About Ontario Health Teams (OHTs)

Ontario Health Teams are a new way to organize and deliver health services, bringing together multiple health care providers as one collaborative team to provide patients with better connected and more convenient care, closer to home.

Ontario Health Teams serve as a one-stop shop where every entry point leads to care that is seamlessly coordinated. People are supported through their health care journey with one patient record and one care plan following wherever they receive care.

It’s automatic and you don’t need to sign up. Patients will continue to access care from their existing care providers and will always be able to choose where and who they access care from.

Ontario Health Teams bring together health care providers from across health and community sectors as one team, including primary care, hospitals, home and community care, mental health and addictions services, long-term care and connections to social services and public health.

Ontario Health Teams work together with patients, families and caregivers with a shared record and care plan to coordinate and deliver integrated care, understand their health care history, make seamless transitions from one provider to another, directly connect people to the right care at the right time and provide 24/7 help in navigating the health care system.

Health care providers in these collaborative partnerships have simplified access to more information, resources and services to better connect their patients to care.