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
2024 Driving the Future of Digital Health Virtual Conference
- 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
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
