Design Dialogues http://designdialogues.com Reflections on the future from a point in present Wed, 22 May 2013 00:13:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Design for Care | Opening Book Day http://designdialogues.com/design-for-care-opening-book-day/ http://designdialogues.com/design-for-care-opening-book-day/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 00:13:01 +0000 Designdialogues http://designdialogues.com/?p=1087 As promised, my book Design for Care is in print and available at Rosenfeld Media and Amazon, with some of the early testimonials. So many engaged designers and healthcare innovators have contributed to the book, so on its launch I’m becoming aware of the relationships and communities standing behind me as the book and their . . . → Read More: Design for Care | Opening Book Day]]> http://designdialogues.com/design-for-care-opening-book-day/feed/ 0 Designing for Emergence – Monitoring Collective Network Intelligence http://designdialogues.com/designing-for-emergence-monitoring-collective-network-intelligence/ http://designdialogues.com/designing-for-emergence-monitoring-collective-network-intelligence/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:28:56 +0000 Designdialogues http://designdialogues.com/?p=1081 Alberto Cottica presents the story of emergence in large, specialized social networks as the social technology necessary to address the wicked complexity of today’s societal problems.

Alberto’s analysis recognizes that citizen level participation could intervene as a powerful social force is guided (even “tweaked” as he says) by monitoring and reinforcing leverage points int . . . → Read More: Designing for Emergence – Monitoring Collective Network Intelligence]]> http://designdialogues.com/designing-for-emergence-monitoring-collective-network-intelligence/feed/ 0 Cost Drivers in the Healthcare Ecosystem http://designdialogues.com/cost-drivers-in-the-healthcare-ecosystem/ http://designdialogues.com/cost-drivers-in-the-healthcare-ecosystem/#comments Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:14:21 +0000 Designdialogues http://designdialogues.com/?p=1076 Sometimes the fewer words the better – this long infographic (reasonably well-sourced) just tells part of the story – cost drivers and population / disease trends. What it doesn’t show are the relationships to policy (Obamacare changes), institutional change (new care models), and skilled personnel supply crises (2M nurses needed by 2020).

Source: Best . . . → Read More: Cost Drivers in the Healthcare Ecosystem]]> http://designdialogues.com/cost-drivers-in-the-healthcare-ecosystem/feed/ 0 Design Contexts of Designing for Care http://designdialogues.com/design-contexts-of-designing-for-care/ http://designdialogues.com/design-contexts-of-designing-for-care/#comments Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:35:32 +0000 Designdialogues http://designdialogues.com/?p=1074 In advance of the book’s impending publication in May, I”m cross-posting a series of pieces from, within, and about the book itself. This post is also found in the Design for Care community site.

There are so many contexts in which design practice intersects with healthcare service and the critical problems anticipated in the near . . . → Read More: Design Contexts of Designing for Care]]> http://designdialogues.com/design-contexts-of-designing-for-care/feed/ 0 Design for Care – Clinical Design Competencies for Care Organizations http://designdialogues.com/design-for-care-clinical-design-competencies-for-care-organizations/ http://designdialogues.com/design-for-care-clinical-design-competencies-for-care-organizations/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:12:18 +0000 Designdialogues http://designdialogues.com/?p=1069 Friday I present a new discussion of my upcoming Rosenfeld Media book Design for Care on the Healthcare Innovation by Design Pioneers webinar series, sponsored by Dr. Sam Basta. The focus of the webinar is service design in healthcare as a practice of empathic care, and the . . . → Read More: Design for Care – Clinical Design Competencies for Care Organizations]]> http://designdialogues.com/design-for-care-clinical-design-competencies-for-care-organizations/feed/ 0