Programs and topics from past conferences

Atlantic Region Conferences

2024 Atlantic Region Conference
  • 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
  • 2024 Atlantic Region Conference Program (PDF)
2023 Atlantic Region Conference
  • 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)
2022 Atlantic Region Conference
  • 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)
2021 Atlantic Region Conference
  • Digital Literacy in Healthcare: Equity and Access
  • Atlantic Region Provincial Update
  • Opening the Digital Front Door for Patients
  • Change and Resiliency in Health Care
  • 2021 Atlantic Region Conference Program (PDF)
2020 Atlantic Region Conference
  • 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)
2019 Atlantic Region Conference
  • 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)

Driving the Future of Digital Health Conferences

2023 Driving the Future of Digital Health Conference
  • 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)
2022 Driving the Future of Digital Health Conference
  • 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)
2021 Driving the Future of Digital Health Conference
  • 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)
2020 Driving the Future of Digital Health Conference
  • 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)
2019 Driving the Future of Digital Health Conference
  • 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)
2018 Driving the Future of Digital Health Conference
  • 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)
2017 Driving the Future of Digital Health Conference
  • 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)

Breakfast Events

2023 Breakfast in Montreal
  • 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)
2023 Breakfast in Regina
  • 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)

Calgary Winter Conferences

2023 Calgary Winter Conference
  • 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)
2022 Western Region Conference
  • 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)
2021 Western Region Conference
  • 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)
2020 Western Region Conference
  • IT Health Innovation
  • Innovation + Impact in Healthcare
  • Let’s Talk Tech – Start Up CEOs
  • Doctors Working to Improve the Health of Canadians
2019 Calgary Winter Conference
  • 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)
2018 Calgary Winter Conference
  • 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)
2017 Calgary Winter Conference
  • 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)

Ahead of the Curve BC Conferences

2023 Ahead of Curve BC Conference
  • 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)
2022 Ahead of Curve BC Conference
  • 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)
2021 Ahead of Curve BC Conference
  • 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)
2020 Ahead of Curve BC Conference
  • 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
2019 Ahead of Curve BC Conference
  • 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?
2018 Ahead of Curve BC Conference
  • Innovation Governance
  • Data: Moving from Volume to Value
  • Innovation in Consumer-directed Health Management
  • Keynote: Louise Turner, CEO, Innovation Boulevard
2017 Ahead of Curve BC Conference
  • Patient Engagement and Connected Care

Past Virtual LinkUp Topics

2023 Virtual LinkUp Topics
  • 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
2022 Virtual LinkUp Topics
  • 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
2021 Virtual LinkUp Topics
  • 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