This section is intended primarily as a resource for health care professionals. Much of this information requires knowledgeable interpretation.
About the Ministry
Information about the history of the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, official biographies and an organization chart illustrating the relationship of the divisions and branches of the ministry.
Forms and Applications
A catalogue of ministry forms and applications.
HealthLinks
A list of categorized external links to help you access other health-related Web sites that are not maintained by the Ontario government.
News Releases
Ministry news releases are maintained in a searchable archive by Canada News Wire for 24 months from date of issue.
Publications
Many ministry publications are available online and include professional guides, manuals, reports and ministry business plans.
Capital Programs
Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund (HIRF)
This program supports hospitals renew their healthcare facilities. The HIRF grant supplements an institution's existing renewal program and helps healthcare facilities address any renewal needs on a priority basis.
Celebrating Innovations
Ontario health care providers have shown themselves to be innovators in health care. Their ideas and approaches are contributing to saving lives, improving health outcomes for Ontario patients, and leading to a better performing health care system overall.
Ontario Public Drug Programs
Ontario Drug Benefit Formulary /
Comparative Drug Index
Ontario Guidelines for Drug Submission and Evaluation
The purpose of the interpretive guidelines is to assist pharmaceutical manufacturers in making their drug submissions.
Ontario Guidelines for Economic Analysis of Pharmaceutical Products
These guidelines suggest an approach that manufacturers of pharmaceuticals can use to satisfy the information needs of the Drug Quality and Therapeutics Committee.
Education and Recruitment
Free Tuition Program for Physicians
This program provides financial assistance to final-year medical students, residents and newly graduated physicians, to offset tuition costs in exchange for a full-time return-of-service in an eligible community.
Guidelines for Application to the Tuition Support Program for Nurses
The Tuition Support Program for Nurses is part of the government's commitment to provide more families with access to primary health care, and to support the recruitment and retention of nurses to rural and remote areas across the province.
International Medical Graduate Program
Information for physicians on ministry programs and on certification and registration to practice.
Medical Officer of Health-in-Training Bursary Program
The ministry is offering bursary funding for Ontario physicians who wish to obtain medical officer of health qualifications.
Nursing Community Assessment Visit Program
The Nursing Community Assessment Visit Program will provide reimbursement to employers for travel and accommodation expenses incurred by nurses (and their spouses if applicable) for the purpose of assessing nursing employment opportunities in communities designated as underserviced with a Rurality Index of Ontario (RIO) score of 60 or over.
Recruitment
A listing of employment-related opportunities for health care professionals.
Re-entry Training Positions for Canadian Physicians
Through the Re-Entry Program, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) offers funding each year for physicians currently practicing in Canada to re-enter postgraduate medical training. For Re-Entry training positions beginning in July 2008, the ministry has funding for a total of 50 positions for qualified physicians.
Repatriation Program
This program provides training positions for physicians who have completed postgraduate residency training that need additional training to meet the certification requirements of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Underserviced Area Program
This program is one of a number of supports provided by the ministry to help underserviced communities recruit and retain health professionals.
Legislation
Transparent Drug System for Patients Act, 2006
The Ontario government has introduced legislation that would, if passed, enable a comprehensive plan to get better value for money which will allow reinvestments to deliver better care to patients.
Traditional Chinese Medicine Act, 2005
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is currently an unregulated profession in Ontario; no restrictions exist on who may call themselves a practitioner or who may practice the profession. If passed, the legislation will make traditional Chinese medicine the first new health profession to be regulated since 1991.
Local Health System Integration Act, 2005
The Ontario government plans to change the delivery of health care services through Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) and the proposed Local Health System Integration Act, 2005, if it is passed. LHINs are already created and the bill is proposed, not enacted.
Health Information Protection Act, 2004
The Health Information Protection Act creates a comprehensive approach to protect health information across the health care system.
Health Protection and Promotion Act : Section 22.1
Section 22.1 of the Health Protection and Promotion Act (formerly "Bill 105") requires the taking of blood samples to protect victims of crime, emergency service workers, good Samaritans and other persons.
Commitment to the Future of Medicare Act, 2004
This Act is intended to clearly demonstrate that this Government is committed to the fundamental principles of medicare as laid out in the Canada Health Act.
Infectious Diseases and Control
Clostridium difficile
This evidence-based Ontario Best Practice provides standardized policies and procedures related to the prevention and control of the transmission of C.difficile in healthcare facilities.
Hand Hygiene Improvement Program
Health care associated infections (HAIs) have a significant impact on both patients and the province’s health system. A new Hand Hygiene Improvement Program is being tested by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to help improve hand hygiene practices by Ontario’s health care workers.
