Past Conferences

Nova Scotia: One Person, One Record
Virtual Emergency Care Across the Atlantic Provinces
Patients FIRST, Technology Second
Leveraging AI to Empower Clinicians, Improve Outcomes, and Create a Sustainable Workforce for Healthcare Practitioners
Canada’s First Province-wide Care Coordination Centre (C3)
Collaborating Towards One Health Authority, One Patient, One Medical Record
Sustaining Atlantic Collaboration
ATL24 Program (PDF)

Opening Keynote: Enabling Virtual Care to Address Healthcare Provider Shortages
Panel: Major initiatives within each Atlantic province
AWS for Healthcare Mission and New Advances in Generative AI & Machine Learning
VeroSource Solutions: Putting the power of healthcare data in the hands of the people
Modernizing Home Care in Health PEI
EMR-Related Burnout: What does the Evidence Suggest?
Closing Keynote: Fostering a Culture of Innovation
2023 Atlantic Region Conference Program (PDF)

Digital health literacy – The patient and provider experience
Digital health literacy and all technology-enabled practices (post-COVID)
Cybersecurity and digital literacy in healthcare: Balancing security vs Functionality
Sponsor Symposium: Helping Canada prepare for the genomics revolution
COVID-19 immunization response in Newfoundland and Labrador
NLCHI Virtual ERs experience
Implementation of presumed consent and system reform of the organ donation program in Nova Scotia
Virtual Care in Prince Edward Island: Insights and innovation from Health PEI’s Virtual Care Project Coordination Centre (VCPCC)
Closing Plenary: Health equity and GeoView
2022 Atlantic Region Conference Program (PDF)

Update on Digital Health Plenary Part 1
Digital Health Canada Hot Topics
Caring With Compassion in a Digital World
Virtual Care Secretariat COVID Response Funding
Virtual Visits Verification and the Provincial Standard
Digital Equity: Brisging the Digital Divide and Digital Enablers of Integrated Care
Symposia: Helping overwhelmed healthcare organizations deal with COVID communication challenges (Tykans Group)
Symposia: Canadians want to manage their care; how do we get there?
Update on Digital Health Plenary Part 2
2021 Atlantic Region Conference Program (PDF)

Collaborating to Provide Health Information and Digital Tools to Atlantic Canadians
Pivoting in a Pandemic: How the newly opened UBC-CIC acted quickly to address challenges related to Covid-19
Design of Digital Tools to Support Immunizers in COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Modelling Approaches in Atlantic Provinces
Beautiful health data – designing a data ecosystem
The Next Generation: Sharing Knowledge as Executable Programs
More Data, More Problems – Empowering Healthcare Solutions via CloudNative Data Interoperability
Clinical Standards Development in Canada – A Jurisdictional View
Recent Canadian work on modernizing gender, sex, and sexual orientation information practices within electronic health records
2020 Atlantic Region Conference Program (PDF)

Rethink Aging: Technology is transforming the lives of older adults
From Tonga to Truro: Applying single patient identifier and unified health record lessons learned from around the globe to the Canadian context?
Collaborative and Coordinated Care: A Case Study of Technology-Enabled Optimization of Transitional Care
Collaborating on Innovation
Improving Patient Flow for First Nation Community Members – Leveraging Digital Health Tools for Everyone’s Benefit
Primary Health: Using Technology to Enhance Access to Care
Development of a Bed Board to Improve Patient Flow at Health PEI
Announcement of Winners and Top Three Rapid Fire Presentations from the Atlantic Health Datapolooza
2019 Atlantic Region Conference Program (PDF)

Transitioning from the Classroom to the Workforce
Exploring Health Informatics Specializations
Elevate Your Career: Expert Strategies for Job Searching and Interview Success
Mastering Soft Skills: Overcoming Self-Doubt and Imposter Syndrome
Building Your Personal Brand: Crafting an Authentic Professional Identity
Unlocking Your Career Growth: Leveraging Professional Development Opportunities
Finding the Right Mentor: Strategies for Success
Mastering the Art of Networking: Strategies for Making Meaningful Connections
Speed Networking Breakout Sessions

Opening Keynote + Panel Discussion on Bridging the Trust Divide in Healthcare
Case Study, Framework for Trust, and Closing Keynote: Trust in Leadership
Symposium hosted by TELUS Health: Advancing digital mental health in Canada: Insights, innovations, and initiatives
Symposium hosted by AWS: Building a foundation of security with standards from the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security
Opening Keynote: Edelman Special Report on Trust and Health
Preserving trust in the aftermath of a privacy breach
Building trust through the NIST privacy framework
Closing Keynote: Trust in leadership
2023 Driving the Future Conference Program (PDF)

