MindSea Digital Health Blog
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From Research to Reality: Overcoming Challenges in Academic Digital Health App Development
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
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Moving Digital Health, Episode 29: Arjun Puri of Symbiotic AI
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
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Moving Digital Health, Episode 28: Arielle Smith of Event Cadence
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
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Moving Digital Health, Episode 27: Darren Steeves of JackHabbit
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
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Moving Digital Health, Episode 26: Melissa Frew of Healthcare Human Factors
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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Moving Digital Health, Episode 24: Eirini Schlosser of Dyania Health
Our guest this episode was Eirini Schlosser, the founder and CEO of Dyania Health, an advanced healthcare AI research company that helps find clinical trials for patients with life impacting conditions. Eirini joined Reuben Hall to discuss the real-world uses, successes, and challenges of AI technologies in the healthcare setting. “[We can use the] same… Read more
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Moving Digital Health, Episode 23: Lorne Segal of Constant Health
Our guest this episode was Lorne Segal, Co-Founder and Director of Operations at the Bariatric Medical Institute and Co-Founder of Constant Health, who discussed with Reuben Hall the background and creation of BMI, the expansion to pediatric obesity and partnership with the Ottawa Hospital, the introduction of technology and the need for the Constant Health… Read more
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Moving Digital Health, Episode 22: Dr. Jonathan Baktari of e7 Health
Our guest this episode was Dr. Jonathan Baktari, the CEO of eNational Testing, E7 Health, and US Drug Test Centers. He brings over 20 years of clinical, administrative, and entrepreneurial experience. He’s been a triple board certified physician, specializing in internal medicine, pulmonary, and critical care medicine. Dr Baktari joined Reuben Hall to discuss the… Read more
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Top Digital Health App Features in 2023
At MindSea, we don’t just design and develop apps. While it is the primary focus of our work, it’s more common for us to work with clients on more complex “digital ecosystems” that include a mobile app, one or more responsive websites, a secure backend and integrations with smart devices and wearables. We see it… Read more
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Moving Digital Health, Episode 21: Dr. Muhammad Mamdani from Unity Health and the University of Toronto
Our guest this episode was Dr. Muhammad Mamdani, a Canadian professor, pharmacist and epidemiologist, known for contributions to pharmacoeconomics, drug safety and application of data analytics and artificial intelligence to medical systems. He is the Vice-President of Data Science and Advanced Analytics at Unity Health Toronto, and the founder and Director of the Temerty Centre… Read more
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Moving Digital Health, Episode 20: Patricia Bradley from MindMaze
Our guest this episode was Patricia Bradley, CEO of MindMaze. Patricia is an innovative commercial executive leader with over 25 years of healthcare experience. Previously, she held senior leadership positions as a vice president of sales and marketing at Nova Nordisk, where she built a successful clinical education business unit from the ground up with… Read more
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Seven Mobile App Statistics to Know in 2023
In 2023, mobile apps will generate $543 billion in revenue. That’s impressive. Have you ever wondered what drives someone to use (or not use) a mobile app? Or what type of mobile app they’re likely to use the most? Or how much time they’re spending in the mobile apps they download? In this post, we’ve… Read more
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Moving Digital Health, Episode 19: Bill Winkenwerder from CitiusTech
Our guest this episode was Bill Winkenwerder, M.D.. Dr. Winkenwerder is a nationally known health care strategist with extensive leadership experience in the US Department of Defense and the private health sector. He is Chairman at CitiusTech and Chairman and CEO of Winkenwerder Strategies, LLC, a health care advisory and investment firm. He is an… Read more
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Moving Digital Health, Episode 18: Derek Ritz from ecGroup Inc.
Our guest this week was Derek Ritz, Principal Consultant of ecGroup Inc, discussing his digital health work in low and middle income countries, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Asia Pacific regions. This was a fantastic and eye-opening discussion highlighting how Derek’s work overseas has influenced his work in the North American digital health industry,… Read more
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Moving Digital Health, Episode 17: Carmen Branje from Maple
Our guest this week on Moving Digital Health was Carmen Branje, Director of Product Design for Maple, Canada’s leading online medical care platform, providing virtual access to reputable, Canadian-licensed healthcare providers. Listen to this podcast episode to hear Carmen discuss with Reuben Hall, CEO of MindSea Development, the challenges of designing for critical digital health… Read more
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Moving Digital Health, Episode 16: Kyle Kiser from Arrive Health
Our latest guest on Moving Digital Health was Kyle Kiser, CEO of Arrive Health, discussing how his company is empowering consumers with the information they need to make informed choices about where they purchase medications — and critically — how much they have to pay. “64% of patients were going to avoid taking their medication… Read more
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Moving Digital Health, Episode 15: Mike Lovas of Cancer Digital Intelligence on Design & Innovation
Our latest guest on Moving Digital Health was Mike Lovas, Director of Design and Innovation, Cancer Digital Intelligence at UHN. Mike joined MindSea CEO Reuben Hall to discuss the experience of cancer patients, as well as innovative tools and solutions driving cancer care forward into the future. In his work leading teams focused on healthcare… Read more
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Moving Digital Health, Episode 14: Ruby Gadelrab Tudor of MDisrupt on Knowledge Deficits in Healthcare Startups
Seasoned commercial health executive Ruby Gadelrab Tudor sat down with MindSea CEO Reuben Hall to discuss the working relationships between digital health companies and clinicians, as well as the knowledge deficits for healthcare startups in regulatory, legal, and clinical expertise. Ruby has over 20 years of experience in biotech, healthcare, and health tech industries, including… Read more
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Should You Build A Mobile App In 2023?
Mobile apps continue to become more and more essential to the daily lives of Canadians. Since 2019, according to data.ai’s annual “State of Mobile” report for 2023, average hours spent on mobile per day in Canada has risen from just over 3 hours a day to 4.6 hours a day – an almost 50% increase.… Read more
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The MindSea Approach to Design
At MindSea, we believe great design starts with understanding the needs of the people who will use the service or product, and begins with conducting intentional work to build that understanding. We combine and apply the thinking and techniques from Human-Centered Design (HCD), User-Centered Design (UCD), User Experience (UX), and Service Design to employ a… Read more
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How Mobile Health Apps Are Improving Healthcare: Saving Costs, Saving Lives
Chronic illnesses cost billions each year The rise of chronic illnesses is costing the Canadian economy billions of dollars each year. The Public Health Agency reports 44% of adults are living with at least one chronic illness and another 80% are at risk for developing one. The costs on the economy and for patients are… Read more
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