By Gazette Staff
October 27th, 2025
BURLINGTON, ON
Joseph Brant Hospital (JBH) and St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (SJHH) are celebrating the official launch of Project Harmony, a milestone initiative that will see JBH adopt SJHH’s proven version of Epic’s digital health information system, Dovetale.
On the left: Leslie Motz, Executive Vice-President Clinical and Chief Nursing Executive at Joseph Brant Hospital, Erin Doherty, Clinical Director of Critical Care, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, at the launch of Project Harmony on October 27, 2025.
This large-scale transformation will transition JBH from a primarily paper-based system to a fully digital platform, improving patient experiences, strengthening collaboration, and enhancing care delivery across the region.
“This brings JBH closer to a future where technology and compassion work hand-in-hand to deliver exceptional care for every person we serve,” said Leslie Motz, Executive Vice-President Clinical and Chief Nursing Executive at Joseph Brant Hospital.
The name Project Harmony, chosen by JBH staff, reflects the blending of tradition with innovation – bringing together JBH’s long history of compassionate patient care in the Burlington community with the power of modern technology, and aligning the expertise and culture of JBH with the established success at SJHH.
Just as individual instruments combine to create a unified sound, this initiative symbolizes our two hospitals working in harmony – connecting clinical experts, standardizing best practices, and advancing quality care for patients across Ontario.
“Through our partnership with Joseph Brant Hospital, we’re transforming how patients experience and engage with their care, “said Brooke Cowell, Executive Vice-President Clinical Services and Chief Nursing Executive at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton. “We will be expanding a digital foundation that puts patients at the centre, supports our clinicians and connects expertise across our region.”
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A form of this has been promised for years.
No mention of when this system will be up and running.
85% of all work is done manually at Joseph Brant Hospital. Presently it is the Breast Cancer Clinic that connects to the Juravinski and even this has to be manually imputed in that program.
If residents want to be able to access their results for bloodwork, scans, biopsies, appointments etc. I would suggest you register for CONNECTMYHEALTH. This is very easy to do and costs nothing.
Fifteen years too late for myself and immediate family members. JBJH’s handling of documentation has been a travesty.
It is celebration of a launch?
When will it be 100% implemented and go live?
How will it handle and integrate JBH’s outsourcing of urology and isotope stress tests?
The CEO should not have survived this long.