What does the future of healthcare look like? A call to action.
Patient perspective on digital health innovation
How can digital health innovation address the social determinants of health in Canada?
New technologies (pan-Canadian)
The evolving role of digital health in primary care to support person-centred care
Health equity is the future of digital health, but how do we get there?
2022 Driving the Future Conference Program (PDF)

A Story of Innovation: How the University of Montreal Health Centre (CHUM) became recognized as Canada’s most innovative hospital
Opportunities for Accessing Care in 2021 and Beyond
Innovation by Necessity vs. Innovation by Strategy
Digital Therapeutics (DTx)
A Future Where Care Follows the Person, Not the Place—It’s Here Already
Workplace Wellness and Mental Health: The Pandemic Effect
Advancing Health in a Digital World
Closing Keynote with Canadian Gold Medal Olympian Damian Warner
2021 Driving the Future Conference Program (PDF)

Hospital of the future – @ digital home? (and then Corona came along……)
Improving the post-operative patient experience using a new model of virtual care
First Nations Virtual Care
How COVID-19 has Fast-tracked the use of Virtual Care Channels
Opening Remarks and Digital Transformation
Transforming patient technology to improve their hospital experience
How The Jewish General Hospital is Leveraging Mixed Reality to Address COVID19 Challenges
The Future of Healthcare
The Real Impact of Tech Innovation on Healthcare
Embracing Disruption to Drive Transformational Success in Healthcare?
2020 Driving the Future Conference Program (PDF)

AI/ML and Interoperability: The Future of Digital Health in Canada
Protecting Your Patients in a Digital World
Intersections: Design thinking, technology and business
Health Espresso, Patient-Centred Healthcare Solutions
Capacity Planning with Predictive Analytics
FHIR Walk Through via the Innovation Lab
The Digitally Empowered Patient
Digital Health & Strategic Planning: The Future of Health Care in Ontario
The Digital Health Toolbox: Enabling integrated care
Establishing Data Governance for Ontario Health Teams: The Road Ahead
Digital Tool for Family Caregiving
iamsick.ca, holidayhours.ca & myflushot.ca – Digital tools for Helping Patients Navigate the Healthcare System
The Role of Digital Health Technology in Bringing Humanity Back to Healthcare
2019 Driving the Future Conference Program (PDF)

The Future of Health(care) in a Digital World
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Healthcare: the future is now
Using Machine Learning to Design Precision Engagement
Monitoring Cognitive Health Through Speech
Driving Innovation with Advanced Computing
Bots and Robotics: Transformation and Innovation Challenges and Methods
Digital Trust and Mobile: Driving Scale and Unlocking Future Innovations of Connected Digital Health
Not Without Me: The End User in the Digital Health System
Engaging Patients in Their Communities
2018 Driving the Future Conference Program (PDF)

Digital Health: A Launchpad to the Moon and Mars
Consumer-directed Health Management
Personal Health Information Meets Personalized Medicine
Health and Care Moves Everywhere
2017 Driving the Future Conference Program (PDF)

Five Months to Deploy a Virtual Ward: Key Takeaways from a Collaboration Between Two Health Regions and Private Industry
Digital Health Network in Quebec: The Power of Partnerships and Collaboration
2024 Breakfast in Montreal Program (PDF)

Artificial Intelligence and Data Protection: How is Data being used?
Maintaining Home Health Care: Solutions for a Connected Home for Senior Care and Patient Monitoring
2023 Breakfast in Montreal Program (PDF)

Virtual Health Hub
Building Sustainable Healthcare Infrastructure for First Nation Communities: Lessons Learned and Future Directions
Navigating the Shift: Predicting the Long-Term Impact of Virtual Care Adoption in Saskatchewan
Transforming Healthcare: The Role of Digital Tools in Achieving the Quintuple Aim
Preparing for a Mindful Genomics Revolution: What Saskatchewan Physicians and Researchers Need to Know
SK24 Program (PDF)

Servicing Indigenous Communities and Patients in remote locations
The Digitally Empowered Patient: Transforming Patient technology to improve their health care experience
2023 Breakfast in Regina Program (PDF)

Opening Keynote: Life, the Universe, and Everything—with Apologies to Douglas Adams
Introduction of Primary Care Alberta
Unlocking the Future of Healthcare: Advancing Care with Data-Driven Intelligence (Sponsored by Oracle Health)
Achieving Success via Digital and Automated Clinical Workflows: Benefits to the Patient, Clinician and Institution (Sponsored by Baxter)
The Impact of the Health Information Act on the Health and Wellbeing of Alberta
Panel Discussion: Continuing Care
Closing Session: Connect Care – New Horizons
2025 Digital Health Canada/ANHIX Alberta Regional Conference Program (PDF)

