Local Health Integration Network Explained

Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) were the health authorities responsible for regional administration of public healthcare services in the Canadian province of Ontario. Legacy LHIN functions were transferred to the new Ontario Health and the LHIN name was changed to Home and Community Care Support Services.

Created on April 1, 2007, the 14 LHINs were mandated with planning, integrating and distributing provincial funding for all public healthcare services at a regional level. LHINs were locally based associations of the various health service providers, intended to generate enhanced community engagement.^[1]

Services

LHINs were community-based, non-profit organizations funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to plan, fund and coordinate services delivered by:

• Hospitals
• Long-Term Care Homes
• Home and Community Care (formally Community Care Access Centres (CCACs))
• Community Support Service Agencies
• Mental Health and Addiction Agencies
• Community Health Centres (CHCs)

List

There were 14 LHINs:

• Erie St. Clair LHIN
• South West LHIN
• Waterloo Wellington LHIN
• Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant LHIN
• Central West LHIN
• Mississauga Halton LHIN
• Toronto Central LHIN
• Central LHIN
• Central East LHIN
• South East LHIN
• Champlain LHIN
• North Simcoe Muskoka LHIN
• North East LHIN
• North West LHIN

Notes

1. http://www.slideshare.net/WellesleyInstitute/ontario-hospital-association-conference-community-engagement-in-a-lhins-environment Bob Gardner, Ontario Hospital Association Conference: Community Engagement in a LHINs Environment, June 26, 2006

External links

• Source, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care