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Future-Proofing Digital Health: Fostering Resilience and Sustainability

BCHIMSS 2025 Spring Conference
May 9th, Vancouver BC

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EVENT DETAILS

Overview

As digital health continues to evolve, it's crucial to build systems that are resilient, adaptable, and sustainable. Future-proofing digital health means fostering seamless integration across platforms, enabling data exchange, and supporting growth through scalable technologies. AI and data are at the heart of transitioning from reactive to proactive care, helping to better address patient needs and personalize treatment. It's essential that we ensure digital health solutions are accessible and equitable for all populations. By focusing on adaptability, scalability, and inclusivity, we can create a digital health ecosystem that remains effective and sustainable for years to come.

Join us at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver on Friday May 9th, 2025 to hear insightful perspectives from industry experts and thought leaders, grow your knowledge and skills, network to build new relationships, and reconnect with industry colleagues. In keeping with the BCHIMSS conference tradition, you can expect 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!

Agenda

Guest Facilitator: Chris Carvalho - President, Carveira Group Consulting

7:30-8:30am: Registration and hot breakfast
8:30am-8:45am: Welcome, Land Acknowledgement, & President’s Remarks

Land Acknowledgement: K'ana Deborah Baker, Squamish Jr Elder

8:45am-9:15am: Patient Partner Welcome: Out of Province, and Out of Patients

Mathew Stockton - Patient Partner

9:15-10:15am: Opening Keynote: Resilience in the Pursuit of Impact

Amy Yee - Thought Leader, Fractional CDTO, Board Member, Founder at Wired for Change

10:15-10:45am: Networking & Coffee/Snack Break

10:45-12:00pm: Panel Discussion: Perspectives on Moving Forward with AI in Health

Brian Simmers - CFO and VP Health Informatics, Providence Health Care

Nico Preston - Chief Data Scientist, RCCBC
Valeriu Surdu - Director, Core Technology and Service Delivery, FNHA

Heather Lawson - Project Manager, Digital Strategy & Portfolio Management, FNHA

Moderated by: Marc Koehn - Managing Director, Accenture

12:00-1:00pm: Lunch

1:00-2:00pm: Beyond the EHR: Leveraging a Digital Platform to Solve Today’s Healthcare Problems

Dr. Amyeen Hassanali - Chief Information Medical Officer, Fraser Health

2:00-2:50pm: Disconnected Care: The Impact of the Health Information Acts on the Health and Wellbeing of Canadians
Dr. Ewan Affleck - Chair, Networked Health, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta

2:50-3:20pm: Networking & Coffee/Snack Break

3:20-4:20pm: Closing Keynote: Empowered by Information, Leading with Courage

Janet Davidson - Consultant/Advisor
4:20-4:30pm: Closing Remarks

4:30-6:30pm: Post-conference networking social

Speakers

CONFERENCE SPEAKERS, PANELISTS, & FACILITATORS

More bios coming soon...

Patient Scholarships

PATIENT SCHOLARSHIPS

Overview

BCHIMSS is committed to ensuring that patient voices are heard in the ongoing transformation of healthcare. To support this, we are offering two full Patient Scholarships for the BCHIMSS 2025 Spring Conference for patients or caregivers actively engaged in improving the patient experience in healthcare.

Patient scholarships include:

Full complimentary registration to the BCHIMSS 2025 Spring Conference
Accommodation at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver for the evening of May 8th (if required)
Transportation costs to and from the patient’s location and the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver (coach airfare/train/ferry/mileage etc.

Status
Thank you to everyone who applied. All applications have been reviewed, scholarship recipients have been selected, and all applicants have been contacted via email with an update.