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Beyond “Cheaper, Faster, Better”?—?Vertical Integration for Startups

The Product Coalition

Vertical Integration for Startups In the past couple of years, I have worked with multiple startups in an advisory capacity and this has provided an opportunity to think about strategy in innovative ways. I apply this lens to a startup that develops solutions in the health-tech market. Beyond “Cheaper, Faster, Better”?—?Vertical

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F.E².A.R.?—?A Product Framework from Concept to Delivery: Part 1

The Product Coalition

The best products fail nowadays due to a lack of consideration of Ecosystems, an example that I will walk through in Part 2 of this article. However, imagine that the app doesn’t integrate into the rest of the system resulting in the front-desk navigating between two systems. How frustrating would that be? Is that benign?

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Product Management in Healthcare

ProductPlan

However, unless they’re a solo practitioner or a very small practice, purchasing a particular electronic medical record system, x-ray machine, or medicated gauze strip falls to a purchasing administrator. Patients ultimately don’t pay for many of the services they receive or the products used for their treatment.

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How to Avoid Costly Surprises in Connected Product Design

Mind the Product

The requirements of these parts should also coincide with a review of any compliance or regulatory requirements that your product will need to meet for its market, whether this is driven by certifications, safety standards or your competition. It saved a lot of time and costly reworking.

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5 UX Best Practices For Successful Self-tracking Apps

UX Studio

The movement’s lead figure Gary Wolf described quantified self as “self-knowledge through self-tracking with technology” Wearable sensor technologies and wireless communication with our devices let us turn almost everything we do into data. source: cara-app.com). 5 UX best practices in self-tracking apps.