Infection Prevention and Control Core Competency Education
This program is being developed for health care providers. The Ministry has launched the first three modules, geared to acute care professional staff.
Monkeypox Virus
Information about an emerging infectious disease in North America.
Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee
PIDAC provides advice on protocols to prevent and control infectious diseases, emergency preparedness for an infectious disease outbreak, and immunization programs.
Regional Infection Control Networks (RICN)
RICN coordinates infection prevention and control activities and promotes standardization in healthcare facilities across Ontario
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
A listing of SARS-related communications for health care professionals.
Long-Term Care
CCAC-LTC Priority Project
The Priority Project supports CCACs in the implementation of a common assessment tool, the Resident Assessment Instrument – Home Care (RAI-HC). The project is a partnership between CCACs and the MOHLTC.
Long-Term Care Redevelopment
This program oversees the expansion and modernization of Ontario's long-term care facility system.
Medical Advisory Secretariat
The Medical Advisory Secretariat provides up-to-date evidence-based assessment and advice about emerging health technologies and health services.
Nursing
Nursing Graduate Guarantee
The Nursing Graduate Guarantee is an initiative of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care aimed at ensuring that every new nursing graduate (RN and RPN) who wishes to work full time in Ontario will have that opportunity.
Guidelines for Application to the Grow Your Own Nurse Practitioner Program
Guidelines for Application to the Tuition Support Program for Nurses
Health Outcomes for Better Information and Care (HOBIC) formerly known as Nursing and Health Outcomes Project (NHOP)
This project is leading the way with the collection and analysis of information on staffing indicators and health outcome measures and is part of the Ministry's Information Management Strategy. It will provide valid, reliable information that is patient-centred, evidence based, outcome-focused and comparable across all sectors.
Nursing Secretariat
The Nursing Secretariat provides strategic advice on health, the health care system and public policy issues from a nursing perspective.
Nursing Week Video 
Minister Smitherman kicks off Nursing Week by speaking to nurses about the importance of their profession in Ontario's health system.
OHIP for Healthcare Professionals
OHIP Out of Country Services
Electronic Data Transfer
An introduction to the EDT Service, application forms, manuals and instructions on how to register.
Health Card Validation Reference Manual
For health care providers to check the eligibility of cardholders and the status of health cards and version codes.
Interactive Voice Response Reference Manual
Automated telecommunications system information.
OHIP Bulletins
Bulletin archive.
OHIP Forms and Applications for Health Care Professionals
Online Resource Manual for Physicians
Ministry policies and procedures relating to insured services.
Ontario Health Insurance
Schedule of Benefits and Fees
For Physician Services, Independent Health Facilities, Services of Optometrists, Laboratory Services and Dental Services.
Payment Correction List for Physicians
Circumstances for adjusting an amount prior to making payment or reimbursing payment.
Technical Specifications - Interface to Health Care Systems Manual
For developers of computer systems used by health care providers.
Programs and Projects
Alternative Funding Plans for
Academic Health Science Centres
Information on the establishment of an Alternative Funding Plan in each of the four Academic Health Science Centres in Hamilton, London, Ottawa and Toronto.
Assistive Devices Program
This program provides financial assistance to Ontario residents with long-term physical disabilities to help them get equipment and supplies they need for independent living.
Ontario's Colorectal Cancer Screening Program
The colorectal cancer screening program will increase access to screening for Ontarian's aged 50 years and older with an easy-to-use at home screening kit called the fecal occult blood test (FOBT).
Health Care Provider Access to Drug Claims History
Starting in September 2005, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care will begin providing most Ontario hospital emergency departments with electronic access to the drug claims history of patients receiving benefits through the Ontario Drug Benefit Program and the Trillium Drug Program.
Emergency Health Services : Land and Air Ambulance
The ministry continues to be responsible for the delivery of air ambulance services and ambulance communications services as well as base hospital programs in support of land ambulances and the broader health care system.
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C is a viral infection that is carried in the blood and can cause severe damage to the liver.
Homes for
Special Care Program
This program provides long-term and permanent residential care to individuals discharged from Provincial Psychiatric Hospitals (PPH) who require supervision or assistance with daily living activities.
Hospital Planning and Accountability
Independent Health Facilities
The Independent Health Facilities Program licenses, funds and coordinates quality assurance assessments of community-based non-hospital facilities in Ontario that provide insured diagnostic services (ultrasound, x-ray, pulmonary function, nuclear medicine and sleep studies) and/or insured surgical/treatment services (e.g., cataract surgery, dialysis, plastic surgery).
Mental Health Programs – Tier 3 Provincial Working Group
The Tier 3 Provincial Working Group was convened in the Fall of 2005 to develop guiding principles and provide strategic implementation advice to the ministry with its transfer of ”non-bedded” mental health programs and services from affected hospitals to non-profit community agencies, where appropriate. Affected hospitals are those which received programs and services in the divestment of the former Provincial Psychiatric Hospitals (PPH). Non-bedded programs are mental health services delivered to individuals in their own environment (e.g., home, workplace) that do not require an overnight stay for medical care.
Ontario e-Health Program
e-Health is revolutionizing the way health care is delivered the world over. And in Ontario, we're transforming our health care system by doing more with information and information technology than ever before.
Ontario Laboratories Information System (OLIS)
OLIS is an early step in moving the health system away from paper-based to electronic records. OLIS is a new system that is still in the very early stages of implementation. It has been built to electronically store test results from Ontario's medical laboratories, making them quickly available to authorized health care practitioners.
Your Health Care Team – Focus on Nursing
A public education campaign is being launched that focuses on retaining and attracting nurses. The campaign seeks to debunk myths and stereotypes about the nursing profession. At the same time the communication to Ontarians will acknowledge the significant and growing contribution of our nurses in the delivery of health care.
Operation Health Protection
Operation Health Protection is a three-year Action Plan to revitalize our public health system by preventing threats to our health and promoting a healthy Ontario.
Physician IT Program
The Physician IT Program is a comprehensive information technology (IT) program developed specifically for primary care physicians, but important for all Ontario physicians.
Primary Health Care Transition Fund Projects
The Primary Health Care Transition Fund (PHCTF) is an investment by the Government of Canada to support transitional costs of implementing primary health care renewal initiatives across the nation.
Prenatal HIV Screening Program
This program promotes HIV testing during pregnancy to reduce the risk of an HIV-positive woman transmitting the virus to her baby.
Review of the Mandatory Health Programs and Services Guidelines
This section contains information about the Mandatory Health Programs and Services Guidelines as well as the committee membership, terms of reference, and communiqués for the Program Standards Technical Review Committee (TRC).
Rural Medicine Investment Program
This program provides remuneration to Ontario Physicians who provide full time, dedicated patient care in rural communities.
Public Health
Agency Implementation Task Force
The Agency Implementation Task Force provides technical advice on the development and implementation of Ontario's Health Protection and Promotion Agency.
Capacity Review Committee
The Capacity Review Committee advises the Chief Medical Officer of Health and the ministry on ways to improve the local Public Health Unit system.
CINOT (Children In Need Of Treatment)
CINOT Schedule of Dental Services and Fees (Dentist Providers)
CINOT Schedule of Dental Services and Fees (Non-Dentist Providers)
Clostridium difficile
This evidence-based Ontario Best Practice provides standardized policies and procedures related to the prevention and control of the transmission of C.difficile in healthcare facilities.
Hand Hygiene Improvement Program
Health care associated infections (HAIs) have a significant impact on both patients and the province’s health system. A new Hand Hygiene Improvement Program is being tested by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to help improve hand hygiene practices by Ontario’s health care workers.
Immunization
Provider information and resources on three new publicly funded vaccines added to the routine immunization schedule.
Influenza Vaccination Program
Information and Communications Products for Healthcare Professionals.
Monkeypox Virus
Information about an emerging infectious disease in North America.
Newborn Screening
This program has now been expanded – rolling out through 2006 – to screen for at least 27 metabolic, endocrine and blood disorders.
Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee
PIDAC provides advice on protocols to prevent and control infectious diseases, emergency preparedness for an infectious disease outbreak, and immunization programs.
Regional Infection Control Networks (RICN)
RICN coordinates infection prevention and control activities and promotes standardization in healthcare facilities across Ontario
Public Health Information & Information Technology (PHIIT) Office
Public Health Division’s PHIIT Office is providing technology solutions for Public Health Units and Public Health Division. Communication tools such as the PublicHealthOntario.ca portal, public health applications such as the integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS), common standards & architectures and support for the transition to these tools and services are making Public Health e-Health a reality.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
A listing of SARS-related communications for health care professionals.
West Nile virus
The West Nile virus (WNv) is a mosquito-borne virus that can cause encephalitis.
Research and Grants
MOHLTC Research Program
The Research Program monitors, coordinates and provides leadership to internal and external research activities that contribute to the development of health policy and for the dissemination of research findings to support evidence based decision making. Information is available on research programs, priorities, competitions and grant applications.
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