Call for Abstracts

OntarioMD (OMD) is now accepting abstracts under five streams, including four for presenters and a sponsored stream for vendors. Please note the conference’s focus on community-based (rather than hospital-based) primary care physicians and specialists, their use of OMD-certified EMRs and digital health technologies, and integration of supplementary tools.

Target Audience 

Community-based clinicians (family physicians, specialists, and nurse practitioners), clinic staff, IT staff, clinic managers, executive directors, Ontario Health Teams (OHTs), Primary Care Networks (PCNs), and policymakers.   

OntarioMD (OMD) is now accepting abstracts under five streams, including four presenter streams and a sponsored stream for vendors. Please note the conference's focus on community-based (rather than hospital-based) primary care physicians and specialists, their use of OMD-certified EMRs and digital health technologies, and integration of supplementary tools. Sessions in each stream will be accredited for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits.

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Conference Program Format 

Stream 1: Using technology to advance patient care

This stream focuses on using best practices and/or widely used technologies with a positive impact on patient care, such as EMRs and other integrated solutions.

Examples

Using EMR data to identify care gaps; improving patient engagement and education; using clinical decision support during visits; using technology to manage patient populations and complex conditions and promote coordinated care; managing changes to workflow triggered by technology

Stream 2: Enhancing professional satisfaction 

This stream examines the use of technology or resources to decrease administrative burden and restore clinician work-life balance.

Examples

Advanced use of technology: proactive panel management; streamlining workflows and leveraging technology to facilitate documentation; enhancing practice efficiency and/or communications; maximizing time management to schedule appointments and decrease wait times; facilitating information retrieval at the point of care; optimizing billing process

Use of training and resources: Privacy and security training; business continuity plans; disaster recovery plans; EMR data retention and retirement; data governance in a digital health world; using EMRs during CPSO assessments   

Stream 3: Leveraging new technologies in community-based clinics

This stream focuses on emerging technologies for clinicians to use to enhance patient care or realize practice efficiencies. 

Examples

Using AI to free up clinician and staff time; augmenting clinical decision making; providing patients better access to care; empowering patients in their own care; employing mobile apps, secure communications/messaging, quality/population management dashboards, patient portals, and interfaces with medical devices; improving EMR functionality   

Stream 4: Supporting OHTs and primary care integration

This stream focuses on OHT/PCN leveraging technology to enhance primary care engagement achieving local/regional care priorities and providing connected and comprehensive care to the population.

Examples

Leveraging policies and digital health technology to create integrated care pathways for managing complex care; sharing digital health achievements and lessons learned to streamline the patient journey (from one clinician to another) and add value to primary care    

Sponsor Stream: Sponsored Stream (Short Snappers) 

This stream provides the opportunity for vendors to showcase their businesses and products.  

Does your company have an innovative solution that may help physician practices? Are you thinking about partnering with OMD to increase awareness of your product or service? Interested in being front and centre before hundreds of clinicians and digital health decision-makers?  

Submit an abstract on the value of your product or service. 

Examples

Novel use of digital health solutions, including certified EMRs, virtual care, or other technologies, that can improve practice efficiency and patient care, whether as standalone products or integrated with certified EMRs.

Presentation Format Options 

Lecture Session – 20 minutes, additional 10 minutes for questions (500 word maximum, 2 presenter limit) 

Short Snappers – 10 minutes, additional 5 minutes for questions  (500 word maximum, 2 presenter limit) . Short snappers focus on the use of new products or technologies (special $699 fee for small businesses).  

While every effort will be made to accommodate requests for breakout or panel sessions, OMD reserves the right to change the session format (for example, from panel to breakout session or short snapper).

Vendors, or those submitting an abstract promoting a specific product or service, should apply under the sponsored stream. OMD reserves the right to move submitted abstracts to a different stream.

Abstract Guidelines 

• As sessions will be CME-accredited by the regulatory colleges, subject matter must be educational to be eligible for consideration. Sessions aim to increase clinicians' knowledge of the mature use of certified EMRs or technology integrated with EMRs.
• Vendors, government agencies, and digital health organizations wishing to promote a product for sale to clinicians may only submit abstracts under the Short Snappers sponsored stream ($699 fee, if approved).

For questions about abstracts or to discuss additional opportunities to showcase your product or service at the conference, please email  omd.events@ontariomd.com.