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 St. Joseph’s and St. Michael’s partner to care for patients who experience a stroke. By
transferring patients across sites, patients are able to access the most appropriate diagnostic
treatments before returning to their local hospital to begin rehabilitation.

 St. Michael’s and Providence work together as members of the South East Toronto Stroke
Network

 St. Joseph’s and St. Michael’s are partnering to integrate and build a leading laboratory service
that is advancing excellence in patient-centred care through a commitment to diagnostic
excellence, collaborative care, research, and education.

 Currently there are 27 physicians who have privileges at both St. Joseph’s and St. Michael’s; they
also share chief information and finance leadership positions, as well as a shared Information
Services help desk.

These partnerships demonstrate how the combined strength of each of the organizations improves the
quality of patient care. In examining these collaborations, the organizations are confident their collective
success is due to the fact they enhance the core role all three partners play within their communities,
and clearly show the mutual respect their people have for each other. It is this vital foundation of
mutual respect that will continue to be leveraged as a key success factor going forward in a newly
integrated network.

3.2 OUR SHARED STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT

Within the past three years, Providence, St. Joseph’s and St. Michael’s launched new strategic plans.
Providence is aiming to help people flourish at Providence and at home, St. Joseph’s is advancing the
health of the community by being Canada’s best community teaching health centre, and St. Michael’s is
striving for world leadership in urban health.

Within the strategic plans, the organizations emphasize the importance of improving the patient
experience through partnerships. By coming together and creating a new health network, the
organizations will achieve significant progress towards each of their plans by aligning service and
investing to improve quality, patient safety and the patient experience.

The following table illustrates the strategic directions of each plan, which is publicly posted on the
organizations’ websites.

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