MindSea Digital Health Blog
News and insights on mobile app development, design, and digital healthcare
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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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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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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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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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Moving Digital Health, Episode 12: Amy West of Novo Nordisk
Amy West, Head of U.S. Digital Transformation and Innovation at Novo Nordisk, joined CEO Rueben Hall on the latest episode of MindSea’s Moving Digital Health podcast to discuss her work improving patient outcomes with innovative health technology. Amy has worked in pharma for over 25 years, but actually began her career in direct response marketing.… Read more
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Moving Digital Health, Episode 11: Helen Knight of Helen Knight Consulting
In the latest episode of MindSea’s Moving Digital Health podcast, CEO Reuben Hall speaks with Helen Knight of Helen Knight Consulting. “How come the tech isn’t doing what it’s supposed to?” It’s a question to which many in the healthcare field can relate. And in fact, many of the nonprofit organizations Helen advises often experience… Read more
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Ready to improve your digital health app? Here’s how.
The rise of digital health apps empowers patients, clinicians, and researchers alike. These apps bring the ability to monitor and manage health to the devices we use every day, with offerings ranging from virtual doctor visits to personal diet management. COVID-19 caused a sharp increase in the development of new digital health apps, with an… Read more
