Canada Health Infoway

02/23/2026

In long-term care, timely and accurate documentation plays a critical role in supporting resident-centred care—and Isabel & Arthur Meighen Manor is exploring new ways to strengthen it.

Isabel & Arthur Meighen Manor is a not-for-profit charitable organization specializing in long-term care and assisted living. With support from our 2025 Connected Care Innovation Grant, the organization is implementing an AI-powered voice solution that captures real-time clinical notes and enables structured documentation using natural language processing.

This initiative will support improved access to resident data, smoother care transitions through automated documentation, and stronger clinical decision-making powered by AI-generated insights—helping to advance more connected care in long-term care environments.

02/23/2026

Digital health is reshaping care—but are Canada’s future physicians being prepared to keep pace?

Join us on March 4 at 12 p.m. ET for a webinar unpacking key findings from the 2025 Canadian Medical Student Survey. We’ll explore how medical students across Canada are learning about, using, and perceiving digital health tools during their education and clinical training—and what this means for the future of care.

Register today to secure your spot: https://bit.ly/4qJgyeT

02/23/2026

Looking back at the 2025 Infoway Partnership Conference, a prominent theme was how AI and innovative technology are driving progress in Connected Care.

Across several sessions, speakers explored how AI is moving from promise to practice. This included spotlighting the adoption of innovative programs across Canada, such as our AI Scribe Program, hearing from frontline providers on how AI is improving connection and collaboration, and learning how Canada’s Joint AI Table is shaping a pan-Canadian approach to responsible, scalable AI in healthcare.

Conversations also emphasized the importance of strong partnerships between research, healthcare, and industry, and how real-world trials and shared data platforms are helping turn innovation into measurable impact.

As we share a few moments from those conversations, we’re also looking ahead. AI and innovative technology will once again be a key focus at the 2026 Infoway Partnership Conference, as we continue to explore how emerging technologies can be responsibly scaled, integrated, and used to drive meaningful impact across Canada’s health system.

02/21/2026

We're pleased to be a collaborator for , March 9-12, in Las Vegas. Register today to connect with global experts, unravel healthcare’s hottest topics, and discover futuristic tech alongside more than 28,000 passionate professionals from across the global health landscape. https://bit.ly/48Y8zTu

02/20/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Joss Reimer on her appointment as Canada’s next Chief Public Health Officer. Dr. Reimer's deep expertise in public health, health equity and health communications will be an important asset as she takes on this national leadership role.

We wish Dr. Reimer success as she begins her term with the Public Health Agency of Canada and we look forward to continued collaboration in support of a healthier Canada.

Today, the Honourable Marjorie Michel, Minister of Health, announced the appointment of Dr. Joss Reimer as Canada’s next Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO), for a three-year term, effective April 1, 2026.

02/18/2026

Every patient visit matters—and so does the experience of the clinician delivering that care. In December alone, AI tools through our AI Scribe Program supported more than 1 million clinical encounters across the country.

That’s over a million moments where primary care clinicians could spend less time on documentation and more time with their patients. As a result, 91% of users report a lower cognitive load, with less typing, multitasking, and mental fatigue.

Through the AI Scribe Program, we are helping reduce strain behind the scenes—because when clinicians are supported, care becomes more present, more human, and more sustainable.

02/13/2026

Our 2025 Connected Care Clinical Student Scholarship spotlight series continues—this week, we’re pleased to feature Caroline Frankfurter.

Caroline is a health systems professional working at the intersection of informatics, education, and organizational leadership. With support from the scholarship, she’s enrolled in the Adaptive Leadership in the Age of AI course at the University of Toronto, where she’s strengthening her ability to lead complex health systems through technological change.

Through this program, Caroline will develop adaptive leadership skills to support responsible AI adoption, interdisciplinary collaboration, and digitally enabled care improvement—helping advance safer, more connected care.

02/12/2026

On Feb. 19, we're hosting a webinar with the Canadian Nursing Informatics Association to highlight our Connected Care Clinical Student Scholarship and its role in supporting the next generation of nursing informatics leaders.

Featuring Infoway's Michelle Culverwell and two nursing recipients of the 2025 scholarship, this session will explore career pathways into informatics and how nurses are using digital health and interoperability to strengthen practice and patient care.

Learn more and register today: https://bit.ly/4qHTrT6

02/10/2026

We’re continuing our spotlight on recipients of the 2025 Connected Care Innovation Grant. Today we’re pleased to feature EssentialMD, a community primary care clinic in North Simcoe, Ontario, led by family physician Dr. Byron Song.

With support from our 2025 Connected Care Innovation Grant, EssentialMD is implementing Master Chart, an AI-powered medical document processing tool. The solution transforms scanned medical charts from various sources and formats into standardized, digital patient health records.

This project will support more comprehensive access to patient health information at the point of care, strengthen care coordination, and contribute to standardized patient summaries—while preserving complete medical histories.

02/06/2026

Closing the digital divide in healthcare starts with data. 📊

We’re excited to share that we’ve just updated our Digital Health Equity Dashboard with fresh insights into how Canadians interact with electronic health information. By highlighting specific gaps in access, including factors like age, gender, and education, we can better inform the design of equitable health solutions.

Explore the updated dashboard to learn more: https://bit.ly/3YZPe1k

02/04/2026

Today, we saw the introduction of Bill S-5, the Connected Care for Canadians Act. We welcome this legislation, and we appreciate the leadership of Government of Canada and Minister Marjorie Michel in advancing policies that strengthen patient safety, improve access to health information, and support secure, interoperable health data exchange across the country.

The legislation also recognizes that trusted health data exchange, modern digital standards, and secure information-sharing practices are foundational to system sustainability and improved patient outcomes. Our Connected Care work directly supports these objectives by advancing secure, national approaches to health information sharing.

We look forward to continuing our work with governments, health system partners, industry, and other leaders and collaborators to help translate this legislative direction into meaningful, practical progress for Connected Care across Canada.

Read our full statement: https://bit.ly/4th3Bf1

02/04/2026

Earlier today, Infoway's Abhi Kalra joined a panel at the MEDTEQ+ Health Innovation Summit 2026 alongside industry experts from Mila - Institut québécois d'intelligence artificielle, Beth Israel Lahey Health, Medfar and TELUS Health.

The panelists explored examples of national and international digital health solution deployment, including successes and lessons learned, and discussed the potential of AI in helping to create a more sustainable health system.