Opening Keynote: Alberta Health
Interoperability Panel
Cloudy with a Chance of Innovation: Inspirational Healthcare Projects Leveraging AWS (Sponsored by AWS)
How AHS is using AI and Automation to Improve Patient and Employee Experiences (Sponsored by Service Now
Artificial Intelligence in the Real World: From Concept to Impact
Digital Health Innovations to Improve Access to Mental Health Services
2024 Calgary Winter Conference Agenda (PDF)

How will virtual care models of today succeed in the world of tomorrow?
Investing in Alberta’s future: Transforming healthcare through digital innovation
Sponsor Symposium (AWS): Innovating to support your digital health transformation strategy
Sponsor Symposium (ServiceNow): Providing care where and when it is needed: Examining Alberta’s human resource challenges in healthcare
Data-driven decision making and change
Digital disruption
Closing the future of healthcare: Virtual reality – how innovation is changing how we train in healthcare
2023 Calgary Winter Conference Agenda (PDF)

Success and Lessons of Equitable and Sustainable Healthcare
COVID-19 Conspiracies!
Anything but COVID!
Alberta Health Services Analytics Keynote and Covenant Health Strategy Presentation
Social Determinants of Health
Reflection on the Past Delivery, and Resilient Healthcare
BC Virtual Health Leaders
Clinical Information Systems implementation during a pandemic
What we learned dealing with the pandemic and how can we apply it to healthcare issues
Cyber Security
What’s Next for Digital Health in BC After the Pandemic?
2022 Western Region Conference Program (PDF)

Evolving Virtual Health in Alberta
Fostering a Vibrant Digital Health Sector in Alberta
The Border Pilot Program
Remote Monitoring for Rapid Pandemic Response
ConnectCare Update
BC Digital Health Strategy
Vaccine Panel Discussion
Defining Virtual Care in Canada
Digital Health: distraction or opportunity?
How the Pandemic is Preparing Healthcare for What’s Next
Building Resilience to Global Epidemic Threats Using Big Data
2021 Western Region Conference Program (PDF)

IT Health Innovation
Innovation + Impact in Healthcare
Let’s Talk Tech – Start Up CEOs
Doctors Working to Improve the Health of Canadians

Unlocking the Full Potential of Innovation in Healthcare
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Health
Advancing Healthcare Through Digital Innovation
Canada Health Infoway – Access 2022
Connect Care: Bridging Technology and the Clinical Setting
Using Technology to Measure Health Equity and Advance Population Health
2019 Calgary Conference Program (PDF)

Virtual Care: Emerging Ideas, Opportunities and Risks
The Value of an Integrated Community Health Record
Improvements in the Treatment of Mental Health in the Community
Disruptive Technologies Promising to Impact Community HealthcareDelivery
2018 Calgary Winter Conference Program (PDF)

The Vision for Integrated Health Records in Alberta
Alberta Health Service’s Enterprise Information Management Governance Framework
Precision Medicine – Preparing for the Future
Better Information for Better Health – Bridging the Disconnect
Digital Health Leadership in Canada
Forging the CIS – Foundation & Fundamentals
2017 Calgary Winter ConferenceProgram (PDF)

Opening Keynote: BC Digital Health Strategy – A Story in Progress
Panel: Shaping our future in BC – The AI revolution
Remodelling Healthcare: The Role of Digital Tools in Improving Health Outcomes (Sponsored by Oracle Health)
Achieving Success via Digital and Automated Clinical Workflows: Benefits to the Patient, Clinician and Institution (Sponsored by Baxter)
Urgent Virtual Care Coordination: Co-Designed Pathways to Access the Right Care the First Time in BC
Qualitative Exploration of Emergency Department Nurse and Physician Experiences with the Ontario eHub HIE
Closing Keynote: Empowering Patients in a Digital Revolution
BC25 Conference Program (PDF)

Theme: BC Digital Health Strategies and Collaborative Initiatives
BC Digital Health Strategy Overview
Indigenous Health and Patient Engagement
Sponsor Symposium (ServiceNow): Better Healthcare, Stronger Future: BC’s Health Human resource Strategy
Sponsor Symposium (AWS): Innovating to Support your Digital Health Transformation Strategy
Provider experience and connected health systems
Digital Health and Clinical Leaders
Implementation Panel
2023 Ahead of the Curve Conference Agenda (PDF)

