As Canada’s healthcare system faces mounting challenges—from fragmented care delivery to the rapid adoption of AI and digital health—the need for collaboration and integration has never been more urgent. FHLIP 2026 will bring together a diverse community of patients, academics, clinicians, policymakers, students, and industry leaders to explore how we can transition from isolated efforts to a truly connected and patient-centred system.
Why “From Silos to Synergy: Building Bridges”?
While Canada has made strides toward healthcare integration through initiatives such as:
- Canada Health Infoway’s interoperability efforts, ensuring patient data seamlessly follows them across care settings.
- Ontario Health Teams (OHTs) and BC’s Primary Care Networks (PCNs), advancing team-based, patient-centric care.
- AI-driven clinical decision support and digital health tools, accelerating diagnosis and treatment
- National discussions on digital health funding and sustainability, ensuring long-term economic viability.
Significant barriers remain—between regions, between sectors, and between policy and frontline implementation.
The FHLIP Advantage: A Neutral, Evidence-Based Forum for Real Change
Hosted by the University of Toronto, FHLIP offers an academic, evidence-based platform that fosters:
- Patient engagement in shaping digital transformation.
- Cutting-edge research on AI, interoperability, and sustainable health system design.
- Clinicians and frontline leaders collaborating on real-world solutions.
- Policy discussions bridging research and action.
- Opportunities for students to connect with health system leaders and shape the future.
Unlike industry-driven events, FHLIP 2026 provides a neutral space for dialogue—free from commercial bias—where diverse stakeholders can engage in evidence-based discussions, challenge assumptions, and co-create solutions.
Be Part of the Future of Healthcare
FHLIP 2026 is more than a conference—it’s an incubator for healthcare transformation. Whether you’re a patient, researcher, policymaker, clinician, or student, your voice is critical in shaping Canada’s more connected, resilient, and sustainable healthcare system.
Join us in turning silos into synergy—because the future of healthcare depends on it.
FHLIP 2026 is designed to break down barriers and drive real-world healthcare transformation through collaboration, innovation, and leadership. Participants will engage in interactive workshops, expert panels, and cross-disciplinary networking to:
- Break Down Barriers: Explore how healthcare leaders, clinicians, policymakers, and patients work together to move from fragmented care to truly integrated and patient-centered solutions.
- Turn Research into Action: Learn how cutting-edge research can be rapidly translated into clinical and policy applications, ensuring new knowledge leads to tangible improvements in healthcare.
- Harness Data for Impact: Discover how interoperability, AI, and digital health innovations transform data into actionable insights that improve patient outcomes and health system efficiency.
- Advance Personalized & Precision Healthcare: Explore the power of multi-dimensional data (health, omics, lifestyle, environment, and social determinants of health) in driving AI-powered personalized medicine and clinical decision-making.
- Shape the Future of Healthcare Leadership: Gain insights into the evolving role of informatics, governance, and policy in fostering a connected and sustainable healthcare system.
- Foster Collaboration & Innovation: Connect with a diverse community of healthcare professionals, researchers, policymakers, and industry leaders committed to driving system-wide transformation.
We welcome submissions on a broad range of topics related to the “From Silos to Synergy” theme, including but not limited to:
- Interoperability & Data Flow: Strategies for enabling patient data to follow them seamlessly across care settings.
- Responsible AI & Digital Health Innovation: Ensuring ethical, effective, and scalable adoption of AI in healthcare.
Healthcare Sustainability: Economic and environmental sustainability in digital health transformation. - Policy & Governance: The impact of regulatory and governmental changes on digital health integration.
- Integrated Care Models: Lessons from Ontario Health Teams (OHTs), BC’s Primary Care Networks (PCNs), and other collaborative models.
- Personalized Medicine: Leveraging multi-dimensional and big data (health, omics, lifestyle, environmental factors, and social determinants of health) alongside AI-driven insights to enable personalized clinical interventions and optimize patient care.
- Health Equity & Patient-Centered Design: Ensuring technology-driven healthcare remains inclusive and accessible.
- Workforce & System Resilience: Addressing clinician burnout, job loss, and digital transformation’s impact on the healthcare workforce.
- Accelerating Research to Implementation: Scaling innovations and translating research into real-world healthcare improvements.
- The Economics of Digital Health: Business models, reimbursement strategies, and funding structures for sustainable digital health adoption.
FHLIP 2026 invites researchers, policymakers, clinicians, industry leaders, patients, and students to submit papers exploring strategies to break down silos and foster synergy across health systems, informatics, and policy.
Submission Guidelines
We encourage submissions from academics, clinicians, policymakers, students, industry professionals, and patient advocates who advance knowledge and drive transformation in healthcare leadership, informatics, and policy.
We will be accepting the following submission types:
- Research Papers – Original studies, systematic reviews, or applied research in digital health, informatics, and policy.
- Case Studies & Best Practices – Real-world examples of successful digital health integration and collaboration.
- Policy & Position Papers – Evidence-based perspectives on healthcare governance, funding, and interoperability.
- Student Papers & Emerging Research – Early-stage research and innovative ideas from the next generation of healthcare leaders.
Submission Deadline: September 21, 2025
Submission Format: IoS Press Format – Download Instructions
Why Submit to FHLIP 2026?
- Academic Rigor & Real-World Impact: Hosted by the University of Toronto, FHLIP provides a neutral, evidence-based forum connecting research with policy and practice.
- Engage with Key Decision-Makers: Present your work to government officials, industry leaders, and frontline clinicians driving change.
- Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Exchange insights with experts across health informatics, policy, clinical practice, and economics.
- Publication & Recognition: Selected papers may be featured in a peer-reviewed publication or special report on digital health transformation.
- Networking & Career Growth: Expand your professional network and discover new collaboration opportunities.
How to Submit
Please submit your abstract or full paper via the Submission Portal by September 21, 2025. For detailed guidelines and inquiries, contact mhi.conference@utoronto.ca.
Be part of the conversation shaping the future of healthcare. Join us at FHLIP 2026 and contribute to the movement from silos to synergy.
We look forward to your submissions!
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