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Partnerships

Responding to the changing needs of patients and promoting healthy communities has always been a top priority for St. John’s Rehab Hospital. We proactively establish partnerships with acute care hospitals and the community to help achieve a more integrated health care system.

Partnerships include:

• Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
  We work closely with Sunnybrook on a number of patient care initiatives including creating a smooth continuum of care for burn, trauma, cancer and orthopaedic patients. Ross Tilley Burn Centre staff and the burn rehab team at St. John’s Rehab work jointly on burn education, research initiatives and development of clinical protocols.
  
  The two hospitals, together with Baycrest, have worked to develop the Neuroscience Alliance, a triad focused on advancing stroke and neurological patient care.
  
  We also collaborate with Sunnybrook in various health education and charity events, including the annual Hip Hip Hooray event for the Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation.
• North York General Hospital
  St. John’s Rehab has teamed up with North York General Hospital to integrate their inpatient rehab services to a focused, specialized program at St. John’s Rehab. Most patients at North York General Hospital who can benefit from rehabilitation are now transferred to St. John’s Rehab upon completion of acute care treatments.
  
  This has allowed North York General Hospital to convert its inpatient rehab program into acute care space, thereby reducing wait times in their emergency department.
  
  St. John’s Rehab Hospital is using newly added resources to admit patients with additional medical needs and now has the capacity to provide over 5000 additional days of rehabilitation annually, equal to providing care to almost 14 more patients at any one time.

• University Health Network (UHN)
  St. John’s Rehab has worked closely with the multi-organ transplant team at Toronto General Hospital to develop Canada’s only dedicated organ transplant rehabilitation program.

• Shared Information Management Services (SIMS)
  This shared technology service is designed to improve patient care and realize efficiencies while supporting the health-care information needs of each organization. St. John’s Rehab is part of SIMS together with 12 other health care organizations: Bridgepoint Health, Central Community Care Access Centre (formerly North York CCAC), COTA Health, North York General Hospital, Providence Healthcare, St. Joseph's Health Centre Toronto, Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre, Toronto East General Hospital, Toronto Rehab Institute, University Health Network, West Park Healthcare Centre, and Women's College Hospital.

• GTA Rehab Network As one of the founding organizations of this network, the hospital actively plays a role in the development of rehab policy and planning.
  
• Total Joint Network The Total Joint Network is a partnership of healthcare organizations working together to refine orthopaedic care. St. John's Rehab is one of 23 healthcare organizations that have come together to implement an improved model of care for patients undergoing primary hip or knee replacement surgery. The partnership includes acute care, rehabilitation hospitals and Community Care Access Centres.