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Talking Health Tech With Macadamian
On this show, you’ll find a mix of interviews, conference talks, and fireside chats with healthcare industry professionals and our very own product development experts.
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Interaction Design and the Physical Environment
Can there be value in embedding sensors into objects and our environment? Absolutely. But, all too often there is an automatic assumption, that with that connected sensor, there’s an app for it. That assumption is...
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Designing for Clinical Workflows: Stakeholder Considerations
Whether your app is intended for a hospital, clinic, hospice, or even personal “home” setting, developing healthcare software is often complex, involving different user personas interacting together. Clinical environments, in particular, contain a large number...
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Docker-Machine: Basic Examples
When using a containerized application, it’s important to be able to easily deploy them in the cloud. Docker-Machine is a tool that lets you install Docker Engine on Virtual Hosts. We’ll outline how we deploy...
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Analytics for your Alexa Skills
Without solid analytics, it will be almost impossible to understand what is and isn’t working with Alexa Skills. We went on the hunt this summer for an analytics solution that could help us better understand...
Read MoreTest Strategies for HIPAA Compliance
If you search for information on testing HIPAA compliant applications, you’ll find a number of overviews on HIPAA, but very little information on how to approach testing software to ensure that it will be HIPAA...
Read MoreBig Data vs. Small Data
Big Data is a very powerful concept. When it is put in the hands of the right expert, Big Data can be used to glean insights and draw conclusions that are often completely unexpected. However,...
Read MoreNative vs. HTML5 App Development
Native apps are generally faster, more feature rich, and offer advanced device hardware support, but they require more specialized expertise. HTML5, on the other hand, offers a familiar development environment to web developers, and the...
Read MoreHow to Create Apps That Change Behavior
The ACA calls upon healthcare consumers to take an active role in both clinical decision-making and choice of healthcare providers and insurers. As a result, companies developing software which aim to elicit a response from...
Read MoreDeveloping Patient Portals
Increasingly, digital health software vendors are developing systems that aim to improve the quality and portability of patient information and give patients more control over their own care and well-being. However, many healthcare organizations are...
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The Future of Medication Compliance – Voice Interaction Meets Predictive Analytics
Medication non-compliance is an expensive burden on the US healthcare system, costing between $100B and $300B a year. The emergence of conversational UX platforms like Alexa can be leveraged along with the use of predictive...
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Alexa Skills 101: Before the First Line of Code
With the explosion of Amazon Alexa enabled devices entering consumers homes, developers are flocking to the platform. This getting started guide will focus on Alexa Skills 101, and things you need to know before digging...
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Meet LifePod, Your Amazon Alexa Powered Virtual Caregiver
The Alexa Voice Service and other voice assistants are becoming commonplace as a way of interacting with our favorite products and services. One client came to us to help bring their idea of a connected...
Read MoreThe Product Innovation Challenge
Innovation does not stem from implementing new technology or design facelift. It is a direct result of clarity around business objectives and customer value.
Read MoreData visualization Best Practices
4 Design Principles for Uncovering Actionable Information Data visualization helps put end-users in the driver’s seat. It enables senior teams to track and report on key performance indicators in an easy to use and understand...
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Hacking Smart Lock Security: The Kwikset Kevo Smart Lock
The Internet of Things has given birth to a boom of connected smart home devices. With these devices, connected via Wi-Fi & Bluetooth, hooked into important functions of the home, the security of these devices...
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