OC3PR: High-Consequence Pathogen Care and Outbreak Readiness (With a Focus on Viral Hemorrhagic Fever)
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Critical Care Services Ontario is now part of Ontario Health, an agency created by the Government of Ontario with a mandate to connect and coordinate our province’s health care system to help ensure that Ontarians receive the best possible care.
Our programs and services remain unchanged.
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Who We Are
Informative, Collaborative and Trusted Partner
Established in 2005, Critical Care Services Ontario (CCSO) led the implementation of Ontario’s first Critical Care Strategy and now centrally coordinates and develops integrated system solutions for critical care and specialty programs aligned with critical care. CCSO’s work is the result of an ongoing collaboration between critical care providers, hospital administrators, partners from the Ministry of Health and other health system leaders.
What We Do
Coordination and Implementation
CCSO improves access, quality, system integration, and value in the critical care system by partnering with system leaders to identify key priorities and co- develops policy and programs to address system issues.
Ontario Critical Care Clinical Practice Rounds
For multidisciplinary critical care teams to come together to share best practices and engage in discussions with their colleagues, across Ontario’s critical care system, to inform the care of critically ill patients. Learn More.
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Our Impact
A Proven Track Record
With a history of critical care system development, CCSO has demonstrated that an integrated healthcare system benefits front-line health care providers as well as the province as a whole. CCSO continues to deliver on its promise of improving access, quality, system integration, and value in the health system by addressing the policy, funding and operational issues that impact Ontario’s critical care system.
170,000
patients ANNUALLY
3,000
Critical care beds
250
Critical care units
Who We Work With
A Bridge Across the Healthcare System
Building connections between interdisciplinary and cross-functional health care providers has enabled seamless transitions throughout a patient’s continuum of care. The expertise and engagement of stakeholders is crucial to the overall success of CCSO’s initiatives. A knowledge sharing infrastructure is now in place to deliver timely and effective quality of care as a result of the long-standing partnerships CCSO has developed and nurtured.
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2025 | Guides & Toolkits
This guide supports hospitals, clinicians, medical transport providers, and other system partners in interpreting and operationalizing Ontario’s Life or Limb Policy.
2025 | Guides & Toolkits
This document provides answers to frequently asked questions on the Life or Limb Policy.
2025 | Guides & Toolkits
The purpose of this document is to provide example clinical criteria to support referring and consulting physicians in having timely conversations related to care for Life or Limb threatened neonates and pregnant persons in labour, including when newborns are anticipated to need a higher level of care. The goal is to facilitate timely access to care and improved outcomes for these populations.