What is an OHT?

The Ontario government is building a connected health care system centred around patients, families and care partners to:

• strengthen local services
• make it easier for patients to navigate the system
• create seamless transitions between providers

Ontario Health Teams are being introduced to provide a new way of organizing and delivering care that is more connected to patients in their local communities. Under Ontario Health Teams, health care providers (including hospitals, doctors and home and community care providers) work as one coordinated team – no matter where they provide care.

Ontario Health Teams are groups of providers and organizations that are clinically and fiscally accountable for delivering a full and coordinated continuum of care to a defined geographic population.