1. What is E-dition

2. What is AMP?

3. What is the relationship between AMP and E-dition?

4. Do I need to order E-dition as well as AMP?

5. Is the content of the printed manual (CAM) the same as the AMP?

6.  How will data migrate from 2009 to 2010?

7.  Will there still be a PDF of the print manual distributed with AMP?

8.  What is the difference between the Local and Hosted versions?

9.  Why is the price for local AMP more expensive than hosted?

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1. What is E-dition

E-dition provides online access to the Joint Commission standards. It has the same content as the Comprehensive Standards Manual

2. What is AMP?

Accreditation Manager Plus – an electronic tool used to help health care organizations maintain continuous compliance with standards set by The Joint Commission. It is built on top of E-dtion and has the same functionality such a full-text searching, filtering, and history tracking. In addition, AMP has project management features tha help with self assessment.

3. What is the relationship between AMP and E-dition?

E-dition is bundled with AMP. They will use similar interfaces.

4. Do I need to order E-dition as well as AMP?

No. An AMP license has and E-dition license bundled in the cost. So if you buy an AMP site license for the Hospital program you will get an E-dition Hospital license with your AMP license.

5. Is the content of the printed manual (CAM) the same as the AMP?

Yes, AMP includes all of the content in the printed manual

6.  Will data be migrated from 2009 to 2010?

Local data including scoring, organization notes, plans of action and associated documents will be migrated for the Phase 1 SII programs (Ambulatory Care, Critical Access Hospitals, Home Care, Hospital, and Office-Based Surgery). Scores will be migrated for EPs that have not been identified as having been revised by the Joint Commission. For those EPs that had a significant change the score will be reset to "Not Scored", but all other local information will be migrated.

Local data for Phase 2 SII programs (Behavioral Health Care, Laboratory, and Long Term Care) will be migrated where possible. More details will be available closer to the release.

7. Will there still be a PDF of the print manual distributed with AMP?

No, E-dition replaces the need for the PDF. The PDF was included previously since AMP did not contain all of the information that was in the print manual. With the introduction of E-dition, that has the same content as the print manual, there is no longer a need for the PDF. E-dition has more functionality than the PDF.

8.  What is the difference between the Local and Hosted versions?

The hosted version of AMP is managed by JCR. So the site does not need to provide any technical support. The local version of AMP requires a server and additional software including SQL Server and Miscrosoft IIS. It also requires that the local IT support understand these additional pieces of software to properly configure them.

9.  Why is the price for local AMP more expensive than hosted?

The local AMP price includes telephone support for installation of the local version. Many of the technical support questions that JCR receives have been about the Intranet version which is equivalent to the new local version.  Many of the issues revolve around local settings and JCR has begun charging for that support. We hope that this will encourage more sites to move to the hosted version of AMP.