Alex DespotovicHow to Sell a Medical Device? By Thinking AheadLet’s say the product you are building is a hospital bed, made specifically for patients treated in intensive care units — Yes, a hospital…Dec 26, 2020Dec 26, 2020
Alex DespotovicBlog Series Part 4: What Clinicians actually do in medical device companies?Clinicians should be aware of many aspects of healthcare product development once they join a healthtech startup or company. But:Dec 16, 2020Dec 16, 2020
Alex DespotovicBlog Series Part 3: Rules and Regulations of Medical Device Product DevelopmentWhen I started working for companies that built medical devices, I was completely unaware of the legal and regulatory aspects of product…Dec 9, 2020Dec 9, 2020
Alex DespotovicBlog Series Part 2: Designing medical device software — and why are clinicians at the centre of itThe primary reason for recall of medical devices in previous decades was bad design (primarily design UIs) — yes, you read it correctly…Dec 7, 2020Dec 7, 2020
Alex DespotovicBlog Series: What should Clinicians know about building medical devices?The most important thing to know as a clinician?Dec 4, 2020Dec 4, 2020
Alex DespotovicInfectious Disease Specialists — Healthcare UnicornsInfectious diseases are now at the forefront of global health concerns. Several epidemic/pandemic events occurred in the past few decades…Apr 14, 2020Apr 14, 2020
Alex Despotovic6 Things I learned as a product manager in the medical device industryAfter almost 4 years in the medical device industry, I had the privilege of meeting and working with so many interesting people from…Apr 10, 2020Apr 10, 2020
Alex DespotovicUser needs, medical devices, regulations, and Wardley mapsBefore starting to develop a medical device, the prerequisite step is to identify the problem that the medical device will solve/help with…Apr 9, 2020Apr 9, 2020
Alex DespotovicHow to bring back “care” into “Healthcare”?The technological progress completely changed the landscape across all industries, but in my biased perspective, the most dramatic impact…Apr 8, 2020Apr 8, 2020
Alex DespotovicHealthcare of the next decade — Discovering Small while Optimizing at ScaleSignificant efforts are made to put new technologies into use in healthcare. Studies such as those showing the benefit of “AI” for breast…Apr 7, 2020Apr 7, 2020