MindSea Digital Health Blog
News and insights on mobile app development, design, and digital healthcare
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Code vs. No-Code for App Development: Programming Pros and Cons
To code or not to code? That is the question. Entrepreneurs often wonder which approach will work best, but whether or not you should leverage no-code solutions for your product depends on your goals. When one of our partners asks which solution they should choose, our initial answer always derives from a thorough understanding of Read more
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MindSea named Canada’s top React Native developer
We’re excited to announce that MindSea is currently ranked as the best React Native developer in Canada by Clutch, a market insight expert company that gathers data-driven performance feedback. Driven by our client reviews, our ability to deliver successful projects, and a five-star rating, this is a huge honour for our team and reflects our Read more
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Doctors Need Apps Too: Designing Digital Health Experiences With Clinicians In Mind
We’ve written extensively on balancing patient/physician needs in app design. But what about specifically developing apps for doctors? Here, we’ll focus on key strategies for conceiving, designing, and prototyping digital health apps meant to serve clinicians. Read more
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Deep Dive on How to Prototype a Digital Health App
In this blog post, we’ll draw on our experience launching mobile apps to share the steps needed to create a digital health app prototype. We’ve previously detailed how to prototype an app, with an extra focus on how to spark interest from investors. While gaining funding is a very important part of the process for Read more
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An Overview of ISO Policy For Health and Wellness Apps
The Health and Wellness industry is growing at a rapid rate. We recently covered many of the interesting mobile health app statistics for 2022, but consider the following market figures: The global mHealth apps was valued at USD 38.2 billion in 2021 and is expected to expand to almost 12% more by 2030. The global Read more
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Moving Digital Health, Episode 4: David Burns of Halterix
In the fourth episode of Moving Digital Health, the new podcast from MindSea, CEO Reuben Hall talks with Dr. David Burns of Halterix. David holds a PhD in biomedical engineering and is currently in training, at the University of Toronto, to become an orthopedic surgeon-scientist. As if that weren’t enough, he is also the chairman Read more
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Deep dive on how to use blueprints for health tech product strategy
If you’ve spent any time in the digital health space, we’re sure you’ve heard the term “service blueprint” come up a few times—and that’s a good thing! Service blueprints can be an enormously helpful strategic tool for clarifying the process and timing of a project’s developmental stages across all stakeholders. Plus, by creating a diagram Read more
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5 Canadian Digital Health Companies You Should Know About
Canada spends more of its GDP on healthcare than the average among its fellow Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries, but it also has something to show for it — a longer life expectancy. While government policy certainly plays a role in longevity, we can also look to Canadian digital healthcare leaders to develop Read more
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Examples of Human Centered Design Concepts at Work
In our previous post we discussed the importance of human-centered design. In this post we’d like to share some real-world examples of human centered design concepts in health-app development. The International Organization of Standards says human centered design concepts “improves human well-being, user satisfaction, accessibility, and sustainability.” To do this, creators should go through three Read more
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It’s obvious health tech needs to zero-in on Human Centered Design. Here’s how.
No one wants a doctor with a cold bedside manner. The same is true for digital healthcare. We want technology that’s approachable and concerned with our whole being, not just our heart, lungs, mental health, or aching feet. Healthcare providers know the importance of a human-centered approach to medicine, even if it doesn’t always show Read more
