Ontario Health Teams

The RCA is developing a variety of resources to support Ontario Health Teams (OHTs) as they take on responsibility for the planning and delivery of health care. The resources will help OHTs integrate rehabilitative care across the continuum to improve outcomes for patients and the health care system.

Rehabilitative Care Primer
Patient and System-Level Benefits of Rehabilitative Care: A primer to support planning by OHTs and Ontario Health provides an accessible overview of current evidence to help OHTs better understand the role rehabilitative care can play in improving outcomes. Primer overview Full document Table of Contents Section 1 - Introduction Section 2 - Benefits of rehabilitative care: Overview of benefits to patients and system; potential costs/risks of absence of timely access; rehabilitative care and COVID-19 Section 3 - About rehab professionals: Brief descriptions of rehab professionals and their areas of expertise Section 4 - Rehab in primary care, Section 5 - Rehab in inpatient settings, Section 6 - Rehab in home and ambulatory settings: Patient and system-level benefits; sector-specific information on rehab post-injury/illness, rehab for progressive/chronic conditions and rehab for prevention Appendix A - Primary care, Appendix B - Inpatient, Appendix C - In-home & ambulatory: Additional considerations for populations/conditions typically requiring rehabilitative care; links to resources/research literature
Brief guide to rehabilitative care
Rehabilitative Care: An Essential Component of Connected Care — A Guide for Ontario Health Teams provides an overview of how rehab contributes to the quadruple aim and the implications for OHTs.
White Paper on Community-based Rehabilitation
Community-based Rehabilitation: Providing High-Value Care in the Community is a four-part white paper that explores the critical role that community-based rehabilitation plays in the Ontario health system. Part 1: The Value of Community-Based Rehabilitation: An Overview introduces community-based rehabilitation and provides an overview of its value. Part 2: In-Home Rehabilitation provides an overview of key best practices and examples of effective models of rehabilitative care and their outcomes. It also provides recommendations to improve patient outcomes and reduce cost, as well as a discussion of pandemic considerations, including the use of virtual care. Part 3: Ambulatory-Based Rehabilitation (Available 2021) Part 4: Rehabilitative Care in Primary Care (Available 2021)