A Focus on Ambulatory Care

Already recognized by the Ontario Hospital Association for its groundbreaking work, Trillium Health Centre is leading the way to a radically different health care future.

It’s called Ambulatory Care.

Ambulatory Care means your hospital will become an easy-to-use environment of warm, welcoming spaces where care is integrated with your life.

For you and your family, Ambulatory Care — medical care delivered in less than 24 hours to patients who arrive and leave on their own — means less waiting time and easier access to diagnosis and treatment.

Back to your life sooner

It means minimally invasive medical procedures, so you can get back to your life sooner.

And it means the health care you receive will be seamless. Using the latest technology, your family doctor, your hospital and other health care providers will work together to maintain your health, treat your illness or support you in dealing with chronic problems.

In other words, health care will become an integral part of a normal, healthy life — not something that happens in a crisis.

To create our vision of a world-class Ambulatory Care Centre at Trillium Health Centre – West Toronto, we’re focusing on finding out what you need and providing it in innovative ways that acknowledge you’re a person with a life, a family, a job.

One-stop shopping

In the future, for example, a patient will be able to “one-stop shop”: if you visit Trillium’s Surgicentre for a pre-operative consultation, you will be able to schedule your diabetes check-up for the same time period. One less trip in a busy life.

And if you’re a day surgery patient who is the sole caregiver for your elderly mother, we’re going to help you figure out who will look after her while you’re here and who’s going to look after you when you get home.

At the Surgicentre, day surgeries will more and more often replace lengthier hospital stays thanks to new techniques and technologies. To meet the need, two new minimally invasive suites are being added.

A new “diagnostic mall” will provide an easy-to-access space where you’ll be able to find the services you need without traveling a labyrinth of corridors. The diagnostic tests themselves will, in the near future, be completely digital. That means less waiting time and faster results, instantly shared.

Trillium’s focus on Ambulatory Care is easing the burden on our health care system. In a time when creating a sustainable health care system is on everyone’s mind, Trillium is making changes that improve not just the system, but health care itself.