e-Health is the premier event for Canadian digital health professionals working to make a difference in health and healthcare delivery. Since its inception in 2000, the annual e-Health Conference and Tradeshow has served as a vital epicentre of Canadian digital health discussion and debate, attracting over 1,000 health professionals annually. e-Health is the optimal spot for networking and knowledge sharing with peers nationally and around the globe. With in-demand speakers, expert panellists and presenters, and leading-edge exhibitors, e-Health always delivers memorable education and networking opportunities.
Join delegates from across Canada and around the world in Halifax for e-Health 2026.
Infoway Sessions
Monday, June 15
10:00 – 10:30 AM ADT
Laying the Foundation for Connected Care: Advancing Interoperability Through a Shared Pan-Canadian Approach to Health Data Sharing and Governance
Presenters:
Steven Tam, Partner, INQ Law
Carole Piovesan, Co-founder | Principal inq strategies
Scott Thistleton, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary and VP, Legal, Privacy, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Canada Health Infoway
Canada’s health data is rich but siloed, limiting its value for care, planning, and innovation. This session explores a pan-Canadian effort to build a shared foundation for health data sharing and governance. Co-designed with federal health portfolio partners, national digital health and data organizations, governments, clinicians, patients, and Indigenous representatives, the framework aligns legal, policy, and technical elements to enable trusted interoperability and lay the groundwork for connected, equitable, innovation-ready healthcare across Canada.
Monday, June 15
2:45 – 3:45 PM ADT
Pan-Canadian Trust Framework
Presenters:
Arslan Idrees, Partner, Deloitte Digital, Deloitte Canada
Atir Syed, Partner, National Life Sciences and Healthcare Human Capital Leader,
Deloitte Canada
Mike Morrison, Director, Technology & Transformation, Deloitte Canada
Cassandra Fusco, Director, Enablement Services | Directrice, Services de facilitation
Canada Health Infoway
In this session, Infoway and Deloitte will provide an overview of the Connected Care Trust Framework and its critical role in enabling secure, interoperable, and person centred health data exchange across Canada. The session will explain how the Framework establishes shared legal, technical, and governance foundations that reduce integration complexity, accelerate onboarding, and support trusted data sharing across jurisdictions. Participants will gain insight into why the Trust Framework is foundational to Canada—enabling priority use cases such as patient access, clinical care, public health, and research while supporting long term innovation at national scale.
Monday, June 15
4:00 – 4:30 PM ADT
Measuring the Impact of AI Scribes in Canadian Primary Care: Findings and Lessons from a Nationwide Evaluation
Presenters:
Barry Xu, Manager, Data Science & Analytics, Canada Health Infoway
Emily Ha, Research Associate, Centre for Digital Health Evaluation
WCH Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care (WIHV)
Onil Bhattacharyya, Women’s College Hospital Institute
This panel brings together researchers, policymakers, and implementation partners to share findings from the first nationwide evaluation of artificial intelligence (AI) scribes in Canadian primary care. Drawing on data from over 10,000 providers, panelists will share evidence of the impact of AI scribes on administrative burden, workflow efficiency, and provider-patient interactions. Discussions will also explore implementation experiences, jurisdictional variation, and policy implications for equitable and sustainable integration of AI-enabled tools across Canada’s primary care systems.
Monday, June 15
4:00 – 4:30 PM ADT
Bridging Provinces with the Patient Summary: How Patient-Mediated Access Improves Continuity of Care
Presenters:
Geordie Andrews, Senior Solution Manager, VeroSource Solutions Inc
Dr. Matthew Clarke, Emergency Physician in Central Zone and the Associate Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) for NS Health and IWK Health
Dr. Rashaad Bhyatt, Senior Clinical Leader, Canada Health Infoway
How does care improve when a patient’s health information travels with them? This session shares real examples from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia where patient-mediated access to the Patient Summary supported continuity of care, timely decisions, and patient empowerment—within and across provincial borders. Clinician and patient perspectives reveal how standards-based interoperability moves from theory to practice through the Pan-Canadian Patient Summary (PS-CA), bridging information gaps and putting patients at the center of care.
Monday, June 15
4:35 – 5:05 PM ADT
Bridging the Atlantic for Health Data Integration – Lessons from a Workshop Series between Finland and Canada
Presenters:
Gillian Bromfield, Healthcare Systems Partner, Roche
Päivi Sillanaukee, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health of Finland
Scott Thistleton, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary and VP, Legal, Privacy, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Canada Health Infoway
Citizens of Finland enjoy full access to their health records – test results, clinic notes, prescription history – even refill prescriptions online. Canada was the first to launch an AI strategy, solidifying quality research, and enabling adoption, commercialisation and protecting its digital sovereignty. What cultural, infrastructure, legislation, technology enablers led to this? In 2025, leaders from both countries engaged in a meeting series to share lessons learned, and future direction.
Monday, June 15
5:00 – 5:30 PM ADT
Connected Care and Physician Wellbeing: Learning from Physician’s Digital Health Experiences in Canada and Abroad
Presenters:
Alex Singer, Associate Professor, University of Manitoba
Winnie Chan, Senior Consultant, Canadian Institute for Health Information
Dr. Rashaad Bhyatt, Senior Clinical Leader, Canada Health Infoway
This panel explores how Canada’s fragmented health information systems affect primary care physicians’ job satisfaction, workload, and stress. Drawing on national and international physician survey data, panelists – including a practicing physician and representatives from 2 pan-Canadian health organizations - will explore the impact of health information gaps and administrative burden on physician well-being, and share evidence-based recommendations to improve data flow and reduce system fragmentation.
Tuesday, June 16
3:00 – 3:20 PM ADT
Bridging the Digital Divide: Disruptive and Equitable Digital Health Innovations for Nurses in First Nations and Remote Communities
Presenters:
Michelle Culverwell, Senior Manager, Change Management & Adoption, Canada Health Infoway
This abstract introduces an innovative, multi-phase initiative redesigning digital health access for nurses and nurse practitioners in remote and First Nations communities. Integrating mixed-methods analysis with AI-driven digital mapping and Indigenous-led governance frameworks, the project identifies systemic barriers, models technology-enabled equity interventions, and provides scalable recommendations. These groundbreaking findings reshape how nursing expertise, cultural context, and digital innovation converge to create a more unified, equitable healthcare ecosystem across Ontario.
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