Healthcare Infrastructure Conference
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Chelsea Hotel Toronto | 8am ET
Event Overview
To build a strong foundation for health infrastructure in Canada, public sector health officials must prioritize sustainability, resilience, and robust operations. Operating, redesigning, and upgrading, healthcare infrastructure is an ongoing journey that requires continuous improvement. To continuously improve the quality of care delivered, healthcare infrastructure and healthcare systems need to become more integrated to address care needs across the healthcare service continuum. Opportunities must also be identified to leverage technology and enhance delivery.
Join us at our Healthcare Infrastructure Conference on Tuesday, October 4, 2022, and hear from key leaders in Canadian health infrastructure. Learn about the future of health infrastructure through a smart health and digital health lens. Together we will embrace innovation, revolutionize the healthcare system, and advance health for all Canadians.
A Sneak Peek Of Your Inspiring Speakers
Dr. Adam Kassam
Faculty Lecturer, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto & Immediate Past President , Ontario Medical Association (OMA)
Duska Kennedy
Chief Digital Officer
North York General Hospital
Jake Tran
President & CEO
Toronto Grace Health Centre
Patricia Skol
Chief Nursing Executive
Toronto Grace Health Centre
Jeff Curtis
Chief Privacy Officer
Sunnybrook Hospital
Andriana Lukich
Director, Digital Solutions
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
Alexis Villa
Senior Program Director
UHN Connected Care & Altum Health
Mehdi Somji
Director, Innovation & Partnerships
Trillium Health Partners
Cliff Harvey
Chief Planning Officer
Niagara Health
Ian McDermott
Executive Director, Planning & Integration, FM-PRO
UHN
Connected Care & Altum Health
David Rauchwerger
Chief and Medical Director of the Emergency
Medicine Program and Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Program
Mackenzie Health
Sacha Bhatia
Population Health and Value Based Care Executive
Ontario Health
Dr. Payal Agarwal
Medical Director Virtual
Women’s College Hospital
Eric Sutherland
Executive Director, Pan-Canadian Health Data Strategy
Public Health Agency of Canada
Joanna Yang
Senior Director, Enterprise Architect
The Hospital for Sick Children
Dr. Carmine Simone
Vice President Medical Affairs
Michael Garron Hospital
Ted Scott
Vice President Research and Chief Innovation Officer
Hamilton Health Sciences
Angela Tibando
Digital Excellence in Health Executive
Ontario Health
Bonnie Scott
Regional Digital Lead and Director, Digital Transformation and Innovation
Ontario Health West
James Schembri
Director
Scarborough Ontario Health Team
Alexandre Bourque
Director and Product Lead, Digital Product Management, VaccineConnect, Digital Transformation Branch
Health Canada
Key Sessions
The Public Sector Innovation Series feature the latest initiatives throughout Canada and share insights via keynote presentations, case studies, panel discussions, and fireside chats. To provide additional perspective – concurrent tracks will address more specific topics and challenges in the worlds of technology, people, data & process faced by public sector leaders today.
Ministerial Address:
Creating Future-Ready Canadian Healthcare Infrastructure
International Government Keynote:
The Future of Health Infrastructure – How COVID and Digital Transformation Have Redefined Priorities and Possibilities
Sacha Bhatia, Population Health and Value Based Care Executive, Ontario Health
Keynote Session:
The Pandemic Years in Review – How Can We Create a More Prepared Health System
Ted Scott, Vice President Research and Chief Innovation Officer, Hamilton Health Sciences
Fireside Chat:
High-impact Digital Strategies to Improve Patient and Provider Experiences
Angela Tibando, Digital Excellence in Health Executive, Ontario Health
Alexandre Bourque, Director and Product Lead, Digital Product Management, VaccineConnect, Digital Transformation Branch, Health Canada
Partner Session:
Identifying the New Cyber Vulnerabilities in Connected Health Ecosystems
Partner Session:
Setting Your Project up for Success: Examining the Importance of Relationships During Complex Projects
Fast-Tracking Post-Pandemic Recovery – How Must Health Infrastructure Evolve for High Impact Health Outcomes?
