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'''Local Health Integration Networks''' ('''LHINs''') were the [[Health regions of Canada|health authorities]] responsible for regional administration of public [[healthcare]] services in the Canadian province of [[Ontario]]. Legacy LHIN functions were transferred to the new Ontario Health and the LHIN business name was changed to Home and Community Care Support Services.<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) will now be called Home and Community Care Support Services (HCCSS) - VHA Home HealthCare |url=https://www.vha.ca/news/local-health-integration-networks-lhins-will-now-be-called-home-and-community-care-support-services-hccss/ |website=www.vha.ca |publisher=VHA Home HealthCare |access-date=17 January 2025 |date=22 March 2021}}</ref>

Created on April 1, 2007, the 14 LHINs were mandated with planning, integrating and distributing provincial funding for all public healthcare services at a regional level. LHINs were locally based associations of the various health service providers, intended to generate enhanced community engagement.<ref>Gardner, Bob. [http://www.slideshare.net/WellesleyInstitute/ontario-hospital-association-conference-community-engagement-in-a-lhins-environment Ontario Hospital Association Conference: Community Engagement in a LHINs Environment]. June 26, 2006.</ref>

==Services==
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LHINs were community-based, non-profit organizations funded by the Ontario [[Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care]] to plan, fund and coordinate services delivered by:
* Hospitals
* Long-Term Care Homes
* Home and Community Care (formerly provided by Community Care Access Centres (CCACs))
* Community Support Service Agencies
* Mental Health and Addiction Agencies
* Community Health Centres (CHCs)

==List==
There were 14 LHINs:

* [[Erie St. Clair LHIN]]
* South West LHIN
* [[Waterloo Wellington LHIN]]
* Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant LHIN
* [[Central West LHIN]]
* Mississauga Halton LHIN
* [[Toronto Central LHIN]]
* Central LHIN
* Central East LHIN
* [[South East LHIN]]
* Champlain LHIN
* North Simcoe Muskoka LHIN
* [[North East Local Health Integration Network|North East LHIN]]
* North West LHIN

==See also==
*[[Community Care Access Centres]]

==References==
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==External links and further reading==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120504112638/http://www.health.gov.on.ca/transformation/lhin/lhin_mn.html Source, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care]
*[https://www.torontomu.ca/content/dam/crncc/knowledge/relatedreports/integratedcare/UnderstandingLHINs-FinalJuly5th.pdf Understanding LHINs: A Review of the Health System Integration Act and the Integrated Health Services (CRNCC and OCSA)]
*[https://www.auditor.on.ca/en/reports_en/en15/3.08en15.pdf LHINs—Local Health Integration Networks (Auditor General of Ontario)]
*[https://cupe.ca/sites/default/files/LHINs_-_Information_Report_-_May_10_2005_pdf_format.pdf Local Health Integration Networks Report on Information to Date – May 4, 2005 (CUPE)]

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