Digital Health Canada Awards

Purpose: Recognizes up to three individual Executives (representing Director level and up) whose outstanding contributions as a leader, have helped advance Digital Health or Virtual Health in Canada

Eligibility: This award is open to any executive in the digital health community in Canada working in either the public or private sector. This award is open to members and non-members of Digital Health Canada. NOTE: Current members of the Digital Health Canada Board of Directors and Awards Adjudication Committee are ineligible for this award.

Purpose: Recognizes up to three individual leaders (non-executive leader within their department or organization), whose outstanding ongoing contribution, have helped advance Digital Health or Virtual Health in Canada.

Eligibility: This award is open to any leader (non-executive, non-emerging professional) in the digital health community in Canada working in either the public or private sector. This award is open to members and non-members of Digital Health Canada. NOTE: Current members of the Digital Health Canada Board of Directors and Awards Adjudication Committee are ineligible for this award.

Purpose: Recognizes up to three individual clinical innovators, who have shown outstanding leadership in Canada in advancing the use of Digital Health or Virtual Health in clinical practice resulting in improved provider and patient experiences and outcomes.

Eligibility: This award is open to any practicing clinician leaders at local, regional and/or national levels in the digital health community in Canada working in either the public or private sector. This award is open to members and non-members of Digital Health Canada.

The nominee’s clinical, digital health/virtual health colleagues have recognized him/her as a champion for advancing the adoption and benefits such as those of EHRs, EMRs, EPR’ and other such records; The nominee has served as a role model, champion and leader in encouraging design, implementation and use of digital health/virtual health to improve knowledge based practice and the quality of patient care; and/or The nominee provides demonstrated leadership in encouraging the appropriate use of digital health/virtual health in practice and the management of patient/client/resident care/education and improved health outcomes.

Purpose: Recognizes up to three individual Community Care Leaders who have shown outstanding leadership in Canada in advancing the use of Digital Health or Virtual Health resulting in improved provider and patient experiences and outcomes.

Eligibility: This award is open to any community care leaders working at local, regional and/or national levels in the digital health community in Canada working in either the public or private sector. This award is open to members and non-members of Digital Health Canada.

The nominee’s colleagues have recognized him/her as a champion for advancing digital health/virtual health in the community; The nominee has served as a role model, champion and leader in encouraging digital health/virtual health to improve knowledge-based practice and the quality of patient care; and/or the nominee provides demonstrated leadership in encouraging the appropriate use of digital health/virtual health to improve health outcomes.

Purpose: Recognizes up to three individual emerging leaders who are in the first seven years of their Digital Health or Virtual Health career and have clearly demonstrated leadership and achieved early success.

Eligibility: This award is open to any emerging professional in the digital health/virtual health community in Canada working in either the public or private sector. It is applicable to those individuals who are in the first seven years of their Digital Health or Virtual Health career and has not held a leadership (director level and above) position in another industry. This award is open to members and non-members of Digital Health Canada.

Purpose: Recognizes up to three Start-Up Innovators who have clearly demonstrated leadership and innovation and whose outstanding contribution has advanced Digital Health or Virtual Health in Canada.

Eligibility: This award is open to any start-up innovator in the digital health or virtual health community in Canada. It is applicable to professionals working in a start-up that is innovative and in the early stages of developing a business model that has the potential to scale rapidly. Start-up innovators are working to validate product-market fit, establish a business model to support scalability and profitability, and are looking to grow rapidly in Canada and internationally. This award is open to members and non-members of Digital Health Canada.

2021 Digital Health Executive of the Year

• David Helliwell, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Thrive Health
• Joshua Liu, Founder and CEO, Seamless MD
• Alisa Simon, Executive Vice President, Chief Youth and Innovation Officer, Kids Help Phone

2021 Digital Health Leader of the Year:

• Kimberly Ramirez, Senior Manager and Integration Architect, Clinical Systems, TransForm Shared Service Organization

2021 Clinical Innovator of the Year: 

• Dr. Tony Meriano, Chief Medical Information Officer – TransForm Shared Service Organization

2021 Community Care Leader of the Year:

• Paul Young, Administrator for Prince County Hospital, Health PEI

2021 Emerging Leader of the Year:

• Shy Amlani, Provincial Director, Virtual Health, Alberta Health Services
• Naima Salemohamed, Management Consultant, Gevity part of Accenture
• Sheridan Cook, Management Consultant, Gevity part of Accenture

2021 Start-up Innovator of the Year:

• Dr. Ryan Doherty, President and Founder, EMPOWER Health
• Don Watts, CEO, Khure Healt
• Alec McCauley, President and Chief Technology Officer, Thrive Health