Call for Abstracts

OMD Educates: Digital Health Conference 2026

Call for Abstracts

OntarioMD (OMD) is looking for bold and innovative ideas that demonstrate how digital health tools are transforming community practice. This could be groundbreaking research, a successful pilot, or a simple efficiency hack that has changed your workday.

OMD invites abstract submissions across four streams: three for clinical presenters and one sponsored stream for vendors. Content must focus on community-based clinicians, including primary care physicians, specialists and nurse practitioners, highlighting the use of OMD-certified EMRs, digital health technologies and integrated supplementary tools.

This call is for all community-based clinicians, clinical leaders, researchers and innovators using digital health tools to drive meaningful change. The OMD Educates Digital Health Conference is an unmatched opportunity for clinicians to get tips from experts and colleagues on optimizing their EMR and other innovative health technology to enhance patient care and realize more value for their practice.

OMD's objectives are to educate attendees on the evolving use of digital health tools to:

• Support quick and easy access to patient data and information for better clinical decision-making
• Communicate and connect with health care professionals efficiently
• Optimize patient care, practice efficiency, and professional satisfaction for clinicians, staff and patients
• Save time creating efficiencies and increasing capacity

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.

 Sessions in each stream will be accredited for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits for family physicians and specialists and Nurse Practitioners.

Abstract Submission Form

All submissions must include a signed Conflict of Interest Form for our Continuing Medical Education Application so attendees can earn credits. Download the form.

 Early-bird registration for OMD Educates: Digital Health Conference

The "Time-Savings" Challenge

To help attendees select the session most relevant to them, each abstract must include a time-savings estimate. In addition to theory, we want to know exactly how much time your solution returns to the clinic. OMD will share your estimate in the conference program to help attendees prioritize the sessions that will help them most.

Guidelines for counting the time your solution saves

• Per Encounter: (e.g., "Saves 4 minutes per patient through automated intake")
• Per Week: (e.g., "Reduces billing administration by 3 hours weekly")
• Per Year: (e.g., "Cuts 50 hours of annual staff follow-up calls")

Submission Guidelines for Success

To ensure your abstract aligns with OMD's goals, please ensure your submission addresses:

• The Problem - the specific inefficiency or barrier addressed
• The Tool/Workflow - the digital health solution utilized
• The Impact - data or anecdotal evidence showing improvements in access, communication, satisfaction, or time saved

Abstract Guidelines

Stream 1: Advancing Patient Care Through Technology

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.

Stream 2: Digital Practice Optimization and Enhancing Professional Satisfaction

This stream focuses on "creating capacity" and restoring work-life balance by eliminating manual tasks.

Stream 3: Leveraging Emerging technologies in community-based clinics

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

Sponsor/Vendor Stream: (Short Snappers)

This stream provides the opportunity for startup vendors to showcase their businesses and products. Startup Eligibility: Must have been founded within the last five years, $500K or less in revenue and have 10 employees or less.

Does your company have an innovative solution that may help clinician's 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.

Abstracts from vendors will not be accepted as part of the accredited curriculum.

Note: If you are not a Startup and wish to present, please see OMD's sponsorship prospectus and email us at omd.events@ontariomd.com to inquire about availability.

Presentation Format Options

Lecture Session
30 minutes, additional 15 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 $899. 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.

Call for Abstracts

Reminders

• Subject matter must be educational to be eligible for consideration as sessions will be CME-accredited by the regulatory colleges, 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 ($899 fee, if approved).
• All submissions must include a signed Conflict of Interest Form for our Continuing Medical Education Application so attendees can earn credits. Download the form.

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