Ontario Hospital Association
The Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) is a Canadian non-profit organization based in Toronto, Ontario.
History
OHA funded the creation of reports under the Hospital Report Project in 1998 and 1999, authored by Adalsteinn Brown and Paula Blackstien-Hirsch at the University of Toronto.1)
COVID-19
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the OHA participated as a member of the Evidence Synthesis Network, a partner initiative of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table.2)
On April 17, 2020, OHA published a summary of legislative changes related to COVID-19 that affect activities in Ontario.3) The document was updated on April 29, May 5, September 20, October 28, 2020, May 7, 2021, and January 12, 2022.
On January 25, 2021, the OHA published a statement titled “Strong Federal-Provincial Cooperation Needed to Overcome Barriers to Mass Vaccination” calling for “all levels of government” to “work in complete lockstep to ensure that Ontario gets the supply needed to build capacity and vaccinate as many Ontarians as quickly as possible.”4)
In January 2022, the OHA launched the Proximity Institute.5)
Organization
Personnel
Members
Members of the OHA include:11)
Full members
- Anson General Hospital (MICs Group)
- Bingham Memorial Hospital (MICs Group)
- Chapleau Health Services/Services De Sante De Chapleau
- Cornwall Community Hospital / Hôpital communautaire de Cornwall
- Health Sciences North/Horizon Santé-Nord
- Hôpital Notre-Dame Hospital (Hearst)
- Hotel Dieu Hospital (Cornwall)
- Lady Minto Hospital (MICs Group)
- Seaforth Community Hospital (Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance)
- St. Joseph's Care Group (Thunder Bay)
- St. Marys Memorial Hospital (Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance)
- Stratford General Hospital (Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance)
- Timmins & District Hospital - L'Hopital de Timmins et du district
- West Nipissing General Hospital/Hopital General de Nipissing Ouest, The
Associate Members
- Alliance for Healthier Communities/Alliance pour des Communautes en Sante
- Canadian Society of Physician Leaders (CSPL)/Société canadienne des leaders médicaux (SCLM)
- Compute Ontario/Calcul Ontario
- Flemingdon Health Centre (FHC)
- HealthCareCAN/SoinsSanteCAN
- Public Health Ontario (PHO)
Affiliate Members
International Members
Partners
OHA is partnered with BORN Ontario.12)
OHA is a client of Healthwise Creative Resource Group, a marketing agency whose clientele is largely made up of pharmaceutical companies and non-profit organizations.13)
OHA is a donor to Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital through the Hennick Bridgepoint Foundation.14)