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Office of Health System Partnerships

The Office of Health System Partnerships (OHSP) is a solutions workshop within the University of Toronto’s Department of Family and Community Medicine, the largest department of family and community medicine in the world and home to the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Family Medicine and Primary Care.

OHSP brings people together to solve complex problems, drawing on the collective expertise of 2,000+ academic family physicians, researchers, health system leaders, clinicians, learners, patients, and community partners to find bold, pragmatic solutions to strengthen primary care and improve the health of our communities.

Together, we are working toward a clear goal:

  • Every person is attached to a responsive and high-quality, publicly funded primary care team.

  • Every primary care team is designed in partnership with its community.

A solutions workshop

We believe that by catalyzing practical, data-driven thought leadership, we can shift how healthcare systems work and how clinicians practice, to improve the health of our communities.

DFCM is partnering with organizations including Ontario Health Toronto Region to support its goal of connecting and coordinating our current health system and its many complex parts. 

Areas of focus: local, provincial and national, international and global

Supporting healthy public policy through evidence synthesis, research and evaluation
Engaging with patients and communities as well as the workforce that supports them
Addressing care gaps and inequities for priority populations
Supporting health human resources planning and new approaches to education of the future workforce
Innovating in care delivery including through digital health and team-based care

Leadership

Dr. Danielle Martin

Dr. Danielle Martin

Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine

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Dr. Tara Kiran

Dr. Tara Kiran

Vice-Chair, Quality and Innovation
Fidani Chair in Improvement and Innovation 
Department of Family and Community Medicine 

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Dr. Noah Ivers

Dr. Noah Ivers