Case Study: VIHA Bridges Project – Mental Health and addictions
Undertaken as a partnership between Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA), Canada Health Infoway, Strata Health Solutions Inc. and Cerner Canada, the BRIDGES project involved developing and implementing EHR-based clinical decisions support tools to optimize care within the network of Mental Health & Addictions Services (MHAS). The web-based Mental Health & Addictions eReferral tool accelerates the matching and placement of at-risk mental health clients to clinical and community resources. In real time, clinicians can see service availability and wait times and the tool intelligently matches assessed client needs with the complete array of MHAS resources and programs.