Success and Lessons of Equitable and Sustainable Healthcare
COVID-19 Conspiracies!
Anything but COVID!
Alberta Health Services Analytics Keynote and Covenant Health Strategy Presentation
Social Determinants of Health
Reflection on the Past Delivery, and Resilient Healthcare
BC Virtual Health Leaders
Clinical Information Systems implementation during a pandemic
What we learned dealing with the pandemic and how can we apply it to healthcare issues
Cyber Security
What’s Next for Digital Health in BC After the Pandemic?
2022 Western Region Conference Program (PDF)

Evolving Virtual Health in Alberta
Fostering a Vibrant Digital Health Sector in Alberta
The Border Pilot Program
Remote Monitoring for Rapid Pandemic Response
ConnectCare Update
BC Digital Health Strategy
Vaccine Panel Discussion
Defining Virtual Care in Canada
Digital Health: distraction or opportunity?
How the Pandemic is Preparing Healthcare for What’s Next
Building Resilience to Global Epidemic Threats Using Big Data
2021 Western Region Conference Program (PDF)

Digital Health Strategies Across Canada
CIS Implementation: Cerner, Epic and Beyond–the Canadian Experience
PatientAccess to Information and PatientPortal Approaches in Ontario, Alberta and BC
Innovation Presentation:Using AI to address the scheduling demands of a multi-generational workforce
VirtualCare and the Focus on Mental Health

BC’s Digital Health Transformation Imperative
Connecting Virtual Care
Patient Engagement and Access to Information
Canada Health Infoway – Access 2022
Brain Tech
Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster –Exciting News for Digital Health?

Innovation Governance
Data: Moving from Volume to Value
Innovation in Consumer-directed Health Management
Keynote: Louise Turner, CEO, Innovation Boulevard

Patient Engagement and Connected Care

Opening Keynote: Why AI Will Replace Doctors and What That Means for Digital Health Innovation Today
Driving Innovation in Ontario’s Health System: Updates from Key Health Delivery Partners
Transforming Integrated Care: The Role of Digital Health in Ontario Health Teams
Sponsor Symposium: Remodeling Healthcare – The Role of Digital Tools in Improving Health Outcomes (Oracle Health)
Sponsor Symposium: Beyond the Hype – Rolling Out AI in the “Real World”: Insights from American, British and Australian Implementations of Ambient AI Technology (Heidi Health)
Sponsor Symposium: A Novel Approach to Selecting an AI Scribing Vendor (Suki)
Concurrent Session 1: Enabling Accelerated Access to Inclusive and More Equitable Healthcare Services
Concurrent Session 2: Bridging the Gap – Ensuring Equitable Access in Digital Healthcare
Closing Keynote: How Can Digital Tools Strengthen Primary Care in Ontario?
ON25 Agenda

Opening Keynote with Michael Hillmer
Advancing Connected Care Through Collaboration
Ontario Health Update
Ontario Health Delivery Partners Update
Concurrent 1A: A Shared Care Model to Enhance Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Management in Ontario (Novartis)
Concurrent 1B: Tales from the dark side: Cybersecurity advice and best practices from former CIA (now AWS Expert) Sean Roche (AWS)
Concurrent 2A: Long-term Care
Concurrent 2B: HIS Collaborative Updates
Concurrent 2C: Ontario Health Team Update
Hospital CIO Panel: Cyber Security
UpOnDigital 2024 Agenda

Update on Digital Health in Ontario
Rethinking Relationships for System Digital Transformation
Supporting Primary Care in Ontario Health Teams
To buy or to borrow
Connected Care in Ontario
Evidence2Practice Ontario – Digitizing Quality Standards
Implementing Digital Health Information Exchange in Ontario: How Far We’ve Come and Where We Need to Go
Ontario Hospital CIO Panel
Increasing access, reducing wait times and expanding clinical capacity – ALL with one Hybrid Virtual Care model (Teladoc Health)
Transforming Digital Health in Ontario: Unlocking the Power of Cloud to Drive Agility, Reduce Costs, and Invest in People (AWS)
Transforming the Health System through Connected Care
UpOnDigital 2023 Schedule

Opening Keynote: Matthew Anderson, Ontario Health
Ontario Health Population Health and Data Analytics
Ministry Of Health
Ontario MD
Top Priorities in Digital Health Leading up to the Provincial Election
Ontario Standard for Care Program
Closing the Gaps to Digital Participation
How Digital Enablement Supports Citizens Across the Continuum of Care (Telus Health)
Google Cloud and Amwell’s Virtual Care Solution: Secure, Scalable Patient Care (Google Cloud)
Digital Identity
Hospital Panels Part 1 and Part 2
Closing Keynote: Michael Green, Canada Health Infoway
UpOnDigital 2022 Agenda

