Strategic MedTech Product Development Alliance: MedAcuity + Fathom
Westford, Massachusetts, January 6, 2021 – MedAcuity, the go to Boston based software development partner for leading MedTech companies, today announced a MedTech product development partnership with Fathom Consulting, a Minneapolis based human centered design consultancy providing extensive user experience (UX) design capabilities. This strategic collaboration is designed to support the full service needs of medical device clients. From product ideation to deployment and maintenance, clients in the MedTech space will benefit from MedAcuity’s strong technical execution and software development expertise coupled with Fathom’s in depth design practices.
Human Factors Engineering (HFE), which focuses on ensuring the safe and effective use of medical devices, is a critical element of MedTech product development. Companies in the MedTech sector are increasingly guided by FDA UX design guidelines to meet regulatory standards and improve user experiences. Both MedAcuity and Fathom Consulting are highly experienced in designing and developing for this regulated industry. The safety, reliability, and security of medical devices are central to the software MedAcuity develops for its clients, ensuring that all products meet stringent compliance requirements. At the same time, Fathom Consulting brings deep expertise in UX design with a strong emphasis on design research, usability, and user safety.
With over a decade of experience, MedAcuity specializes in delivering software solutions for the most complex MedTech application development challenges across all classes of medical devices. Their expertise spans firmware and embedded systems development, mobile app and GUI development, cloud technologies, and enterprise solutions. MedAcuity also excels in software design and development methodologies tailored for highly regulated, compliance driven environments, as well as offering robust cybersecurity strategies to ensure product safety and compliance.
For over 20 years, Fathom Consulting has been a leader in human centered design, enhancing products, services, and operations for clients across the healthcare ecosystem, including providers, payers, pharmacies, and medical device companies. With a deep understanding of clinicians, patients, and a strong foundation in human factors engineering, Fathom ensures that MedTech products are designed with the users’ needs as the primary focus. Fathom’s expertise spans across key areas, helping clients in the MedTech sector evaluate concepts, implement device designs, conduct usability testing, train users, and navigate the complex process of FDA submissions.
“Having already worked with Fathom on several successful projects, I am thrilled to formalize our partnership,” said Andy D’Amore, senior vice president of business development, MedAcuity. “Fathom brings to bear critical design practice capabilities and best in class processes. With our shared commitment to customer success, together we believe that we can offer our mutual clients incredible value.”
“We look forward to being able to best serve our shared clients through this partnership,” said Kate McRoberts, managing partner, Fathom. “Focusing on the interaction between users and devices during even the earliest stages of medical product development is essential. Together with MedAcuity, we’ll be able to ensure that everything from the software to the user interface is optimally designed to work cohesively for maximum efficacy and better user experience.”
MedAcuity is a specialized engineering firm that focuses on medical technology software development. The trusted and experienced firm was founded in 2007 by a team of seasoned software engineers who identified opportunities to fill gaps in the engineering expertise and efficiency facing the medical technology industry. MedAcuity offers extensive experience across the MedTech industry with full life cycle software development and subspecialties in other areas including tool validation, algorithm development, and cybersecurity.
ABOUT fathom consulting
Established in 1999 with the original tagline “Bridging Strategy, Technology, and Customer Experience,” Fathom Consulting is a human centered design consultancy that helps organizations capitalize on change and how they interact with customers. Clients engage them as proven partners in unraveling and solving strategic, operational, and customer experience challenges.
Fathom Consulting is proud to be a certified Women Business Enterprise (WBENC), and to have been recognized multiple times by Minnesota Business Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” and Twin Cities Business Journal’s “Best Places to Work.” www.consultfathom.com
PR Contact: Fathom Consulting
Kate McRoberts
Fathom Consulting
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About Medacuity
MedAcuity, a premier software engineering firm specializing in the development of complex, software-intensive medical and robotic solutions. MedAcuity brings deep expertise in defining software and system requirements, as well as full lifecycle software development and verification. With a decade of experience in highly regulated and compliance-driven environments, MedAcuity helps accelerate innovation while ensuring safety, reliability, and regulatory alignment.