As an industry and market leader in supporting the delivery of elder care with their cloud-based electronic health record software, PointClickCare’s Post-Acute Care Network Management integration software was chosen to facilitate the exchange of clinical information. PointClickCare has greater than 90% of the long-term care home electronic medical record market in Ontario. The Post-Acute Care Network Management solution is being implemented in conjunction with two health information exchanges (or equivalent) to enable the transfer of clinical information between different medical record software platforms. Any time a patient or resident visits a participating hospital or long-term care home to receive clinical care, their care provider will have real-time, electronic access to their secure, clinically pertinent and relevant health information.
Benefits to Long-Term Care and Hospital Staff
The bi-directional exchange of patient health information will provide timely access to clinical data at the points of transition between care settings. Clinicians will have better awareness of the patient or resident’s clinical condition upon arrival at the healthcare facility. An up-to-date digital summary from the sending healthcare institution should reduce the need for the patient to reshare their medical history and expedite the transfer process. This should result in clinical care being delivered more quickly upon patient and resident arrival. Through the completion of data reconciliation or importing, clinicians at both the hospital and long-term care home will spend less time manually transcribing orders and information from paper. This process will facilitate a continually updated electronic health record that will follow the patient as part of their care journey.
Project AMPLIFI supports the exchange of discrete data for the following information categories:
