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Question 1

1) What is an Ontario Health Team (OHT)?

Accepted Answer

OHTs are a new way of organizing and delivering care that is more connected to patients in their local communities, as each OHT serves its own attributed population. These changes will strengthen local services, making it easier for patients to navigate the system and transition between providers.
There are 58 OHTs across the province and eight in Toronto, including the Downtown East Toronto OHT. The goal is to ensure that everyone in Ontario can benefit from better coordinated, more integrated care.
Under OHTs, health care providers, including hospitals, doctors, and home and community care providers, work as one coordinated team.
Providers and organizations eligible to become an OHT include, but are not limited to:

primary care, including inter-professional primary care and physicians
 	acute care, such as in-patient and ambulatory medical and surgical services
 	home care
 	community support services
 	mental health and addictions services
 	health promotion and disease prevention services
 	rehabilitation and complex care
 	palliative care
 	residential care and short-term transitional care, such as supportive housing, long-term care homes, or retirement homes
 	emergency health services
 	laboratory and diagnostic services
 	midwifery services
 	other social and community services, as needed by the population

Lear more about OHTs here.

Question 2

2) How do OHTs benefit patients, families, and caregivers?

Accepted Answer

Patients, families, and caregivers are at the core of OHTs mission and work. While people can continue to access care from their existing care providers and will still be able to choose who provides them care, each OHT is required to create a Patient, Family and Caregiver Partnership and Engagement Strategy. This strategy aims to ensure that partnership, co-design, and engagement with patients, families, and caregivers are woven into all change initiatives and planning processes.
At the DET OHT, community members play an instrumental role in influencing, developing, and collaboratively designing a wide range of community and health initiatives, projects, and policies. These community members bring valuable lived experiences as patients, clients, family members, or caregivers who have received health and community services in Downtown East Toronto.

Question 3

3) What does DET OHT do?

Accepted Answer

Approved in November 2020 as one of Toronto’s eight OHTs, the DET OHT is a group of health and social service partners with deep roots in the community. Its vision is to build an integrated system of care that provides seamless, coordinated care to individuals and families.
With a focus on serving people experiencing homelessness, mental health challenges, and addictions, the DET OHT aims to improve access to care, enhance health equity, and address the diverse needs of the Downtown East Toronto community. Through partnerships, it works to streamline services across healthcare, mental health, community support, and social services, ensuring that people receive the right care at the right time in the right place.

Question 4

4) What are the geographical areas within the DET OHT?

Accepted Answer

The Downtown East area is bound by:

Bloor Street on the north
 	Front Street on the south
 	Bay Street on the west
 	The Don Valley Parkway on the east, including an expansion up to 21 Park Rd., north of Bloor.

Question 5

5) What is the size of the DET OHT?

Accepted Answer

DET OHT is a diverse group of 47 member organizations termed &ldquo;Team Members". This group includes hospitals, community health centres, family health teams, mental health and addictions service provers, social service organizations and AIDS service organizations. Learn more about our Team Members here.

Question 6

6) How can organizations get involved in DET OHT?

Accepted Answer

Each year, the DET OHT invites organizations to apply for participation in its initiatives and projects. In addition to joining a Working Group, Team Members must meet specific criteria to be eligible for membership in the DET OHT. For more details, click here.

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