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Future-Proofing Digital Health: Fostering Resilience and Sustainability

BCHIMSS 2025 Spring Conference
May 9th, Vancouver BC

ABOUT

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 relalationships, 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

7:30-8:15am: Registration and hot breakfast
8:15am-4:30pm: Conference Proceedings (more details to come)
4:30-6:30pm: Post-conference networking social

Speakers

CONFERENCE SPEAKERS, PANELISTS, & FACILITATORS

More announcements coming soon...

Patient Scholarships

PATIENT SCHOLARSHIPS

Keynote: Janet Davidson - Consultant/Advisor

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

Ewan Affleck - Senior Medical Advisor, Health Informatics, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta

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

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

Mathew Stockton - Patient Partner

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.

Patient scholarships are supported by the BCHIMSS Past Presidents’ Circle of Excellence Fund, which was established through the generosity of past BCHIMSS Chapter Presidents to support patients attending our annual conference. We are grateful for the leadership of our donors, whose contributions make this opportunity possible and help ensure that patient perspectives are not just heard but valued and integrated into the discussions shaping the future of healthcare.