve the care for clients and patients with mental health challenges and addictions, and those living with dementia and their caregivers.
December 6: Connected Care Halton OHT
The CCHOHT is guided by a steering committee with equal leadership representation from Acclaim Health, The Mississauga Halton LHIN, Halton Healthcare, Halton Region and a primary care physician from within the geographical area of Halton Hills, Milton and Oakville. Our approach to health care transformation is founded on a philosophy of patient-centered care and a population health approach.
We have established three Working Groups to focus on the OHT's key areas of interest in the first year: Palliative Care, Mental Health & Addictions, and the transfer of Home and Community Care to the OHT from the LHIN.
In addition, two Advisory Groups have also been established: Patient & Family Advisory Group and Physician Advisory Group.
December 6: Ottawa OHT
The convening partners in the Ottawa Health Team recognize that we must continue our work with our 55+ additional partners, in order to provide the best possible health and community-based services. Our goal is to redesign a system where all providers will work together using innovative approaches to improve care pathways. To achieve this, we will:
- focus on people-centered care, reflecting the diverse needs of the people that live in our community
- engage clients/patients, families/caregivers and front-line professionals in improving the system
- focus on keeping people well, and/or supported to live in the community
- build on the good work and successes already realized
- build on primary health care, community and social services as a strong foundation for the health system
- coordinate care to achieve better access and seamless transitions for people and families
- measure our performance using data to enhance quality of care and inform decisions to achieve system improvement.
- work with and for Francophone and Indigenous populations to address health disparities and provide quality services, while working to address the unique health needs of all equity seeking groups
In its first year, the OHT will focus on two initial groups: frail older adults and adults with moderate to complex mental health and addictions that are not connected to primary care.
December 6: Hills of Headwaters Collaborative OHT
The New Hills of Headwaters Collaborative OHT consists of health and care organizations and providers working together to improve the overall well-being of Dufferin-Caledon. We are patients, families and caregivers within our community who together with family and specialist physicians, housing and long-term care facilities, mental health and addictions providers, home and community care providers, the hospital as well as long list of other health and social service providers are committed to our shared approach. Our focus is on creating a culture of shared ownership while creating a modern, digitized and connected system of care to provide patients, families and caregivers with a simplified experience when it comes to accessing their care.
December 6: Huron Perth and Area OHT
The Huron Perth and Area OHT has more than 60 partners, the team will integrate a full suite of health care services across Huron Perth and the surrounding area - and is committed to working together with patients and caregivers to ensure they are meeting the true needs of those using and providing services.
December 6: Cambridge North Dumfries OHT
The Cambridge North Dumfries OHT will provide seamless health care services in Cambridge and North Dumfries that will include primary care, hospital services, long-term care, mental health and addictions, home and community care and more. The goal will be to move patients seamlessly through a connected health care system. The OHT has a five-year plan to transform their local health care system for the better, with a year one focus on eliminating hallway health care, increasing access to primary care services and bolstering access to mental health services for its residents.
December 6: New Couchiching OHT
The Couchiching OHT is focused on meeting the needs of its local community, with a focus on seniors who have complex health care needs. The OHT will organize and deliver care with the support of more than 20 community agencies and health care providers, including hospitals, doctors and home and community care providers, and is now putting together a patient and family advisory committee to inform the Couchiching OHT with both planning and implementation.
December 6: Northumberland OHT (OHT-N)
Drawing on a strong history of collaboration, patients, caregivers, health and social care providers from across Northumberland County are working together to improve patient and caregiver experience of health care in our community, as well as provider work-life experience, through the OHT model. The initial focus of the Ontario Health Team of Northumberland (OHT-N) will be on the coordination of health care services for rural populations – specifically those who experience significant barriers to care. For more on year-one projects, click here.
December 7: Chatham-Kent OHT (CKOHT)
There are 15 local health agencies working together as partners in the CKOHT. Additionally, several more agencies have given their support to the CKOHT and intend to become more involved in future phases. The CKOHT’s focus in its first year will be on adults (55+) with at least one chronic disease or dementia or in a palliative state or is complex. This will build on the success of the local Health Links program, which began in 2012, and Coordinated Care Planning, which support a patient’s care team to better collaborate, and share information and resources to promote improved health outcomes. Over time, the expectation is to support all patient populations; ensuring high-quality, patient-centred care for the 105,000+ patients in CKOHT catchment area. The CKOHT's vision is: "Achieving the best health and well-being together."
December 7: Near North Health and Wellness OHT
The Near North Health and Wellness OHT has a vision to meet the individual health care needs of the entire population of the Nipissing-East Parry Sound region. This includes Francophone, First Nations, Inuit and Métis populations, as well as rural and remote populations. This team includes physicians playing a vital role in the health transformation process and more than 30 partners including primary care, hospital care, long-term care, mental health and addictions, and home and community care. They will be working closely together to provide the continuum of care, improve health outcomes and reduce health inequities.
The team is currently developing a website and will be implementing a one number access line for the community. Integration of care is also underway in Nipissing's Mental Health and Addictions sector. Four local providers: Nipissing Mental Health and Housing Support Services, North Bay Recovery Home, CMHA - Nipissing Regional Branch, and People for Equal Partnership, plan to be fully integrated by April 2020.
December 7: Peterborough OHT
The Peterborough OHT will create a local health care system that provides coordinated care for patients, reduces wait times, and leads to better heath outcomes for the population.The team will break down silos of services by bringing together 22 partner organizations in its first year to find the right health care solutions for patients. By improving the transitions of care between agencies, patients will benefit from better patient and caregiver experience, better health outcomes, better value in efficiency and better provider experiences.
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