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…4 min read·Dec 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:5 min read·Dec 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…6 min read·Dec 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…4 min read·Dec 7, 2020----
Alex DespotovicBlog Series: What should Clinicians know about building medical devices?The most important thing to know as a clinician?5 min read·Dec 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…4 min read·Apr 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…4 min read·Apr 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…4 min read·Apr 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…4 min read·Apr 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…3 min read·Apr 7, 2020----