Connecting Health Care to Communities
The Ontario government is creating a more connected health care system that prioritizes patients, families, and caregivers. These changes aim to strengthen local services, making it easier for patients to navigate the system and smoothly transition between providers.
Ontario Health Teams (OHTs) are being introduced as a new approach to organizing and delivering care that is more connected to patients in their communities. Under this model, health care providers, including hospitals, doctors, and home and community care providers, collaborate as one coordinated team, regardless of where care is provided.
Welcome to the Équipe Santé Ontario Cochrane District Ontario Health Team
The Équipe Santé Ontario Cochrane District Ontario Health Team (ÉSOCDOHT) is part of a new approach being introduced across Ontario to organize and deliver care that is more connected to patients in their communities. Under this model, health care providers, including hospitals, doctors, and home and community care providers, work together as one coordinated team, regardless of where care is provided.
The ÉSOCDOHT is transforming health care in the region by seamlessly connecting patients with the services they need. Communities within the ÉSOCDOHT’s catchment area include Hornepayne, Hearst, Kapuskasing, Smooth Rock Falls, Matheson, Iroquois Falls, Cochrane, Timmins and Chapleau and surrounding areas.
By integrating care across the district, our goal is to improve patient outcomes and simplify the health care experience. With over 37 dedicated members, our OHT focuses on areas such as Home and Community Care, Mental Health and Addictions, Primary Care, Indigenous Care, and more.
Patient-centered Care
Central to our mission is the active involvement of patients and caregivers in shaping our services. Through the Patient Family and Caregiver Council (PFACC), we empower patients and families to play a key role in improving health care delivery in our community. By fostering collaboration, trust, and transparency, we ensure that the voices of those we serve are at the heart of our decisions, driving continuous improvement and innovation in health care.
Meet the Team
Meet the dedicated team, including our Implementation Lead, Project Assistant, and Clinical Project Lead, who work together to drive our mission forward.
Our Vision
The Équipe Santé Ontario Cochrane District Ontario Health Team is committed to delivering collaborative care responsive to our communities’ needs. Guided by the Quintuple Aim, we focus on enhancing patient and caregiver experiences, improving population health, reducing per capita health care costs, supporting providers’ work life, and advancing health equity across the district.
Our Values
The Équipe Santé Ontario Cochrane District Ontario Health Team is guided by values that emphasize person and community-centered care, collaboration, trust, and transparency. We are committed to upholding equity, inclusion, and diversity, while ensuring accountability, efficiency, and sustainability through continuous innovation and quality improvement.
Guided by Collaborative Leadership
We are led by executive and steering committees, bringing together key partners from various health care sectors. These committees work collaboratively to provide strategic direction, ensure effective decision-making, and oversee the implementation of goals and initiatives.
Executive Committee | Organization |
|---|---|
Brian Marks | Cochrane District Services Board |
Dawn Morisette | Services de santé communautaire Chapleau Health Services |
Denis Beaulac | Centre de santé communautaire de Kapuskasing et region |
Kate Fyfe | Timmins and District Hospital |
Paul Jalbert | Canadian Mental Health Association Cochrane-Temiskaming |
Steering Committee | Organization |
|---|---|
Brian Marks (Co-chair) | Cochrane District Services Board |
Denis Beaulac (Co-chair) | Centre de santé communautaire de Kapuskasing et region |
Dawn Morisette | Services de santé communautaire Chapleau Health Services |
Eliane Labonte Bernier | Smooth Rock Falls Hospital |
Jacques Doucet | Nord-Aski Family Health Team |
Kate Fyfe | Timmins and District Hospital |
Louise Trudel | Canadian Red Cross |
Michelle Stevens | Centre de Santé Communautaire de Timmins |
Paul Jalbert | Canadian Mental Health Association Cochrane-Temiskaming |
Pauline Frechette-Keating | North Centennial Manor |
Rodney Hoogenhoud | Cochrane Family Health Team |
Sonia Gravel | Services de Toxicomanie Cochrane-Nord |
Steve Fillion | Reflexion Wellness Services |
Sylvie Sylvestre | Le Réseau du Mieux-Etre |
Tammy Hachey | Ontario Health at Home |
Type | Membership | Decision Types | Meeting Frequency | Purpose & Scope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Collaboration Council | Broad: core partner and co-design partners | Big bet: broad scope and impact, unfamiliar and infrequent | Quarterly | Governance/strategy |
Steering Committee | Limited: appointed representatives, core partners, and co-design partners | Cross-cutting: broad scope and impact; familiar and frequent | Monthly | Strategic planning, deliverables, project oversight |
Executive Committee | Limited: elected Steering Committee members, including the Chair(s), Executive Lead | Big bet & Cross-cutting: time-sensitive issues, consulting on operational issues, making recommendations to the Steering Committee | As needed | Act on behalf of the Steering Committee when needed in more pressing decisions between meetings |
Sector & Local Networks | Broad: core partners, co-design partners, collaborative partners | Varies: locally defined and self-directed | Locally & self-defined | Local strategic planning, ÉSOCDOHT-local systems and connection |
Working Groups | Subject specific: core partners, co-design partners, collaborative partners | Delegated: narrow scope and impact, familiar and frequent | Monthly & self-defined | Strategic targeted goals |
Advisory Committee | Targeted: core partners, co-design partners, collaborative partners | Varies: committee specific | Monthly | Strategic targeted goals with advisory |
Membership Categories
Core Partner
An organization or agency that delivers or supports the delivery of health or social services to the team’s attributed population and that is a signatory to both the collaborative decision-making agreement (CDMA) and fund holder agreement. Each Core Partner will identify to which health or social service sector it best aligns with.
Collaborative Partner
A system partner that wants regular communication from, and engagement with the ÉSOCDOHT, and that has agreed to work collaboratively with Core Partners on particular projects or ÉSOCDOHT-led initiatives, but which is not a signatory to the CDMA and/or fund holder agreement.
Co-Design Partner
The ÉSOCDOHT recognizes the value collaborating with Persons with Lived Experience, Indigenous Peoples, Francophones, and physicians and clinicians, including creating mechanisms for engagement, consultation, collaboration, and shared leadership and decision-making. Each of these groups may be a Co-Design Partner of the ÉSOCDOHT, e.g., physician groups, Indigenous entities, and Francophone entities could be Core Partners, if they choose to. Co-Design Partners may or may not be affiliated with a Core Partner, but are still accommodated for in the team’s governance, operations, and leadership and decision-making structures and processes. Designated seats are created for Co-Design Partners in the ÉSOCDOHT governance structures, and the Steering Committee will determine a process for selecting and appointing Co-Design Partners.
