Meaghan Nolan | Top 40 Under 40 2025

Age: 39

Occupation: Co-Founder and COO, Mikata Health

Meaghan Nolan thought she was on the path to becoming a doctor. The born-and-raised Calgarian completed a bachelor’s degree in health sciences and a master’s in health and exercise physiology at UCalgary before realizing she was much too squeamish for the role. This led her to discover her true passion: health technology.

In 2018, her passion for medicine and health tech came to fruition when she launched Mikata Health, a health-care technology company, with her partner in life and work, Kyle Nishiyama.

“We’re partners and partners, as I like to say,” says Nolan.

Mikata Health tackles a pressing problem in health care: doctors and clinic staff spend an overwhelming amount of their day on administrative tasks like paperwork, scheduling and patient documentation, limiting the time they have to provide fully attentive care to patients.

Designed with first-hand insight from health-care professionals, Mikata Health automates and streamlines tedious administrative processes, giving health-care teams more time for what truly matters: patient care.

Nolan oversees Mikata’s operations and product development. Its offerings are robust. The comprehensive digital platform includes patient messaging, digital forms and a flagship AI tool, Mika AI Scribe, which integrates with the software and systems that health-care professionals already use.

Mika AI Scribe uses AI to transcribe doctor-patient conversations and automatically draft clinical notes, significantly cutting paperwork time. Early data shows it can decrease the time spent on medical charting after appointments by up to 69 per cent, reducing physician burnout, increasing capacity and enhancing patient care.

Since 2018, Mikata Health has served more than five million Canadian patients. This year, it was one of only nine companies in the country selected for Canada Health Infoway’s inaugural national AI Scribe program to equip thousands of doctors with AI tools.

“We want to help clinics operate differently so they can focus more on taking care of their patients,” says Nolan.

Thank yous
“My partner and co-founder, Kyle Nishiyama; our children Oliver and Rosetta; the rest of our incredibly supportive, inspiring and fun family; and each member of Team Mikata who have made our mission to transform the experience of going to the doctor their own.”