2022 Atlantic Region Conference
Registration is sold out for this conference—please contact events@digitalhealthcanada.com if you have questions about registration.
This annual one-day conference offers networking and learning for Atlantic Chapter members and digital health professionals from across the Atlantic Region. The 2022 conference—Digital health literacy – The patient and provider experience—takes place on Tuesday, October 4, 2022 from 8:00am – 4:30pm at the Four Points by Sheraton Halifax, 1496 Hollis St, Halifax, NS. Visit the event website for more details.
2022 ScheduleDigital health literacy – The patient and provider experience
8:00am | Networking Breakfast |
8:30am | Opening Remarks |
8:40am | Keynote: Digital health literacy and all technology-enabled practices (post-COVID) |
9:45am | Cybersecurity and digital literacy in healthcare: Balancing security vs Functionality |
10:30am | Networking break |
11:00am | Sponsor Symposium: Helping Canada prepare for the genomics revolution |
11:45am | Networking lunch |
12:30pm | COVID-19 immunization response in Newfoundland and Labrador |
1:00pm | NLCHI Virtual ERs experience |
1:30pm | Implementation of presumed consent and system reform of the organ donation program in Nova Scotia |
2:15pm | Wellness Break |
2:35pm | Virtual Care in Prince Edward Island: Insights and innovation from Health PEI’s Virtual Care Project Coordination Centre (VCPCC) |
3:25pm | Closing Plenary: Health equity and GeoView |
4:20pm | Closing Remarks |
- Alain Landry, Program Manager, Legacy of Life and Critical Care Organ Donation, Nova Scotia Health
- Amy Laybolt, Senior Analyst, Clinical Specialty Services (IM/IT), Nova Scotia Health
- Ashley Dinn, Program Manager of Virtual Care and Registry Integrity Unit, NLCHI
- Christy Bussey, Interim Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO), Nova Scotia Health
- Connie Munroe, Senior Consultant, Barrington Consulting and VCPCC, Health PEI
- Dr. Ajantha Jayabarathan, Director, Coral Shared-Care Health Center, Nova Scotia Health
- Dr. Krista Jangaard, CEO, IWK Health
- Dr. Marsha Fearing, Physician Leader, Canadian Market, Medical Information Technology, Inc.
- Kara Griffin, Virtual Care Implementation & Change Lead, Health PEI
- Leah Carey, Provincial Program Manager – Community Health, NLCHI
- Mark Casselman, CEO, Digital Health Canada
- Meghan Van Gaal, Policy Coordinator, IT Shared Services and VCPCC, Health PEI
- Paul-Charife Allen, Director, IT Security Risk Management & Digital Infrastructure, Nova Scotia Health
- Robin Laird, Director of eHealth, Clinical Operations, Health PEI
- Sheila Lund-MacDonald, Virtual Care Policy Analyst, VCPCC, Health PEI
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2021 Atlantic Region Conference Topics- 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)
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- 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)