Community Organizational Health Inc., or COHI, owns and administers the quality improvement and accreditation program called Building Healthier Organizations (BHO). Developed in 1998, COHI is a federally incorporated not-for-profit organization.

MISSION

We offer excellence and effective leadership in accreditation by fostering quality, innovation and learning within health and social service organizations to attain and maintain a state of optimal health.

SERVICES

In order to fulfill this mission, COHI will:

· provide a peer review process leading to accreditation, using the Building Healthier Organizations (BHO) program;

· promote organizational health and innovative practices by providing opportunities for sharing examples of good practice, innovation and excellence;

· provide information and education regarding quality improvement and BHO;

· embrace new opportunities to promote organizational health.

WHO IS COHI?

Fifty-five organizations are currently members of COHI, including fifty-four community health centres.

Nine individuals are nominated and elected by member organizations to COHI’s board of directors.

Three staff run the COHI office in Toronto.

More than 40 individuals are peer reviewers.

A pool of trained and experienced team leaders is hired on contract to lead BHO reviews.