The Family Medicine Innovation Forum
October 4, 2025 | Edmonton, AB
Showcasing Innovations in Family Medicine and Primary Care
Presented by the Alberta College of Family Physicians (ACFP) and Alberta Medical Association (AMA)’s Accelerating Change Transformation Team (ACTT), the Family Medicine Innovation Forum (FMIF) brought together health leaders, creative thinkers, and trailblazers in family medicine and primary care to showcase best practices and innovations that are transforming and improving patient care.
To learn more about the innovations featured at the Forum, you’re invited to join our community on the ACFP’s online platform. Simply create a log in and join the Innovation community.
Check out our highlights from the day below.
A huge thank you to all the brilliant minds who participated at the Family Medicine Innovation Forum hosted by the ACFP and AMA ACTT.
Guests enjoyed a lovely welcome reception the evening before the big pitch day. The Dragon’s Den Welcome Reception featured a fun and interactive activity asking participants to weigh in on the best medical innovations in health care.
The following day, participants enjoyed a jam-packed fill Saturday featuring 12 pitch presentations and an interactive and informative speed dating networking session.
Judges’ Choice Award
- Carmi, AI Clinical Assistant, CARM&A Health Inc.
- Bashaw Medical Clinic, Bashaw and District Support Services-Sylvan Family Health Centre Partnership
- HomeFree Medically-Supervised Homecare, Dr. Charles Wong
People’s Choice Awards
- Bridge Healing Transitional Housing Program, Dr. Louis Hugo Francescutti
- The Bashaw Medical Clinic: Transforming Health Through Community-Led, Team-Based Care, Bashaw Medical Clinic and Sylvan Family Health Centre
- HomeFree Medically-Supervised Homecare, Dr. Charles Wong and Empowering Physicians to Practice Virtual Care in Alberta, Rocket Doctor
Call for Innovations – Closed
The Call for Innovations is an opportunity for you to share your innovation with a wider audience. To assist you with your submission, take the following steps:
Step 1: Prepare Your Submission
To ensure your responses are concise and answer the questions, we recommend that you download the Innovation Intake Form to finesse your answers offline before submitting your application online.
Step 2: Review the Terms and Conditions
Before submitting your innovation, please review the following terms and conditions:
- A separate abstract submission form is required for each innovation being submitted.
- The Scientific Planning Committee has agreed to cover complimentary registration and travel expenses for one delegate per accepted submission. Additional considerations may be made for submissions originating outside the Edmonton area.
- This is an in-person event. By submitting an innovation, you agree to the following terms:
- At least one project representative must be available to present in person at the Mayfield Dinner Theatre in Edmonton on October 4th.
- The delegate must comply with all program requirements (e.g., AV needs, pitch duration, presentation format, etc.).
- The SPC reserves the right to determine the presentation format and may limit the number of presentations per presenter.
- As indicated in the form above, the intention of FMIF is to showcase the latest innovations and best practices transforming primary health care and improving patient care. This is a public-facing event. The responsibility for protecting sensitive or proprietary information rests with the innovator and attendees.
Step 3: Submit Your Innovation
The 2025 Call for Innovations is now closed.
The FMIF Scientific Planning Committee will review all submissions and will invite accepted innovations to present at the FMIF on October 4, 2025 at the Mayfield Dinner Theatre (Edmonton, AB).
All innovations will be notified regarding the status of their submission by the first week of August.
FAQ
The Scientific Planning Committee will review the submissions and short list and invite successful innovators to present at the forum on October 4. It will be in a pitch format (up to six minutes in length) from the stage.
Yes, of course. As presenters of the forum, we are happy to waive the registration fee and cover travel expenses (including up to two nights of accommodation*) for one designated presenter.
* As per the ACFP’s travel expense guidelines.
As this is our first innovation showcase, we are open to accepting all submissions that are aligned with the overall objectives of the forum. The FMIF endeavors to showcase and recognize innovations and best practices that improve care and access for Albertans to family medicine and primary health care, decrease administrative burden, and advance team-based primary care.
This sounds like it would meet the objectives of the forum around team-based care.
The ACFP and AMA ACTT are unable to award any monies as prizes, however our hope is to invite potential investors, grant funders, and health care administrators looking for opportunities to partner and collaborate with innovative teams and solutions to spread and scale projects and innovations. Both the AMA ACTT and ACFP are committed to further promote innovations shared at the FMIF to their broader member populations and key partner groups through a series of features in their communication vehicles and potentially featuring a series of hosted webinars.
No. The FMIF is intended to showcase and recognize innovations and best practices that improve care and access for Albertans to family medicine and primary health care, decrease administrative burden, and advance team-based primary care. We encourage family physicians or practice team members to have substantial involvement in the innovation or solution to the practice challenges which they face. Accepted innovations will be asked to designate a presenter for their pitch.
The intention of FMIF is to showcase the latest innovations and best practices transforming primary health care and improving patient care. This is a public-facing event. The responsibility for protecting sensitive or proprietary information rests with the innovator and attendees.
All submitters will be notified of their submission status by early August.
Support
For questions and/or assistance in submitting your innovation, contact us: info@acfp.ca