Developing a Health Data Strategy
As interoperability between systems improves a new problem is emerging in healthcare, and that is, what do we do with all of this data? The biggest challenge with this will be surfacing "meaningful data" as...
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5 Best Practices for Designing in Medical Device Cyber Security Controls
There is no silver bullet for achieving security and it definitely cannot be considered an afterthought once a design has been completed, or considered at the development phase but forgotten about after deployment. Security needs...
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12 Secrets to Overcoming Software Estimation Challenges
Are you tired of your development team under-estimating project work? Been burnt too many times?
Read MoreA UX Maturity Model for Introducing User Experience into the Corporate Culture
Increasing your organizations UX maturity enables you to better deliver the combination of functionality, aesthetics, and usability that can lead to increases in customer satisfaction, higher sales due to ease of use, and decreased support...
Read MoreCreating UX Storyboards
Storyboards are another great tool for visualizing a user’s experience of a product throughout the day. They are pictorial (think of cartoon story frames) and are used to illustrate high-level product use scenarios.
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Healthcare Customer Journey Mapping
Customer journey maps often expose pain points and opportunities for improvement in many other areas along the entire user journey – not just as it relates to software applications, but the process and overall customer...
Read MoreUX Research Methods and Techniques
Uncover and get a high-level overview of some of the key research tools available for uncovering user requirements, pain points, and their overall experience.
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How Voice Interfaces Will Impact Healthcare
Voice interfaces are not new in healthcare. What is new is the arrival of digital assistants powered by natural language processing, ambient computing, and machine learning. Learn how voice assistants will be used by physicians,...
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4 Benefits of Using a Microservices Architecture in Digital and Connected Health Solutions
Dive into what microservices is and discover the benefits of implementing a microservices architecture when it comes to accelerating your digital and connected health solution's time to market.
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7 Ways Learning Python Will Improve Your Software Testing
Looking to improve your software testing and make it more efficient? Learn from one of Macadamian's senior QA engineers how brushing up on your coding skills can make you a better tester.
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Why Provider IT Systems Aren’t Ready to Capitalize on Patient Data
Explore the challenges healthcare providers are facing when it comes to collecting, analyzing, and integrating patient data in order to obtain meaningful insights and improve patient outcomes.
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Beyond the Screen: Creating Context-Aware Alerts
When designing push notifications and alerts, it's vital to consider technology's context of use and the user's environment as whole to ensure alerts are delivered effectively. Let's look at two examples to visualize this.
Read MoreHow to Protect Patient Privacy and Information While Conducting Ethnographic Research
Focusing on the physician experience means that it was important to observe their interactions with patients. And of course, when observing patients, it's critical to take into account their privacy and confidentiality and ensure that...
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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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