About
Ontario Health Teams
As part of Ontario’s health system transformation strategy, Ontario Health Teams (OHTs) have been envisioned as a new way of organizing and delivering care that is more connected to patients in their local communities. The aim is for various health care providers, including community care organizations, hospitals, primary care, and home and community care providers, to work as one coordinated team to make it easier for patients to navigate the system and transition between providers.
The Ministry of Health announced the approval of the Downtown East Toronto Ontario Health Team on November 18, 2020.
Leadership
- Chair: Keith Hambly, Chief Executive Officer, Fred Victor Centre
- Vice Chair: Lori-Ann Green Walker, Executive Director, Women’s Health in Women’s Hands
- Executive Director of Operations: Nancy Lin
Team Members
Team Members are the signed member organizations under the DET OHT’s Collaboration Decision Making Agreement. They have a strong commitment to serving people in Downtown East Toronto and have a history of strong working relationships and collaboration. The Downtown East Toronto OHT builds on this foundation.
Our network of 43 MemBERs include:
- Africans In Partnership Against AIDS
- AIDS Committee of Toronto
- Casey House
- Catholic Family Services of Toronto
- Les Centres d’Accueil Héritage
- Community Advisory Council
- COTA Health
- Covenant House
- Dixon Hall
- Family Physician Network
- Family Services Toronto
- Fife House
- Fred Victor
- Gerstein Crisis Centre
- Good Shepherd Non-Profit Homes
- HQ Health Hub
- Inner City Family Health Team
- Inner City Health Associates
- LOFT Community Services
- PACE Independent Living
- Progress Place
- Regent Park CHC
- Saint Elizabeth Health
- Sherbourne Health
- Sound Times
- South Riverdale CHC
- Spectrum Health Care
- St Michael’s Homes
- St Michael’s Hospital Academic FHT
- St. Jude Community Homes
- Street Haven at the Crossroads
- Street Health
- The Neighbourhood Group Community Services
- The Neighbourhood Organization
- The Salvation Army
- Toronto Metropolitan University (Formerly known as Ryerson University)
- Toronto People With AIDS Foundation
- Unity Health Toronto St. Michael’s Hospital
- VHA Home HealthCare
- Vibrant Healthcare Alliance
- Women’s Health in Women’s Hands CHC
- WoodGreen Community Services
- Young Street Mission
Approval process of the DET OHT
Application documents:
Click here to learn more about how your organization can join the DET OHT.
DET-OHT Principles
We are committed to:
- Client and Family Centered Care – Patients, families, caregivers and the communities we serve are at the forefront of our decisions. Our Patient Client Caregiver Declaration of Values underlines this commitment and serves as the foundation for the services we provide.
- Health Equity – Health Equity and a population health management approach are embedded in all aspects of our work in order to prioritize support to individuals and communities who are most in need of our services.
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – We recognize and acknowledge inequity and are intentional to ensure that our policies, objectives and initiatives are built on the principles and lens of diversity, equity and inclusion.
- Transparent Collaboration – Transparent and meaningful collaboration with all OHT members are vital components to healthy partnerships. We recognize that each of our members brings value, wisdom, knowledge and experience to our OHT work which allows us to work respectfully together and appreciate each member’s contribution towards our end goals.
- Quality Improvement – Building on our successes and challenges, we are open to continuous learning and embody evidence-informed and continuing learning principles to guide our decisions and improve the work we do together.
- Responsive Leadership – Iterative and generative leadership leads to responsive leadership. It helps us to be active on the issues that impact the communities we serve and holds us accountable for those actions.
