St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton has been tasked to lead Project AMPLIFI by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Long-Term Care. Project AMPLIFI is intended to digitally integrate the Long-Term Care Home’s PointClickCare electronic health record (EHR) with acute care hospitals’ health information system (HIS) through a bi-directional data exchange. Over the duration of the project, Long-Term Care
Homes will be connected to the eligible acute care hospitals within their geographic region in phases.

Our Vision

To improve the continuity of care for Long-Term Care residents by streamlining transitions between care institutions, leading to safer care for Ontarians, and more efficient workflows for providers.

Benefits

Hospital healthcare providers who work with patients arriving from Long-Term Care Homes will be able to do the following:

• Access health records from Long-Term Care to enhance continuity of care.
• Save time and resources by electronically reconciling the patient’s chart and eliminate the need to manually review and transcribe printed records or faxes.
• Quickly and easily reconcile: Allergies, Medications, Problem List, and Immunizations.
• Increase patient safety by reducing transcription and medical errors during care transitions.

How to Learn More

Connect with the Project Team by emailing us at projectamplifi@stjoes.ca

Project Highlights

Congratulations to our Acute Care partners affiliated with the following health systems who are live on the integration!

• St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
• Mackenzie Health
• Trillium Health Partners
• Central East Region

Success Story: St. Joseph's Villa

Dr. Hugh Boyd, Medical Director: “We know transitions between longterm care and hospitals can have the potential for medication errors and poor communication can hurt older adults. When transferring care many of us will try to send thorough information or call directly to receiving physicians, but this can sometimes result in over 100 pages being sent either electronically or via fax. This will eliminate clinicians wasting time sorting through fragmented data and allow more time to focus on caring for patients. This will save time and save lives.”