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Welcome to the Ontario Health Association's (OHA) resource page developed to provide you with a high-level overview of the primary member services and resources available to you, as well as the communications you can expect to receive from the OHA.

As the voice of Ontario's public hospitals, our efforts focus on achieving a high-performing health system by providing high-value leadership and services in targeted areas for OHA members and system partners. 

Networks and Committees

The OHA convenes members from across the province through networks and committees to represent the context, perspectives and issues of our diverse membership. Both networks and committees are member forums intended to inform OHA advocacy and keep members apprised of emerging issues, encourage active participation in generative discussions, and enable members to connect and collaborate with the OHA team and one another. On occasion, targeted tables are also established to respond to emerging issues within the health care system.

Learn more about the OHA's different networks and committees.

Labour Relations Services (LRS)

The OHA has long played a central role in the Central Bargaining process for Ontario hospitals. LRS facilitates innovative and sustainable outcomes, while seeking productive relationships with seven major unions representing hospital workers in Ontario:

• Registered Nurses: Ontario Nurses' Association
• Allied Health: Ontario Public Service Employees Union
• Service, Clerical, and Registered Practical Nurses: Canadian Union of Public Employees, Services Employees International Union Health care, and Unifor
• Residents: Professional Association of Residents of Ontario
• Medical Physicists: Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada

Hospital CEOs regularly receive bargaining-related updates. LRS also offers counsel and advice to hospitals on interpretation of central collective agreements, reference manuals, central funding of rights arbitrations, coordination of local issues interest arbitration, advocacy on policy and legislation, and research services on collective bargaining (includes interest arbitration, as well as rights grievance arbitration).

For any questions, please contact:

Provincial Benefits Strategy Initiative

On December 1, 2023, Healthcare Collaborative Benefits Inc. (Collaborative Benefits or Co), together with OHA and HIROC Management Limited (HML), marked a significant milestone with the launch of the new provincial benefits plan that has been operational since April 1, 2024. Co’s mandate is to develop, provide and manage a comprehensive, sustainable, and responsive employee health benefits strategy and program.  Collaborative Benefits delivers employee benefits and provides innovative approaches that enable cost-savings, enhanced employer and employee experience and greater efficiency for participating healthcare organizations.​ For more information, email info@cobenefits.com​.​​

Hospital CEOs have access to the suite of finance and human resources (HR) tools on the OHA's Data & Analytics platform, which supports hospitals with accurate, insightful data to enable quick analysis and evidence-informed decision making. The platform includes foundational data and benchmarking platforms in finance, HR, patien​t experience and governance. While senior roles in finance, HR, and nursing are automatically granted access to the site, other hospital employees can request access via your organization's Local Registration Authority (LRA), with no limit to the number of users within your hospital. The LRA is an employee assigned by hospital leadership to manage employee access and ensure only appropriate individuals can access the platform's various tools. Learn more about the finance suite of tools, and the HR suite of tools available to you (log-in required).

For more information, please email DataAnalytics@oha.com. 

Member Communications

Hospital CEOs are automatically sent the following member communications.

Member Bulletins: Designed to keep hospital members apprised of the latest developments and important updates affecting the sector. These include the weekly Services, Resources, Guidance bulletin – sent on Thursdays – which compiles relevant updates from across the system, and the ad hoc Health System Updates bulletins, which each focus on a key issue. ​

CEO Connection: OHA President and CEO Anthony Dale sends periodic communications exclusively to hospital CEOs, apprising them of key developments affecting the sector, as well as strategic association initiatives.​

Chair's Report: After every regular OHA Board meeting, the OHA’s Board Chair sends a newsletter to hospital member CEOs and board chairs to share highlights from the meeting. It also links to the President’s Report which provides updates from OHA leadership on key initiatives from across the organization. ​

Labour Relations Services: As noted above, hospital CEOs automatically receive bargaining-related updates from the LRS team through the Labour Relations member communique sent on an as-needed basis.

Data and Analytics: Throughout the year, hospital CEOs receive notifications of: HR and Salary Surveys, including calls for participation and releases of survey results; finance data refreshes; and patient experience updates.​

Daily Media Clippings Report: The OHA has engaged a service provider to produce a daily report of media clippings (weekdays and excluding holidays) from across the province featuring articles about hospital members or issues that may impact/are relevant to Ontario's hospitals.

For questions, please contact communications@oha.com.

​Guidance and Resources

The OHA also produces a host of resources including guides, backgrounders and toolkits for member organizations. Explore OHA's Guidance and Resources.

We welcome your feedback to help us improve your experience. Please email communications@oha.com with comments or suggestions.​​

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