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FDA Basics at the MMA Roadshow Panel

agile, FDA, medical device software development, mobile medical apps

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. Tom Schady is the Director of Engineering and Quality at Orthogonal, a Chicago-based software consulting firm specializing in the development of medical software.  In addition to running the day-to-day operations of his department, Schady is […]

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Building a Medical App? Doctors Prescribe the iPad Mini

mobile medical apps

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. According to a recent poll of doctors by Epocrates, one-third of physicians planned to purchase the iPad Mini prior to its public announcement. It makes sense, given the size of lab coat pockets and the […]

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Agile Points: Handy for Medical Software Development

agile, medical device software development

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. If you are new to agile development, you’re probably swimming in a sea of unfamiliar terms: user story, spike, sprint, stand up, points.  In this series, we’re going to tackle one of agile’s trickiest concepts: […]

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5 Product Marketing Tips from Orthogonal

Product Strategy

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. So, you’ve developed a great product and now you want to take it to market. Let’s just say it’s a widget.  You’re so excited about it that you want to announce it over loud speakers, […]

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Why Won’t Anyone Use My mHealth Apps?

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This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. The explosion of the mobile health (mHealth) arena seems to have many players in the healthcare industry running a race they haven’t trained for. There are roughly 40,000 mobile health and wellness apps in the […]

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Wireless Sensors and Mobile Apps in Healthcare

Healthcare, mobile medical apps

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. When you combine cheap sensors with the computing power and interface capabilities of modern iPhones and Android smartphones, you can get powerful mobile diagnostics.  When you add in smartphones’ data transmission capabilities to feed data […]

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VGBio Vitalink: Medical Wearable Sensors & Mobile Apps

FDA, Healthcare, mobile medical apps

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. One of the trends from the 2012 MHealth Summit I briefly touched on last week was the growing number of Bluetooth and wifi enabled wearable medical devices.  I think this trend will become extremely important […]

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The Research-Product Gap

Product Strategy

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. What I will talk about at DRC is the ‘research-product’ gap. I just gave a talk at the Stanford D School about some of these issues. I discussed the research-product gap. This didn’t concern them. […]

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Trends from the 2012 MHealth Summit: Mobile Momentum

mobile medical apps

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. I attended the 2012 mHealth Summit in Washington DC earlier this week and came away impressed with the how fast things are moving in this space. The conference itself, now in it’s fourth year, has […]

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Going Native isn't Always the Right Move in Mobile

mobile medical apps

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. In my work helping companies practice lean innovation, I talk to a lot of folks who are launching mobile products and they chose to build a native app instead of a mobile web app.  For […]

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