Ashley Miller, Chief Medical Information Officer, Nova Scotia Health & IWK Health,
Mike Forseth, Chief Executive Officer, Ava,
Darek Szadkowski, Vice President of Strategy, Programs, and Partnerships, Canada Health Infoway and
Moderator: Edwin White Chacon, Manager, Enablement Services, Canada Health Infoway

A connected health system cannot be built within technological silos or fragmented partnerships. It requires sustained collaboration across government, industry, clinical leaders, patients and communities, and many more, who share a vision for more modern, efficient, and collaborative care.

This session will explore how strategic public-private partnerships are accelerating Canada’s digital health transformation, while also helping to address long-standing challenges such as data fragmentation, clinician burden, and scaling digital pilots into sustainable system-wide solutions. At the heart of the discussion is Canada Health Infoway’s Vendor Innovation Program (VIP), a national initiative that supports vendors in developing solutions that are standards-based, clinically grounded, and ready to scale.

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Recommended Reading:

• The Big Swing: Reforming Governance Authorities in Canadian Health Systems by Jean-Louis Denis (Healthcare Papers)
• Privacy Community of Practice Model Reduces Duplication, Eliminates Silos and Facilitates Collaboration among OHTs by Lauren Black (Insights)
• Why Healthcare Policy Urgently Needs a Communications Lens by Tanya Pikula (Insights)
• Pharmacists’ perspectives on delivery of clinical services and the current payment model in British Columbia, Canada by Angela Pang et. al. (Healthcare Policy)

Next Longwoods Leadership Discussion - Connect Care in Action will be in January 2026.
Testing What’s Possible: Projectathons and the Future of Interoperability

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