Healthcare Technology Trends 2018: Macadamian’s Experts Weigh In
We asked our experts in healthcare solutions about how we can expect technology to transform healthcare in 2018 and what businesses in the healthcare industry should pay attention to.
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Embracing Blue Sky Design Ideas in Your UX Projects
We explain how incorporating "blue sky" design ideas into your user experience projects can help you uncover the "wow" factor in your solution and help you improve your design to meet your end user's needs.
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How to Implement Voice Design in Multi-Channel Survey Delivery
In a recent client project, our team developed an Alexa skill to gather user survey information over the period of a clinical trial. We walk you through the elements of voice design we needed to...
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Why You Should Invest in UX for Your Enterprise Solution
If you're on the fence about investing in UX for your enterprise solution, our VP of User Experience Design, Scott Plewes, walks you through what exactly UX is, what it isn't, and how investing in...
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Combining AI and Blockchain to Push Frontiers in Healthcare
AI and blockchain are two technology trends that have each individually demonstrated their potential to impact the healthcare industry, but what about their impact when used in combination? In his second piece on the use...
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Field Kits: Capturing Data During Ethnographic Research Part Two
A field kit can be a powerful tool in UX research. Learn how you can modify your field kit for different ethnographic research environments to ensure you're collecting the best quality data in the most...
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Using the Design Thinking Process to Better the Community
Learn how Macadamian leveraged the Design Thinking process and our own expertise in design to solve challenges related to early childhood development and ending poverty in Edmonton at BarnRaise Edmonton 2017.
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Find Us at These 2018 Healthcare Technology Events
Technology is changing the quality, delivery, and the very definition of healthcare. Attending the right events not only allows you to gain insight on industry trends and advancements, but also stimulates future-forward thinking. Find out...
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The Best Way to Recruit Users for User Research
“I want to do some user research, but I can’t get a hold of my users.” This is a challenge we often hear expressed by our clients who are interested in doing user research. Let's...
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Exploring Blockchain Technology in Healthcare
Medical data interoperation between all healthcare institutions and patient portals is a future that we can all look forward to. As Blockchain technology matures, its potential to bring this ideal to life and revolutionize all...
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Creating a Holistic Strategy for Software Quality Testing
Use of a proper testing strategy can save you a ton of money in the long run and at the end of the day, give you a competitive advantage in the marketplace. To illustrate how...
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Conducting UX Research to Obtain Meaningful Data
Involving the right research participants is critical to successful user research. Here are some things to keep in mind when selecting test participants for healthcare-focused UX research.
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The Importance of Mapping Ecosystems and Understanding the Scale of Design
Working with clients in complex domains, such as healthcare, has made it clear the importance of understanding the “system” into which we are designing. As designers, ecosystem mapping is one of our most valuable tools...
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How to Design Voice Applications in a Multi-Channel and Multi-Modal World
In a webinar hosted by Orbita and Macadamian, the benefits that voice assistants like Amazon Echo and Google Home present to an end user, like you and I, were discussed. The presentation focused on what...
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FDA Fosters Digital Health Innovation With New Software Precertification Pilot Program
This past July, the FDA announced their Software Precertification Pilot Program aimed at digital health solution creators in order to increase product speed to market. Our Director of IoT discusses the implications of this new...
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