Update on Digital Health Plenary Part One
Digital Health Canada Hot Topics
Caring with Compassion in a Digital World
Virtual Care Secretariat COVID Response Funding
Virtual Visits Verification and the Provincial Standard
Digital Equity: Bridging the Digital Divide & Digital Enablers of Integrated Care
Symposia: Helping overwhelmed healthcare organizations deal with COVID communication challenges (Tykans Group)
Symposia: Canadians want to manage their care; how do we get there?
Update on Digital Health Plenary Part Two
UpOnDigital 2021 Agenda

Presentation: Canada Health Infoway
Keynote Address: Angela Tibando, Ontario Health
Presentation: Strategies to Meet the Requirements of 24/7 Access to Virtual Care
Presentation: A practical approach to connecting the patient journey
Presentation: Big White Wall
Presentation: Supporting OHTs with EMRs and Other Technology Strategies
Presentation: OntarioMD
Panel Discussion: Hospitals Supporting OHTs

Opening Keynote with Dr. Reuben Devlin
Panel Discussion: Shared Services Organizations
Virtual Care: Essential to Connecting People and Care, Better and Faster
Making a Difference with PrescribeIT™
Toronto: Opportunities in Health Tech and AI
What’s on the Horizon in Digital Health for Primary Care Physicians in 2019?
Open for Innovation
What Have We Learned Thus Far: Ontario’s Digital Health Innovation Projects
Value-Based Health Care Models
UpOnDigital 2019 Program

Healthcare Procurement in Ontario: The Evolving Landscape
OCHIS: Value-Based Innovation Framework – A New Way of Doing Business
Procurement: Evolving from Focusing on Lowest Price to Enabling Value-Based Healthcare
ITAC Health’s Advocacy Journey for Innovative and Pragmatic Procurement Practices
Innovation Partnership: Procurement by Co-Design
Innovation in Procurement
Continuing to Build Capacity in Innovation Procurement
Scaling Virtual Solutions Through Provincial VORs
Perspectives from an Innovation Broker
Common Sense, But Not Common Practice: Innovative Procurement Approaches
Shared Service Organizations
UpOnDigital 2018 Program

Keynote with Ontario Chief Health Innovation Strategist Bill Charnetski
OCE Innovation Procurement Programs
Ontario Telemedicine Network
From Slip and Slide to Scale and Spread: Exploring Innovation in Primary Care
A Global Strategy to Accelerate Supply Chain Innovation to Strengthen Health System Quality and Safety
MaRS EXCITE
Innovation partnerships and co-design as a procurement approach
Transforming Healthcare Through Digital Health Innovation
A Platform for Digital Health Innovation in Ontario
Hospital Panel: Measuring Innovation Success
UpOnDigital 2017 Program

Why EHRs Matter to Health Care in Ontario
Health Analytics as part of the Digital Health Agenda
How Analytics can support Health System Funding Reform (HSFR)
The Future of Healthcare
Analytics…Enabling the Agenda for Quality with Funding and Performance Levers
Health Analytics: “But wait, there’s more….”
Adoption Model for Analytics Maturity
Canada’s Primary Care Chronic Disease Research Network
Simplified Analytics
Enabling Strategic Innovation Through Information Management
Analytics Strategy
ONUP 2016 Program

ONUP 2015 Program

ONUP 2014 Program

The role of digital and technology on our future workforce: Reinvention to build a future-ready healthcare workforce
Revolutionizing Patient-Centred Healthcare with Innovative Technology Solutions: Driving Enhanced Patient Experience and Access to High-Quality Care
How do we drive innovation implementations throughout the BC region?
How do we drive innovation implementations throughout the Atlantic region?
Let’s talk about how models of care will be sustained in the future of healthcare in Alberta
How do we advance connected care for the people of Saskatchewan?
Standardizing operational policies for frontline healthcare workers
Let’s talk about faxes, interoperability, and data flow design

The future of digital literacy
How can we protect cyber security?
How are clinical support models evolving?
The new age of digital health using AI
Implications to open clinical notes
Effectively engaging patients in their care
Understanding the patient partner perspective on digital health
Moving from digital disengagement to engagement
Workforce support for healthcare workers
Innovation in Alberta healthcare

Harmonizing digital health delivery
The digital health pandemic: It’s not just about digitization
How do we keep the digital health momentum going?
The future of healthcare technology

Programs and topics from past conferences

Atlantic Region Events

Driving the Future of Digital Health

Quebec Events

Saskatchewan Events

Alberta Events

British Columbia Events

Ontario Events

Past Virtual LinkUp Topics