The impact of the Simple app on nurse efficiency
In a time-and-motion study conducted in India, Simple was shown to streamline hypertension care.
Dr. Ashish Krishna
31-May-2023, 4 minute read
Simple en español
Simple is now available in Spanish, thanks to open source contributions from the community.
Daniel Burka
14-Apr-2023, 3 minute read
BMJ implementer report about Simple
We published an implementer report in BMJ outlining the key factors to succeed with a digital system for monitoring a large-scale hypertension program.
Daniel Burka
27-Feb-2023, 5 minute read
Generating powerful insights through contextual inquiry
Sometimes, quiet observation surpasses extended interviews.
Aarti Bhatnagar
14-Sep-2022, 10 minute read
Discuss: Tech can do many things — good and bad.
Join us to hear about how the Simple engineering team believes in and strives for technology for social good.
Misu Tasnim
09-Aug-2022, 2 minute read
2 million patients
Simple just crossed a huge milestone: healthcare workers have now registered more than two million patients with hypertension and diabetes.
Daniel Burka
02-May-2022, 3 minute read
Simple is now a Digital Public Good
Today we are thrilled that Simple is counted as a 'Digital Public Good' alongside many other incredible open source projects working to achieve the United Nation's sustainable development goals.
Daniel Burka
03-Jan-2022, 3 minute read
Clinical software must respect clinicians' precious time
A user-centered approach to designing digital tools for global public health quickly surfaces that “time” is the most underappreciated factor.
Daniel Burka
04-Oct-2021, 18 minute read
Requirements for a digital information system for hypertension control
Healthcare workers are too busy to enter detailed data—but a hypertension control program needs just a few key pieces of data to improve patient care. Keep it simple.
Daniel Burka
27-Sep-2021, 15 minute read
1 million patients
A million patients with hypertension and diabetes are being managed by clinicians using Simple in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and India.
Aarti Bhatnagar
14-Sep-2021, 2 minute read
Philomina, a staff nurse in India, explains how she uses Simple
We received this wonderful testimonial, recorded by a staff nurse in Maharashtra.
Daniel Burka
15-Oct-2020, 3 minute read
BP Passport app for patients
The world's simplest personal hypertension charting app
Mahima Chandak
14-Jul-2020, 3 minute read
Remote user testing during lockdown
How we create better software for healthcare workers with remote user testing methods
Pragati Mehrotra
08-Jun-2020, 3 minute read
Simple + Bangladesh
Simple is now deployed in hospitals in northern Bangladesh
Tanushree Jindal
25-Feb-2020, 2 minute read
Simple Wins "Best in Show" at the IxDA Awards in Milan
Simple was recognized with the top prize at the Interaction 20 Conference
Akshay Verma
12-Feb-2020, 3 minute read
Offline-first apps are appropriate for many clinical environments
How making Simple an offline-first app reduces patient wait time
Govind Joshi
02-Jan-2020, 6 minute read
Co-creation with nurses
How we make better software for our users by creating solutions together
Pragati Mehrotra
17-Dec-2019, 6 minute read
How regular phone interviews with users gets us excellent insights
Regularly scheduled phone calls helps us identify patterns of concern
Tanushree Jindal
20-Nov-2019, 7 minute read
A day in the life
How a nurse uses Simple to help save patients with hypertension
Akshay Verma
10-Oct-2019, 4 minute read
Training, the Simple way
The tools and methods the Simple team uses to train clinicians
Deepa Venkatraman
04-Oct-2019, 4 minute read
What we are learning by creating an ultra-thin EMR
How clinicians use Simple to manage 125,000 patients with hypertension
Daniel Burka
18-Sep-2019, 11 minute read
5 articles to convince leaders that design and usability matters
A curated list of articles suggested by the larger design community
Daniel Burka
03-Sep-2019, 3 minute read
How storyboarding from real user data drives good product decisions
The process and value of storyboarding our user's experience
Mahima Chandak
22-Aug-2019, 7 minute read
How a simulated clinic helps us make better software
Simulating clinics to understand our users and their work context
Tanushree Jindal
06-Aug-2019, 8 minute read
Open source brand for Simple
The process and ideas that shaped Simple's open-source indentity