Grant: Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Healthcare and health education in the 21st century have transcended physical walls. Digital technologies are transforming health and health education service delivery, the patient-practitioner relationship, and the structure of the Canadian health care system. Digital Health is a multidisciplinary field that involves the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) to facilitate healthcare delivery and address the health information needs faced by patients and health care professionals. This involves the use of technologies and services such as: electronic medical records (EMRs); e-consultations; mobile apps, devices and wearable technologies; tele-medicine/tele-homecare; electronic prescribing; and patient-monitoring systems. These technologies can support patient/client self-care behaviours and enable more timely access to patient/client information and consultations with other interprofessional healthcare team members. This symposium will enhance our understanding of revolutionary trends and key evidence-based applications of digital health technologies at national and international levels; current policy and practices of digital health applications at provincial and national levels; and it will foster future interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral research and development (R&D) in digital health. It will bring together researchers and experts in the field of digital health, governmental and health delivery stakeholders, health care professionals, and representatives from professional associations and industry. With the participation of various experts, researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders, this workshop will bring together key participants in the digital health field within the Province and help nurture opportunities for growing interdisciplinary digital health research programs to advance the health of the people and communities we serve.