Director of Digital Health Strategy Announcement

On behalf of the five Ontario Health Teams (Windsor-Essex, Chatham-Kent, Sarnia-Lambton, Middlesex-London and Elgin), along with TransForm Shared Service Organization, we are thrilled to announce a remarkably collaborative and innovative partnership that will drive the digital health strategy forward across our OHTs in Southwest Ontario. 

A newly created role of Director, Digital Health Strategy will be shared in order to provide leadership in digital healthto the communities served by these partners.  The role will ensure that Ontario’s provincial road map for digital health is optimized for the local health delivery needs and transformation of health services underway through the evolving OHT model.  The intent is that this role will develop a prioritized and sustainable local digital health roadmap that aligns with the strategic priorities of the OHTs, are supported by the provincial digital health strategy, while addressing the specific OHT digital health priorities.

After performing a provincial-wide search, the partners have recruited Silas Ng who will commence this important role on February 27, 2023.  Silas brings a wealth of experience in digital health within Ontario, which includes leading a team at the Ministry of Health to develop and implement the province’s digital health strategy, including policies, and investments to support the sector in its procurement and use of clinical systems, oversight of the provincial eService strategy to digitize and standardize inter-organizational clinical workflows, and development of a cyber-security strategy to support health service providers in their cyber readiness and minimize the impact of cyber-attacks. He has also led clinician-facing projects at an acute care institution from inception to operations to better enable seamless communication and access to patient records.

Please join us in welcoming Silas as he develops and executes our digital health strategy to provide tools and resources for our health service providers to enhance patient care.

Link to feature: https://www.transformsso.ca/2023/02/13/ohts-partnership-digital-health-strategist/