EVENT DETAILS
Overview
How might we improve health equity through digital enablement? What's the secret to building impactful, patient-centered digital health solutions that empower patients as partners while improving their healthcare journeys? Come hear insightful perspectives from industry experts and thought leaders, grow your knowledge and skills, network to build new relationships, and join us at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver on Friday May 3rd 2024 to connect, collaborate, and transform the future of digital health in BC and beyond.
Keeping with the BCHIMSS tradition, we'll greet you with a hot breakfast, keep you well-fed and caffeinated through the day, and hold our ever-popular networking social after the conference is done to celebrate a successful day of learning!
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Traveling in for the conference? Book your room at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver at special conference block rates while available: Book a room
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Agenda
Guest Facilitator: Cory Fry, AVP Client Success - Hospitals and Health Systems, Canada, Teladoc Health
7:30-8:15am: Registration and hot breakfast
8:15am-8:30pm: Welcome, Land Acknowledgement, & President’s Remarks
Land Acknowledgement: Elder Lisa Lewis, Squamish Nation
8:30am-9:00am: Let's Make Digital Health Fun, Accessible, and Empowering!
Sarah Hamilton - Patient Partner, Patient Voices Network
9:00am-10:00am: Opening Keynote: Fearless Leadership through Collaboration & Transformation: Top Trends in Canada to Guide You as a Digital Health Guru
Elizabeth Keller - National Canadian Business Development Leader for Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Public Sector (Healthcare)
10:00-10:30am: Networking coffee/snack break
10:30-11:30am: How Automation and AI can Transform Care and Support Equity
Dr. Mohamed Alarakhia, BSc(Hons), MD, CCFP, MSc - CEO, eHealth Centre of Excellence, Board of Directors of Digital Health Canada
11:30am-12:15pm: Driving AI Innovation in Health Care with Modern Data Foundation
Alexandra (Lexie) Flatt - Vice-President, Health System Intelligence, Data Governance &
Analytics, Provincial Health Services Authority
12:15-1:15pm: Networking lunch
1:15-2:45pm: Panel Discussion: Future of Patient Digital Empowerment
Dr. Shazhan Amed - Head & Clinical Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Dept of Pediatrics, UBC
Pediatric Endocrinologist, BC Children’s Hospital and UBC
Jeff Aitken - Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Health | Health Sector Information Management/Information Technology (HSIMIT) Division
Dr. William Clifford - OBC, MD, FCFP, MScF, BMedSci, Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc)
Andrew Pacey - Executive Director, Program Development and Analytics, First Nations Health Authority
Claire Snyman - Health care advocate and patient experience consultant, Two Steps Forward
Moderated by: May Tuason - Executive Director, Clinical Architecture & Innovation
Digital Health Strategy Office, Provincial Digital Health Team, PHSA, MoH
2:45-3:15pm: Networking coffee/dessert break
3:15-4:15pm: Closing Keynote: The Future is Already Here: AI's Impact on Mental Health and Empowerment
Dr. Matthew Chow - Chief Mental Health Officer, TELUS Health
4:15-4:30pm: Closing Remarks
4:30-6:30pm: Post-conference networking social
May 5th: Optional Healthcare Design Thinking Workshop
Microsoft 155 Water Street Office, Vancouver
Workshop Leaders
Erin Rohl
Erin Rohl has spent a lifetime collecting facilitation methods that deepen understanding, drive collaboration, and inspire creativity. She has nearly ten years of experience designing workshops that focus on health and wellness, most recently joining the team at the Ministry of Health's Innovation Hub.
Zach Camozzi
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Zach Camozzi is an interdisciplinary designer working across industrial, systems, and service design. He brings a playful and active approach to any deisgn challenge. He is currently teaching at Emily Carr University of Design as well as facilitating with the BC government.
May 5th Workshop Agenda
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8:45-9:00am: Arrival & seating
9:00-10:00am: Welcome, icebreaker, & kickoff
10:00-10:10am: Coffee Break
10:10-12:00pm: Interactive workshop activities: problem definition and idealization
12:00-1:00pm: Lunch
1:00-2:50pm: Interactive workshop activities: group discussion and solution prototyping
2:50-3:00pm: Snack Break
3:00-4:30pm: Interactive workshop activities: prototype testing and feedback
4:30-5:30pm: Celebration, refreshments, & networking time!
CONFERENCE SPEAKERS, PANELISTS, & FACILITATORS
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