Articles

Article

The Growing Significance of Bluetooth BTLE in Healthcare

bluetooth, mobile medical apps

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE), also known as Bluetooth Smart, is a wireless computer network technology that allows Bluetooth-enabled devices to “talk” to each other over a short distance. Compared to a standard Bluetooth connection, BTLE […]

Read More

Article

The Growing Landscape of Medical Apps in Healthcare

bluetooth, digital health, mobile medical apps

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. Handheld medical apps are changing the healthcare landscape. While medical devices with embedded software have been around for over two decades, the advent of smartphones with touch screens, smart Bluetooth technologies and internet connectivity has […]

Read More

Article

Launching Products Faster with Agile in an FDA environment

agile, FDA, medical device software development

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. We asked Dan Blake,  Chief Technology Officer of Valence Health and former Senior VP of AirStrip Technologies to write a guest post with his perspective on the space: Experience has shown me the challenges of […]

Read More

Article

Gamification of the Healthcare Industry and its Implications

Healthcare, medical device software development

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. Gamification is the application of elements of video games, game-thinking and game-mechanics to enable one to solve everyday real-life problems. In the business and social environment, it is used to develop skills, change behaviors and […]

Read More

Article

Earlyvangelists and the Metrics that Matter in Healthcare

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. Earlyvangelists are a special breed of customer that are a combination of early adopter and internal evangelist. They are critical to a startup success because they first buy the vision and then the product, and […]

Read More

Article

What is Patient Centered Software Design?

digital health, FDA, Human Factors & UX, medical device software development, patient engagement

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. In today’s fast evolving healthcare landscape, organizations are increasingly adopting patient centered care to remain competitive in the field. One big part of this strategy is to develop software that is designed with the patients […]

Read More

Article

4 Keys To Accelerate Development for MedDevice Software

agile, FDA, lean startup, medical device software development

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. I spend a fair amount of time talking to R&D directors and heads of innovation at medical device companies many of whom acknowledge feeling pressure to accelerate their product development efforts.  Many are starting to […]

Read More

Article

Innovating Big – Healthcare Innovation with UHG

lean startup

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. We asked Tina Wallman, Entrepreneur in Residence for UnitedHealth Group’s Innovation R&D group to write a guest post with her perspective on the space: Last year, UnitedHealth Group’s Innovation and R&D Group embarked on a journey with […]

Read More

Article

How Does Software Drive Healthcare

medical device software development

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. In many ways, the story of the new healthcare industry or Health 2.0 is the story of the development of medical devices and apps driven by software. Today’s medical devices are increasingly driven by software, […]

Read More

Article

Bridging Healthcare Innovation with Healthbox

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. We asked Ateet Adhikar, Director of Healthbox to write a guest post with his perspective on the space: Building a bridge between innovators and startups within the often-challenging healthcare industry is what Healthbox is all about. […]

Read More

Article

Wearables 1.0: Healthcare Innovations Yet to Come

mobile medical apps

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. We asked David Provost,  Founder and CEO of MakeItCount to write a guest post with his perspective on the space: The retail season and its rush of devices are well behind us and the raft […]

Read More

Article

A Faster Path to App Development with Orthogonal

agile, digital health, FDA, medical device software development

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. We asked Amanda Plummer, Business Systems Analyst of American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) to write a guest post with her perspective on the space: I’m a business systems analyst with the American Association […]

Read More
1 … 15 16 17 … 33
BSI ISO 13485 Logo
Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Careers
All Rights Reserved © 2026 Orthogonal