Case Study: Centre for Addiction & Mental Health (CAMH) achieves Stage 6 EMRAM and 100% CPOE adoption with Cerner Millennium (Cerner)

The top one percent in health IT adoption

Centre for Addiction & Mental Health (CAMH), Canada’s largest mental health and addiction hospital, needed an integrated clinical system to share patient data across inpatient units, emergency services and outpatient clinics so care could be more holistic, consistent and timely. The challenge was to replace fragmented documentation and workflows, reduce variation in care, shorten wait times and enable true interdisciplinary collaboration across the organization.

CAMH implemented Cerner Millennium (I‑CARE) across all care areas in a 20‑month project with Cerner and Deloitte, delivered on time and on budget. Results included 100% CPOE adoption, eMAR plus barcode-enabled closed‑loop medication management, a reduction in documentation forms from 700 to 152 with customized MPages, centralized scheduling that cut wait times, EMRAM Stage 6 recognition, national health informatics awards and measurable patient‑safety alerts — all driving more efficient, safer, interdisciplinary care.

CAMH

John Strauss

Director of Medical Informatics