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University Health Network

Field	Value
name	University Health Network
logo	File:University_Health_Network_Logo.svg
location	Toronto
state	Ontario
country	Canada
healthcare	Medicare
type	Teaching, research
standards	Tertiary care
affiliation	Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
beds	1286
founded	1986
website

University Health Network (UHN) is a public research and teaching hospital network in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is affiliated with the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, and is the largest health research organization in Canada, ranking first in the country for total research funding.

The network includes Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, West Park Healthcare Centre, the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, and The Michener Institute, a post-secondary institution granting diplomas and certificates in health sciences and leadership. In the 2019-2020 fiscal year, there were more than 39,000 acute inpatient stays and close to 121,000 emergency department visits across the three acute care hospitals.

Newsweek has consistently named UHN's Toronto General Hospital as among the world's top hospitals, most recently ranking Toronto General as the world's 3rd best hospital in 2024, and first in Canada. The hospital was named Canada's top research hospital by Research Infosource from 2015 to 2022.

History

A series of mergers over many years has resulted in the UHN in its current form. In 1986, the Toronto Western Hospital and the Toronto General Hospital merged to form the Toronto Hospital. In 1998, the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre joined, with the resulting institution named the University Health Network in 1999. The Toronto Rehabilitation Institute joined in 2011, facilitating rehabilitation services for patients as they transitioned out of acute care. All four hospitals are affiliated with the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto and serve as teaching hospitals for resident physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professions. 2016 saw the integration of The Michener Institute into the UHN. The Michener Institute for Education was originally established in 1958 and is the first non-medical unit to join the UHN. On April 1, 2024, West Park Healthcare Centre joined the UHN.

Programs

UHN and Sinai Health System jointly run the SHS-UHN Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, advocating for improved patient access to appropriate antibiotics while combating antimicrobial resistance. The program is led by infectious diseases specialist Andrew Morris, who joined as founding director at its inception in 2009.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, UHN received a $323,981 grant from the Public Health Agency of Canada's Immunization Partnership Fund to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake among personal support workers and their patients.

References

"OUR HISTORY". University Health Network.
"CIHI".
"World's Best Hospitals 2024". Newsweek.
"Research Infosource".
"UHN RANKED NO. 1 IN CANADA’S TOP 40 RESEARCH HOSPITALS FOR 2017". UHN.
(April 4, 2024). "UHN and West Park integration about 'building Canada's leading rehabilitation ecosystem’". uhn.ca.
"Who we are, what we do".
"Our Team {{!}} SHS-UHN Antimicrobial Stewardship Program {{!}} Ontario".
"Dr. Andrew Morris".
[[Public Health Agency of Canada]]. (2022-10-12). "Immunization Partnership Fund".

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