What is an Ontario Health Team? :: Brantford Brant Norfolk Ontario Health Team

What is an Ontario Health Team (OHT)?

Ontario Health Teams (OHT’s) were introduced in 2019 as a new model of care delivery throughout Ontario. The main objective of OHT’s are to provide a fully coordinated continuum of care for patients, even if the care providers do not exist within the same organization. Health care providers work together behind the scenes to establish clear lines of communication, achieve common goals and improve the overall experience for not only the patient but providers too! There are currently over 50 OHT’s in Ontario and at maturity, all Ontarians will have access to an OHT.

Expected outcomes of OHT’s:

Connected patient experience
Community Engagement
24/7 support for patients
Enable digital tools to provide virtual care
Care for one defined patient population
Single point of clinical and fiscal accountability
Defined performance model

The Brantford Brant Norfolk Ontario Health Team

The Brantford Brant Ontario Health Team was officially approved in November of 2020 by the Government of Ontario with 14 community partners.

In early 2022, the OHT partnered with Norfolk to expand upon already existing relationships amongst health care providers. With the addition of Norfolk, our OHT now includes over 20 health organizations!