Primary industry: Healthcare | Secondary industry: Digital Health
Additional expertise: Product Market Fit, Coaching, Healthcare in Alberta, Commercialization
Patty Wickson has significantly influenced Canada’s healthcare sector as a former Executive Director at Alberta Health Services (AHS). She pioneered innovation strategies, leveraging evidence-based practices, strategic partnerships, funding and advanced health technologies to drive systemic improvements. Her leadership shaped the Innovation, Evidence, Evaluation & Impact portfolio, fostering collaborations with industry, government, and academic institutions to advance healthcare innovation. A certified health executive (CHE), Patty is renowned for her commitment to patient centered care, digital health transformation, and company commercialization. She has deep insights into innovation frameworks globally, and build innovation assessments to support commercialization within the health system. Key elements include validation, user experience, patient experience, switching costs and adjust provider’s workflows. With a clear line of sight for business market, leadership, regulatory, advocacy, and business insights. Patty excels in navigating complex challenges using Lean Six Sigma, Prosci Change Management, and Design Thinking principles. She has built multidisciplinary teams, implemented clinical information systems, built innovation process, evidence requirements and influenced health system policies at the national level. She holds certifications as RRT, CHE, eMBA, FCSRT.