Ontario Health Teams (OHTs) are a new way of organizing health care to improve coordination between different providers.
OHTs bring together hospitals, doctors, home care, and community services, such as FIREFLY, to work as a single team. This is meant to make it easier for patients to move between services and get the care they need.
Ontario Health Teams include providers from a wide range of services, such as:
✔ Family doctors and nurse practitioners
✔ Hospitals and specialist care
✔ Home care and community support
✔ Mental health and addiction services
✔ Rehabilitation and complex care
✔ Palliative and end-of-life care
✔ Long-term and residential care
✔ Emergency health services
✔ Laboratory, diagnostic, and midwifery services
The OHTs that FIREFLY works with across our service region are the All Nations Health Partners OHT, Kiiwetinoong Healing Waters OHT, and the Rainy River District OHT. Please see below for more information on each organization.
The All Nations Health Partners (ANHP) OHT unites First Nations, Indigenous, municipal, healthcare and community services leaders to transform care in Kenora and surrounding communities. As Ontario’s first OHT with full First Nations, Indigenous and community partnership, we provide culturally safe, integrated care that is person-centred. ANHP OHT strives to ensure proper care at the right time in the right setting by coordinating hospitals, healthcare providers, mental health and addiction services, public health, long-term care, and community support. Committed to a seamless, patient-centred system, ANHP OHT will continue to lead the way in integrated, community-driven healthcare as Ontario Health Teams evolve.
Service Area:
The Kiiwetinoong Healing Waters (KHWOHT) OHT supports a continuum of care with providers in Dryden, Red Lake, and Sioux Lookout. KHWOHT was created in October of 2022.
The Rainy River District Ontario Health Team (RRDOHT) was formed through a collaborative effort among regional health organizations and Anishinaabe communities to create a connected health care system centered on patients, families, and caregivers. In Spring 2019, Giishkaandago’ikwe Health Services met with their respective boards and 10 First Nation Chiefs to discuss priorities for an OHT application. This led to the decision to submit an Indigenous-led OHT self-assessment for the southern region of Treaty #3, marking the initial step toward establishing the RRDOHT.
The initiative expanded in Summer 2019, as additional local health and social service organizations joined First Nation leadership to broaden the OHT’s membership across the Rainy River District. After active consultations and revisions, a comprehensive application was submitted to the Ontario Ministry of Health in Fall 2020.
Service Area:
820A Lakeview Drive
Kenora, Ontario
P9N 3P7