- Understanding the needs of the community
- Incorporating community voice in infrastructure design and development
Dr. Adam Kassam, Faculty Lecturer, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto & Immediate Past President, Ontario Medical Association (OMA)
Eric Sutherland, Executive Director, Pan-Canadian Health Data Strategy, Public Health Agency of Canada
Dr. Payal Agarwal, Medical Director Virtual, Women’s College Hospital
Innovation by Necessity vs. Innovation by Strategy: Shifting Gears to Build a Sustainable Approach to Healthcare
- Defining the pillars for innovation: Demonstrate, evaluate, scale and sustain
- Rethinking approaches to innovation to evolve in-sync with the patients, clients, and customers
- Key learnings: The importance of the ‘test, fail, redo’ cycle
- Identifying new opportunities for improvement in healthcare
- Setting up for Success: How to create innovation by strategy within a governance structure
Mehdi Somji, Director, Innovation & Partnerships, Trillium Health Partners
Bonnie Scott, Regional Digital Lead and Director, Digital Transformation and Innovation, Ontario Health West
James Schembri, Director, Scarborough Ontario Health Team
Welcome from the Track Chair:
Smart Hospitals: Future-Proofing Canada’s Facilities for
Flexibility, Sustainability, Patient Centricity and Care Excellence
Government Keynote
Improving Alignment Between Health Infrastructure and
Integrated Services Planning
Cliff Harvey
Chief Planning Officer, Niagara Health
Government Keynote
A Story of Innovation – Moving Beyond Point Solutions Implementation to System-Wide Sustainability
Jake Tran
President & CEO, Toronto Grace Health Centre
Patricia Skol
Chief Nursing Executive, Toronto Grace Health Centre
Partner Session
A Place to Heal – Creating Intelligent Environments to Support Patient Recovery
Partner Session
Smart Answers to Hospital Pressures – Improving Treatment, Efficiency and Outcomes Through Technology and Innovation
Panel Session
Smart for the New Normal
Hospitals must excel in the new normal, and digitalization is key. It will revolutionize the human experience, minimize exposure to risks and change both financial and operational aspects too.
- Addressing climate change for sustainable healthcare
- Given our current stage along the technology maturity journey, what opportunities exist to personalize, simplify, automate and streamline services to create value now, as well as in the future?
- Inclusive design experience – How can we co-create successful outcomes with patients, caregivers, employees and community partners
- Big picture vs business of today – How do we work towards our vision of a smart hospital whilst juggling the daily demands of running a facility
Ian McDermott
Executive Director, Planning & Integration, FM-PRO, UHN Connected Care & Altum Health
Joanna Yang, Senior Director, Enterprise Architect, The Hospital for Sick Children
Dr. Carmine Simone, Vice President Medical Affairs, Michael Garron Hospital
Welcome from the track chair:
Improving Clinical Governance, Operational Efficiencies and Patient Outcomes through an Integrated Digital Healthcare Strategy
Government Keynote:
Enabling the Digital Patient: Patient Engagement Enabling Better Care Accessibility through Digital Health Innovationility through Digital Health Innovation
Duska Kennedy
Chief Digital Officer, North York General Hospital
Government Keynote:
Accelerating Transformation in Healthcare – Enabling Shifts to Predictive, Preventative, Personalized and Participatory Care
David Rauchwerger
Chief and Medical Director of the Emergency Medicine Program and Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Program, Mackenzie Health
Partner Session
Beyond the Walls of a Traditional Health Facility – Augmenting Capabilities to Deliver with Telehealth and Remote Monitoring
Partner Session
Intelligent Use of Healthcare Data to Improve Patient
Experience, Clinical Governance and Care Outcomes
Panel Discussion
Advancing Health in a Digital World: Where do we go next?
- Moving beyond patient medical records implementation to system value creation
- Navigating through the flooded digital health tools ecosystem for optimal patient outcomes
- Taking steps to integrate tools into the health system for a more connected system
- Making digital adoption more manageable for the patient, and care providers
- Sustainably scaling telehealth and new models of virtual care
Jeff Curtis, Chief Privacy Officer, Sunnybrook Hospital
Andriana Lukich, Director, Digital Solutions, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
Alexis Villa, Senior Program Director, UHN Connected Care & Altum Health
View the agenda for the full speaker lineup, sessions and event timeline
Your Registrations
Toronto, Ontario
Chelsea Hotel Toronto
33 Gerrard Street West Toronto, Ontario M5G 1Z4 Canada
Keeping You Safe
Public Sector Network will closely monitor COVID-19 regulations in accordance with the advice from the Government and local health authorities to ensure the safety of everyone attending the event physically. In addition, we will be working closely with the venue to ensure precautionary measures are in place.
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