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Grace Castillo-Soyao on the TechTO stage

Grace Castillo-Soyao

Founder & Executive Chair, Self Care Catalysts

Digital HealthTorontoOn TechTO stages since 2016

Grace Castillo-Soyao is the founder of Self Care Catalysts, a Toronto digital-health company she started in 2010 that turns patient-reported data into real-world evidence through its Health Storylines app. One of Toronto's earliest health-tech founders, she has moved from CEO to executive chair. She spoke at HealthTO in 2017 on the future of digital health.

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First seen on the TechTO stage in 2016. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Grace

In their words

for all of us who are actually investing a lot of our time and effort, we don't want to end up like zombies, we don't want to fail

TechTO, May 2017 · watch at 02:46

we often forget the patient, because for the patient it is more than just being ill; patients are humans and we are people

TechTO, May 2017 · watch at 03:24

Our mission is to empower patients — we want to shift the power to patients, and we do that by enabling them to build their own health storylines.

TechTO HealthTO, Jul 2016 · watch at 2:00

In the future we will probably be the one who's going to tell the doctors this is the kind of care and action I want to take for my health, instead of the doctors telling us what to do.

TechTO HealthTO, Jul 2016 · watch at 2:41
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Quick answers

What is Grace Castillo-Soyao known for?

Founding Self Care Catalysts, a Toronto digital-health company that generates patient-reported real-world evidence, and being one of Toronto's earliest health-tech founders.

What is Self Care Catalysts?

A Toronto health-analytics company whose Health Storylines app captures patient-reported outcomes and turns them into real-world evidence.

What is her role now?

She has transitioned from CEO to founder and executive chair of Self Care Catalysts.

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