Loreen Wales joins MindSea CEO Reuben Hall to discuss how mobile apps can help manage chronic conditions and encourage healthy habits. Loreen’s public-sector experience as a healthcare provider and her private-sector experience as CEO of a digital wellness company give her a panoramic perspective on the state of healthcare today. She shares her insight into the patient experience, what she’s learned in her years in practice, and the breakthroughs she believes technology can help realize.
CEO and founder of My Viva Plan, Loreen has 25 years’ experience as a registered dietitian and holds degrees in nutrition and psychology. Applying her deep understanding of the interaction between physical and mental health, Loreen engages and motivates patients to take ownership of their own health journeys.
Loreen began her career at the University of Alberta Hospital, where her focus was on kidney disease. She started a private clinical practice, Revive Wellness, in 2006, and entered the digital health space in 2013. At My Viva Plan, Loreen is creating an app that will both empower patients’ self-efficacy and facilitate communications with their healthcare providers.