View the Digital Health Conference Program
This program has been accredited for 9 Mainpro+® credits by the College of Family Physicians, Ontario Chapter. This event (program number 00876) is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and approved by the SOGC. You may claim a maximum of 9.75 hours (credits are automatically calculated).
Registration and breakfast open at 7:00 a.m. each day
Day One September 18, 2025
7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Breakfast
Day one morning sessions
8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
- Opening remarks presented by Robert Fox, Chief Executive Officer, OntarioMD and Zainab Abdurrahman, MD, President, OMA | Room: Leonard Cohen
8:45 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
- Keynote Address: The renowned Dr. Jane Philpott will provide an update on the progress made in Ontario to build and expand primary care teams | Room: Leonard Cohen
9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
- Panel: From Clicks to Care: Building Digitally Enabled Primary Care Teams | Room: Leonard Cohen
11:00 to 11:45 a.m. (concurrent sessions)
- Emerging Medico-legal and Privacy Issues: Ask a Lawyer, Regulator and Futurist | Room: Leonard Cohen
- Alefor™ — Guideline Clinical Decision Support: Embedding guidelines into clinical decision support | Room: Pierre Berton
- Unlocking EMR Power: How Query Tools Improve Screening & Advance Care Planning | Room: Gordon Pinsent
- Co-Design. Deploy. Deliver: Customize EMR Dashboards to Streamline Multi-Disciplinary Team Care | Room: Al Waxman
12:50 – 1:35 p.m. (concurrent sessions)
- Plant the SEED to Reduce Administrative Burden | Room: Leonard Cohen
- Enhancing EMR Efficiency for Specialists Using AI-Assisted Referral Summaries | Room: Pierre Berton
- Evolving Health Report Manager (HRM®) to Optimize Clinical Workflows | Room: Gordon Pinsent
- Advancing Patient Digital Health Literacy and Self-Management through Multilingual Voice AI | Room: Al Waxman
1:40 – 3:10 p.m.
- Sponsored sessions
Rooms: Leonard Cohen, Pierre Berton, Gordon Pinsent, Al Waxman
Day one afternoon sessions
3:10 – 3:55 p.m. (concurrent sessions)
- Cautiously Optimized: Ensuring Safety in the AI-Powered Clinic | Room: Leonard Cohen
- Smarter Messaging: Using AI-Driven SMS to Boost Patient Engagement and Streamline Diagnostics | Room: Pierre Berton
- Efficient Use of an AI Scribe in the Geriatric Population | Room: Gordon Pinsent
- When Your Right Hand Leaves: Using a Staff-Centred Toolbar for Continuity | Room: Al Waxman
4:00 – 4:55 p.m.
- Closing Keynote: Teaming for Impact | Room: Leonard Cohen
4:55 – 5:00 p.m.
- Closing Remarks: Debbie Fischer, Board Chair, OntarioMD | Room: Leonard Cohen
Day Two, September 19, 2025
8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
- Opening Remarks presented by Kimberly Moran, Chief Executive Officer, OMA and Robert Fox, Chief Executive Officer, OntarioMD | Room: Leonard Cohen
8:45 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
- Keynote: Address: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Current State and Future Trends | Room: Leonard Cohen
9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
- Panel Presentation: Smart Medicine: Physicians Shaping the AI Era | Room: Leonard Cohen
Day two morning sessions
11:00 – 11:45 a.m. (concurrent sessions)
- Cybersecurity Check-Up 2025 Edition: Strategies to Keep Your Practice Secure | Room: Leonard Cohen
- AI-MOA: Reducing Admin Burden and Transforming Primary Care with Open-Source Tools | Room: Pierre Berton
- HPV Screening: How to Incorporate New Guidelines to Digital Practice | Room: Gordon Pinsent
Day two short snappers | Room: Al Waxman
The short snappers will feature new innovations your colleagues are using to help reduce admin burden and enhance patient care. These four sessions will run for 10 minutes each with five minutes for questions.
11:00 – 11:15 a.m.
11:15 – 11:30 a.m.
11:30 – 11:45 a.m.
11:45 – 12:00 p.m.
Day two afternoon sessions/workshops
Sessions
1:10 – 1:45 p.m.
- Standardized eReferral Forms…Specialist Perspective | Room: Leonard Cohen
1:45 – 2:25 p.m.
- Patients Before Paperwork (Pb4P)/Clinical Viewer | Room: Leonard Cohen
Concurrent Workshops
1:10 – 2:25 p.m.
- EMR/AI Scribe Round Table Workshops |
Rooms: Pierre Berton (TELUS Health), Gordon Pinsent (OSCAR Pro), Al Waxman - SEED Workshop | Room: Donald Sutherland
2:30 – 3:15 p.m. (concurrent sessions)
- Ontario’s AI Scribe Program: Easing Tech Burden, Advancing Care | Room: Leonard Cohen
- Clinician-Guided AI: A Safer, Smarter Future for Primary Care | Room: Pierre Berton
- E-learning Series – Using Your Data for Quality Improvement in Primary Care | Room: Gordon Pinsent
3:20 – 3:30 p.m.
- Closing Remarks: Chandi Chandrasena, MD CCFP FCFP, Chief Medical Officer, OntarioMD | Room: Leonard Cohen
