News and insights on mobile app development, design, and digital healthcare
Before patients trust your app with their health, they need to trust you with their data. HIPAA is how you earn that trust. In 2025, building a HIPAA compliant app is the foundation of credibility for any mobile health or research platform. For universities, hospitals, and grant-funded teams, the stakes are exceptionally high. A single… Read More
In this episode of the Moving Digital Health podcast from MindSea, Parados founder and CEO Pascal McCarthy shares how his experiences as an athlete led him to build a new kind of motion capture technology for healthcare to more frequently assess patient movement. Parados helps clinicians and athletes record and analyze movement using simple video… Read more
Key Takeaways When healthcare researchers design AI-enabled mobile apps, they are not just building tools. They are navigating a complex ecosystem where algorithmic decisions meet sensitive patient data. One study of AI-powered health apps found that most did not explain how their algorithms reached decisions, leaving users unsure how their data was used. This lack… Read more
CHARM-COPD Project Snapshot Who: Researchers at the University Health Network (UHN), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and the University of Toronto (all in Toronto) What: Remote patient monitoring app for COPD patients, which is designed to capture daily symptom changes and treatment adjustments Features: Future Expansion: Developing a programmable platform to adapt to other conditions (hypertension,… Read more
In this episode of the MindSea podcast, Mike Desimone, General Manager of Medicine at Ascend Learning, shares his extensive experience in healthcare tech and education. He discusses the importance of a diverse background in scaling healthcare companies, the challenges of health tech M&A (mergers & acquisitions), and the unique aspects of rapid growth in the… Read more
In this episode of the MindSea Podcast, Reuben Hall talks with Darren Klugman, Vice President of Clinical Operations at CalmWave. They discuss the critical issue of alarm management in ICUs. Klugman draws on his background in pediatric cardiac intensive care to explain the toll of constant noise on providers and patients. CalmWave uses data science… Read more
In this episode of the MindSea Podcast, Reuben Hall interviews Salvatore Viscomi, CEO of Carna Health. They discuss the urgent global health crisis of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and the innovative digital health solutions in development to address it. Salvatore shares his journey from physician to digital health entrepreneur. He’s now working at Carna Health… Read more
In this episode of Moving Digital Health, Reuben Hall speaks with Marco Smit, VP of Business Development at Gesund.AI, about the future of AI in healthcare and life sciences. Marco shares why so many organizations stall in pilot mode and explains why AI governance in healthcare organizations will be the key differentiator for those who… Read more
Our guest this episode was Brian Book, President at Book Zurman. Brian joined Reuben Hall to discuss healthcare interoperability, and how veteran-led innovation is reshaping digital health. “As a disabled veteran, I am a consumer of the VA product. And so I have a vested interest in making sure that the work that we do… Read more
Our guest this episode was Farnoosh Abbas Aghababazadeh, who joined Reuben Hall to explore how machine learning and federated data approaches are shaping the future of cancer research. “If you want to have reproducible research, you should start with the right data and standardized data” — Farnoosh Abbas Aghababazadeh on reproducibility in biomedical research. Find… Read more
At MindSea, we’re passionate about building top-notch mobile apps that really work for our clients, making sure they’re intuitive, friendly, and meet every need. One of the key decisions we have to make to deliver this experience is the framework we build them on. React Native and Flutter are two of the most popular frameworks… Read more
Previous articles in this series looked at mobile app development in terms of the raw data available from the sensors that are built into smartphones, as well as the increasing role of connected wearables and other smart external devices. This post tackles the major topics of integrating Android Health Connect and Apple Health – the two… Read more
When the University of Manitoba’s research team set out to develop a digital health app for their BEAM program—designed to support family mental health and ease parenting stress—they knew they needed more than just a developer. They needed a true partner. That’s why they chose MindSea. Through open communication and strong, ongoing collaboration, they tapped… Read more
Our guest this episode was Alex Mitchell, who joined Reuben Hall to discuss the role of artificial intelligence in improving mental health care. Alex shares insights on the current challenges within the mental health system, the inefficiencies of traditional intake and triage processes, and how AI-driven tools can help streamline access to care. “Three years… Read more
Our guest this episode was Jennifer Zelmer, President & CEO of Healthcare Excellence Canada. Jennifer joined Reuben Hall to discuss the integration and scaling of digital health innovations within the Canadian healthcare system. “It’s rarely the technology on its own that is able to deliver the real value. So it’s that combination of technology in… Read more
Our guest this episode was Vanessa Roknic, Senior Commercial Innovation Executive & Digital Transformation Leader. Vanessa joined Reuben Hall to discuss the intricacies of innovation in the pharmaceutical and digital health sectors. “If we had done the right kind of quick testing and experimentation right at the beginning, that’s something that we could have found… Read more
Digital health apps are reshaping healthcare and transforming patients’ lives with every download. Whether it’s through remote patient monitoring, collecting accurate health data, connection to other patients, improving workflow efficiency and experience to ease the burden on physicians, or even virtual consults, the possibilities these apps open up often seem endless. Universities and academic institutions… Read more
Our guest this episode was Arjun Puri, CEO & Cofounder of Symbiotic AI. Arjun joined Reuben Hall to discuss the importance of leveraging healthcare information to improve decision-making for both clinicians and patients in cardiology. “it is a complex and difficult decision to make when the patient is sitting on the cath lab table and… Read more
Our guest this episode is Arielle Smith, Vice President of Growth at Event Cadence. Arielle joined Reuben Hall to delve into her unique career journey from her initial pursuit of medical school to her shift into the digital health sector, and the evolution of Event Cadence from a startup to a pivotal player in healthcare… Read more
Our guest this episode was Darren Steeves, Chief Supporter & Founder of JackHabbit. Darren joined Reuben Hall to discuss the design and implementation of strategies for health and wellness platforms, as well as the negative perception surrounding tech solutions in health. “We have to embrace IT. We got to make sure that it works. We’re… Read more
Our guest this episode was Melissa Frew, a Senior Service Designer with Healthcare Human Factors. Melissa joined Reuben Hall to discuss how service design (and human-centered design) can have a major impact in designing and improving services in the healthcare industry. “We come in as designers and we bring in this sort of human-centered lens… Read more
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