The OntarioMD Digital Health Conference (DHC) 2026 runs Thursday, October 1 and Friday, October 2, 2026, at the Automotive Building at Exhibition Place in Toronto. It’s Ontario’s main clinician-focused event on EMRs, AI tools and digital health workflow, built for physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, allied health professionals and clinic staff rather than a vendor trade show crowd.

This year’s theme, “Turning Technology into Time: Creating Capacity in the Community,” runs through most of the two-day agenda. The program leans heavily into AI: ambient scribes, AI-powered clinical decision support, a panel with Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner on AI governance, and a legal and regulatory update on where Canadian privacy law currently stands on AI in clinical practice.

Quick Facts

• Dates: Thursday, October 1 and Friday, October 2, 2026, at the Automotive Building at Exhibition Place in Toronto (OntarioMD)
• Registration: Full two-day pass is $399.99 (regular rate); a single day is $249.99. Student rates are $119.99 (full conference) and $75.99 (single day) (official registration page)
• CME credits: Accredited for 10.25 Mainpro+® credits through the College of Family Physicians of Canada, Ontario Chapter, and the credits transfer for specialists (DHC 2026 program)
• Next edition: DHC 2027 is already dated for Wednesday, September 29 and Thursday, September 30, 2027, at the same venue (OntarioMD)

When and Where Is the OntarioMD Digital Health Conference 2026?

DHC 2026 takes place Thursday, October 1 and Friday, October 2, 2026, at the Automotive Building at Exhibition Place in Toronto. Registration and breakfast open at 7:00 a.m. both days, and attendees can register for one day or both (DHC 2026 program).

The conference is organized by OntarioMD as part of its OMD Educates series, in partnership with the Ontario Medical Association. It sits squarely in the Events pillar readers already know from our coverage of HIMSS and other North American health IT conferences, but DHC is smaller, entirely clinician focused, and built around EMR-specific training rather than a large exhibit floor (OntarioMD).

How Much Does DHC 2026 Registration Cost?

Pricing is published and confirmed directly on OntarioMD’s own registration page, with no “TBA” placeholders:

Registration	Cost
Regular rate, single day (Oct 1 or Oct 2)	$249.99
Regular rate, full conference (both days)	$399.99
Student rate, single day	$75.99
Student rate, full conference	$119.99

Source: OntarioMD Digital Health Event Registration

Groups also get a discount, calculated automatically at registration: 10 percent off for 4 to 5 attendees, 15 percent off for 6 to 9, and 20 percent off for 10 or more (official registration page). Registration and sponsorship details are handled through OntarioMD’s registration portal.

Who Should Attend the OntarioMD Digital Health Conference?

OntarioMD pitches DHC as relevant to anyone touching digital tools in a practice, not just physicians: nurse practitioners, nurses, allied health professionals, administrative and clinic staff, and health system decision makers who want to hear directly from front-line clinicians (OntarioMD). As family physician and Ontario Medical Association President Dr. Rebecca Hicks and OntarioMD CEO Robert Fox open day one, and as Deputy Premier and Minister of Health Sylvia Jones delivers opening remarks, the program keeps returning to a practical question: how do these tools actually save time in a real clinic day (DHC 2026 program)?

Physician and health system leader Dr. Jane Philpott sums up the conference’s reputation this way: “OntarioMD remains highly clinician focused and they continue to drive innovation” (OntarioMD). Past attendees describe DHC less as a trade show and more as a working reunion: a chance to reconnect with clinical and digital health colleagues, compare notes on EMR-specific workflows, and bring practical tools back to their own practice (OntarioMD).

Registration includes breakfast, lunch and snacks both days, access to the Vendor Showcase and Start-up Zone, and EMR training workshops led by OntarioMD’s clinician Peer Leaders on the same EMR the attendee actually uses, including Accuro, OSCAR Pro, PS Suite and Collaborative Health Record (DHC 2026 program).

AI Sessions, Keynotes and Panels to Watch at DHC 2026

Opening keynote, day one. Dr. Alika Lafontaine, the first Indigenous president of the Canadian Medical Association and a practicing anesthesiologist, delivers “The Outrage Cure,” on clinician burnout, patient anger and how digital health tools can either rebuild trust or accelerate the slide into indifference (session details).

