Digital4Health (D4H)

As a challenge-driven program, D4H provides an opportunity to address priority health system challenges through the implementation and real-world testing of promising digital health solutions that deliver health and economic value in Alberta.

This Program explores novel care models to support the transformation of the health system to be more sustainable and citizen-centric. Through a process of collaboration, health system delivery partners and technology solution provers can generate evidence that will facilitate adoption and scale of technology-enabled care models. Challenges are data-informed, needs-driven, and provide unique opportunities for applicants to leverage digital health solutions across the continuum of care. Ultimately, this program will aim to deliver better health care and economic value in Alberta.

Challenge Model

D4H is a challenge-driven program. Challenges are data-informed, needs-driven, and provide unique opportunities for applicants to leverage digital health solutions across the continuum of care to implement and test technology-enabled care models.

The D4H Program has two streams: a Partner Challenge Stream and Project Stream.

Partner Challenge Stream: Alberta Innovates partners with organizations to tackle specific, co-identified challenges within Alberta’s health system. This stream aims to leverage these partnerships to pilot and evaluate digital health solutions that address our partnered challenges and have the potential to transform care delivery in Alberta. Please refer to current and past challenge on the Program Webpage for more details.

Project Stream: Designed for Health Service Delivery Partners (HSDPs), who have partnered with a Technology Solution Provider(s) (TSPs) ready to deploy an innovative digital health solution for real-world implementation. This stream provides support to HSDPs to implement their innovations to address data-informed, health system needs that generates evidence and insights to facilitate broader adoption and scale within Alberta’s health system.

Current Partner Challenges

• Creating the Future of Rehabilitation Care with the Glenrose Hospital Foundation

Funding Available

Funding amount is up to $200,000 per project.

Term: up to 24 months.

Key Dates

The Partner Challenge Stream has challenge-specific submission dates throughout the year. Challenge-specific submission deadlines will be posted under the “Current Partner Challenges” section above.

The Project Stream has a continuous intake for applications.