MindSea Digital Health Blog
News and insights on mobile app development, design, and digital healthcare
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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
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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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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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The Moving Digital Health Podcast, Episode 1: Alexis Moses of FCB Health
In this debut episode of our new podcast, Moving Digital Health, MindSea CEO Reuben Hall spoke with Alexis Moses of FCB Health. As Senior Creative Engineer, Alexis applies his nearly 10-year history of working with emerging technologies to create deeply engaging user experiences for his clients’ patients. Alexis shared a few of the exciting projects… 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
