Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Goals and Learning Objectives:
1. Give examples of the path to market taken by successful ventures in BC.
2. Discuss the process of identifying and launching products under the new BC Digital Health Strategy, and how researchers/ industry can engage with this.
3. Discuss need for evaluation and monitoring of new products.

Amir Javidan
Chief Operating Officer, WELL Health Technologies

Brian Simmers
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Health Informatics and Corporate Development, Providence Health Care
(PHC)

Don MacArthur
Sr. Project Manager, Digital Health Strategy Office, Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA)
Hamidreza Farshchi Nasr
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, D2Type Health

Mike Cleghorn
Chief Provincial Digital Solutions, EO Clinical Delivery & Digital Info, Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA)


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