Mobile apps continue to become more and more essential to the daily lives of Canadians. Since 2019, according to data.ai’s annual “State of Mobile” report for 2023, average hours spent on mobile per day in Canada has risen from just over 3 hours a day to 4.6 hours a day – an almost 50% increase. And Digital Health apps have become even more important since the COVID-19 pandemic changed how we access healthcare services. Given this, if you’re operating in the Healthcare industry, are you wondering whether you should build or replace a mobile app for your business in 2023? Here are some essentia ..read more

To code or not to code? That is the question.   Entrepreneurs often wonder which approach will work best, but whether or not you should leverage no-code solutions for your product depends on your goals. When one of our partners asks which solution they should choose, our initial answer always derives from a thorough understanding of their needs and objectives.  There isn’t a one-size-fits-all answer to this common dilemma, so we’ve compiled some pros and cons on both approaches to help you make an informed decision and advance your minimum viable product, or MVP (an early versio ..read more

We’re excited to announce that MindSea is currently ranked as the best React Native developer in Canada by Clutch, a market insight expert company that gathers data-driven performance feedback.   Driven by our client reviews, our ability to deliver successful projects, and a five-star rating, this is a huge honour for our team and reflects our core mission to design beautiful apps that improve lives.  What is React Native?  React Native is a mobile application development platform that supports multiple operating systems with a single codebase, which includes both iOS and A ..read more

We’ve written extensively on balancing patient/physician needs in app design. But what about specifically developing apps for doctors? Here, we’ll focus on key strategies for conceiving, designing, and prototyping digital health apps meant to serve clinicians.  Because our unique MindSea process is grounded in human-centered design, everything we do is informed by a rich and comprehensive understanding of the individuals served by the apps we help create. As a result, the core concepts of HCD are easily applicable to development for user groups other than physicians as well ..read more

In this blog post, we’ll draw on our experience launching mobile apps to share the steps needed to create a digital health app prototype. We’ve previously detailed how to prototype an app, with an extra focus on how to spark interest from investors. While gaining funding is a very important part of the process for start-ups, we’d like to dig a little deeper into the process of building an app prototype specifically for digital health, from beginning to end. Step 1: Identify Needs of the End User As we’ve discussed before, the potential for digital solutions in healthcare has greatly evolved. O ..read more

The Health and Wellness industry is growing at a rapid rate. We recently covered many of the interesting mobile health app statistics for 2022, but consider the following market figures: The global mHealth apps was valued at USD 38.2 billion in 2021 and is expected to expand to almost 12% more by 2030. The global fitness app alone was valued at USD 1.1 billion in 2021 and will continue to grow as well. Per Deloitte, the mental health apps will reach close to $500 million USD this year. All this is a big deal. Because of such expansion, the people who create, sell, regulate, and most importan ..read more

In the fourth episode of Moving Digital Health, the new podcast from MindSea, CEO Reuben Hall talks with Dr. David Burns of Halterix. David holds a PhD in biomedical engineering and is currently in training, at the University of Toronto, to become an orthopedic surgeon-scientist. As if that weren’t enough, he is also the chairman of Halterix, the pioneering motion recognition company he founded. It was during his surgical training, working with patients in a clinical setting, that David observed the make-or-break role patient adherence plays in the success of a prescribed physical therapy. He ..read more

If you’ve spent any time in the digital health space, we’re sure you’ve heard the term “service blueprint” come up a few times—and that’s a good thing! Service blueprints can be an enormously helpful strategic tool for clarifying the process and timing of a project’s developmental stages across all stakeholders. Plus, by creating a diagram that visualizes every team member’s role throughout the process, it’s very likely you’ll turn up new opportunities in the way your company operates. As health tech continues to boom, however, not all product startups and developers implement such an approach ..read more

Canada spends more of its GDP on healthcare than the average among its fellow Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries, but it also has something to show for it — a longer life expectancy. While government policy certainly plays a role in longevity, we can also look to Canadian digital healthcare leaders to develop innovative solutions that improve health and mitigate healthcare costs. Good news: There are a growing number of health tech companies doing exciting work and changing the way we approach digital health in Canada. We’ve like to share snapshots of 5 Canadian Di ..read more

In our previous post we discussed the importance of human-centered design. In this post we’d like to share some real-world examples of human centered design concepts in health-app development. The International Organization of Standards says human centered design concepts “improves human well-being, user satisfaction, accessibility, and sustainability.” To do this, creators should go through three steps: Empathize with end users Identify ideas and prototypes Implement and test ideas, incorporating user feedback What makes the following digital solutions stand out? They’ve been created using ..read more