Macadamian Technologies

With clinicians and scientists working together from over 20 countries, MYO-SHARE helps to define patterns of involvement for specific neuromuscular diseases, share new diagnostic imaging protocols and establish guidelines for an online registry to create an imaging atlas for neuromuscular disease.

MYO-MRI “MYO-SHARE” provides a streamlined approach to diagnose patients with rare neuromuscular disease. The MYO-SHARE initiative assembles de-identified Muscle MRIs, genetic information and pathology images to improve diagnosis and provide objective imaging biomarkers of disease progression and response to treatment.

Using Macadamian HealthConnect™, The Ottawa Hospital was able to have Macadamian develop a PoC in just under two months to start trialing with researchers around the world.

Entrepreneur Dennis Fontaine envisioned a virtual caregiver that would solve one of the key problems posed by an aging population: helping the elderly and people with chronic illnesses live more independent lives.

“Macadamian’s approach kept me engaged throughout the process. My input was heard, respected and even improved upon. That built my trust.” Dennis Fontaine

The eCARE-PD team at The Ottawa Hospital is working with Macadamian to build an integrated clinical and self-management platform prototype to support physicians and patients in managing Stroke recovery and Parkinson’s Disease. The web-based prototype application includes online tracking, through the use of patient surveys, patient education, and self-care.

Medtronic’s NIM nerve monitoring system helps surgeons avoid accidents that can diminish or even destroy nerve function. They approached Macadamian to create a seamless data integration with back-end EHR systems.

"Cloud integration gives us business intelligence we’ve never had before, and that opens the door to all sorts of possibilities, from better product planning to novel revenue models." - Paul Cox, Senior Engineer, Medtronic- Paul Cox, Senior Principal Engineer, Medtronic.

Siemens Healthineers spent time and money creating a new product to bridge this ultrasound usability gap. Then called on Macadamian to conduct an objective third-party usability assessment to gauge the new product’s success.

"I have enjoyed working with Macadamian’s user experience team. Everyone has been extremely professional and passionate in learning and studying about healthcare and ultrasound. I also saw the team rigorously execute our study protocol with the highest integrity to ensure the study was fair and results were collected objectively." - Douglas Younger III, Global Director Of Marketing, Ultrasound

Fresenius Medical Care is the world’s leading provider of products and services for people with chronic kidney failure. The company wanted to gain a deeper understanding of a major client group—nephrologists—and to apply the insight in developing solutions to address their needs.

“This isn’t research we conducted and put on a shelf.  It was foundational. We are actively using the research in our strategy to develop customer-facing solutions within our technology portfolio.” - Sam Gopal, Vice President of Product Management