AI-powered clinical decision support. “Accelerating Evidence2Practice,” a panel moderated by Dr. Ali Damji with representatives from Women’s College Hospital’s Institute for Health System Solutions, Ontario Health, the Centre for Effective Practice and OntarioMD’s own Chief Privacy Officer, looks at how AI-based clinical decision support tools are being tested for primary care in Ontario. The session’s own program notes put adoption at a low starting point: only 7 percent of clinicians currently use any AI tool to support patient care, even though 62 percent of Ontarians and 47 percent of clinicians report being comfortable with AI in health care (session details).

AI and privacy law. “A Clinician’s Guide to Leveraging the AI Galaxy While Avoiding the Legal Abyss” brings together Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner Patricia Kosseim, OntarioMD’s General Counsel Ariane Siegel, and clinician-scientist Dr. Amol Verma to walk through AI scribe evaluations, Vendor of Record programs and recent Auditor General findings on AI procurement (session details). A separate day-two session, “2026 Legal and Regulatory Update,” goes deeper on what PHIPA and current Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario guidance mean for clinicians using AI tools day to day (session details). These sessions track closely with concerns we’ve written about in our own piece on the risks of AI in healthcare, particularly around accountability and governance as AI-CDS tools move from pilot projects into daily use.

Day-two keynote and AI-trust panel. Dr. Michael Evans, one of the first physicians hired by Apple, opens day two with “From Exam Rooms to iPhones,” then moderates “The Third Voice in the Room: AI, Patients and the Future of Trust,” a panel with OntarioMD’s Chief Medical Officer, CAMH’s Chief Health Information Officer, and the President and CEO of Healthcare Excellence Canada, on how clinicians should respond when patients arrive already carrying AI-generated advice (session details).

AI scribes and documentation. This is the most heavily represented theme on the agenda. Sessions cover an open-source AI scribe built for the OSCAR EMR (session details), a practical framework for AI-assisted documentation in community family practice (session details), and a ground-level look at deploying an AI voice receptionist, including a real 2-to-3-week rollout in a 10-physician clinic (session details). For broader context on how ambient scribes are being adopted across US and Canadian clinics, see our guide to AI medical scribes.

Case studies with real numbers. A session on embedding culturally responsive allergy care into primary care reports cutting specialist wait times from 79 days to 30 days by combining structured EMR data with AI-assisted patient education (session details). Another, on a standardized EMR diabetes workflow across nearly 1,000 patients, reports reclaiming more than 34 hours a year per care team by streamlining coding, screening and billing (session details).

Where to Stay for the OntarioMD Digital Health Conference

OntarioMD has a group rate starting at $349.99 a night at the Residence Inn by Marriott in Toronto’s Entertainment District, close to the venue (OntarioMD).

Attendees extending their stay have a couple of options that weekend: the Toronto Argonauts host the BC Lions at BMO Field on October 3, and Nuit Blanche, the city’s free all-night contemporary art event, runs from 7 p.m. on October 3 to 7 a.m. on October 4 (OntarioMD).

OntarioMD Digital Health Conference 2027 Dates

OntarioMD has already confirmed the next edition: Wednesday, September 29 and Thursday, September 30, 2027, again at the Automotive Building at Exhibition Place in Toronto (OntarioMD). Worth bookmarking if you’re planning conference travel a year out, the way our HIMSS and VIVE pages already track 2027 dates for the major US shows.

FAQ

What is the OntarioMD Digital Health Conference?

The OntarioMD Digital Health Conference (DHC), part of the OMD Educates series, is a two-day, in-person clinician education event in Toronto covering EMR use, digital health tools and AI in primary and specialty care. It’s organized by OntarioMD with the Ontario Medical Association and includes keynotes, panels, EMR-specific Peer Leader workshops and a vendor showcase.

When is the OntarioMD Digital Health Conference 2026?

DHC 2026 runs Thursday, October 1 and Friday, October 2, 2026, at the Automotive Building at Exhibition Place in Toronto.

How much does it cost to attend DHC 2026?

Regular registration is $249.99 for a single day or $399.99 for both days. Student rates are $75.99 for a single day and $119.99 for both days, and groups of four or more qualify for a 10 to 20 percent discount.

Does DHC 2026 offer continuing medical education credits?

Yes. The program is accredited for 10.25 Mainpro+® credits through the College of Family Physicians of Canada, Ontario Chapter, and those credits transfer for specialists.

Who should attend the OntarioMD Digital Health Conference?

OntarioMD designed DHC for physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, allied health professionals and administrative or clinic staff, as well as health system decision makers who want to hear directly from front-line clinicians about digital health needs.