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Behavioral Health and Digital Therapeutics - Three $10M+ Investments

digital health, SaMD

What we can learn from recent Series A investments of $10M+ in digital health startups One of the most interesting areas for digital therapeutics (DTx) is its application to behavioral health (also referred to as mental health). For several decades, many of the most prominent advances in behavioral health therapeutics were pharmacological—think Prozac and Ritalin.  […]

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40 Years of Milestones in Medical Device Software - A History

digital health, SaMD

From Software in a Medical Device (SiMD) to Connected Mobile Medical Devices (CMMD) and Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) By Randy Horton, VP of Solutions and Partnerships, Orthogonal Earlier this week, Orthogonal finished compiling a list of funding announcements from January to March of 2020 for companies building Connected Mobile Medical Devices (CMMD) and […]

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Agile in an FDA Regulated Environment

agile, FDA

How do you get the benefits of agile while maintaining quality and regulatory compliance?

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Two Techniques to Amp Up Your Frequent Release Cycles for Med Devices

Human Factors & UX

Bob Moll, Principal UX Architect, Orthogonal Beth Lester, UX Researcher, Bold Insight In last week’s blog, we looked at implementing frequent releases on an organizational level and touched on a few key approaches we recommend when integrating and introducing frequent releases into your organization’s design and development process for connected mobile medical devices and Software […]

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Five Tools to Implement Frequent Releases for SaMD, Connected Devices

Human Factors & UX, SaMD

Bob Moll, Principal UX Architect, Orthogonal Beth Lester, UX Researcher, Bold Insight In our last blog, we laid out ways in which frequent medical device product releases benefit user experiences, thereby benefiting organizations overall. However, making the transition to frequent product releases can seem daunting. Over the course of the next two blogs, we’ll outline […]

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Reduce Surprises During FDA-Required HF Validation Tests

Human Factors & UX

The ultimate value of connected medical devices is determined by user engagement. In our experience, ensuring you’ve built something that meets user expectations is best achieved by implementing an iterative release process, built on feedback over time. The Drawbacks of a Linear Development Process Often organizations invest a large amount of time into a software […]

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Four Success Factors for Accelerating Digital Health Solutions

digital health, FDA, SaMD

Executive Summary This is the fourth and final blog in our late spring/early summer series titled “Sinking, Swimming, or Surfing: COVID-19 and The Great Acceleration of Digital Health.” In this article, we discuss four critical success factors for digital health solutions. Success Factor #1—Don’t get stuck in Flatland: Think in terms of “And,” not “Or.” […]

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Digital Health's Acceleration After COVID-19

digital health

After This Pandemic, What’s in Store for MedTech, Connected Mobile Medical Devices (CMMD) and Software as a Medical Device (SaMD)? This article picks up where we left off with our blog post, What This Pandemic Has Changed for Digital Health, MedTech, Connected Mobile Medical Devices (CMMD) and Software as a Medical Device (SaMD). At some […]

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COVID-19 and “The Great Acceleration of Digital Health”

digital health

What This Pandemic Has Changed for MedTech, Connected Mobile Medical Devices (CMMD) and Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) “Yet even as they walk through the valley of the shadow of death, chief executives and corporate strategists are beginning to look to the post-covid world to come. What they think they see, for good or […]

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Dear MedTech: We expect you to thrive. Cordially, your shareholders

digital health

Executive Summary The people who manage trillions of dollars in stock and bonds are already telling their portfolio companies in every sector what they want to see them doing. For these investment managers, it’s not about playing games with financial instruments or raising earnings-per-share in Q2, Q3 or even Q4 of 2020. It’s about thriving […]

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Orthogonal on Artificial Intelligence at MD&M West

AI & machine learning

Orthogonal’s CEO, Bernhard Kappe will be moderating a panel at MD&M West Anaheim on February 13, 2020. The panel titled “Will the Growing AI Application Impact Patient Outcomes through Faster Diagnoses and Precision Treatments?” will cover topics on: Specific AI applications in radiology, surgical robotics, chronic disease, drug discovery, and neurological disorders Challenges AI presents […]

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