Design Dialogues » Healthcare http://designdialogues.com Reflections on the future from a point in present Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:10:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 iPad & Next-Gen Tablets: A Clinical Viewpoint http://designdialogues.com/ipad-next-gen-tablets-a-clinical-viewpoint/ http://designdialogues.com/ipad-next-gen-tablets-a-clinical-viewpoint/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:28:28 +0000 Designdialogues http://designdialogues.com/?p=622 Simple shifts in user interface technology and interaction style can make a huge difference in long term for IT, web applications, and software design. The GUI has been in constant use in consumer software since the 1980′s Mac, with early 90′s Windows 3.0 mainstreaming the GUI. While numerous interaction designers have foretold the death of . . . → Read More: iPad & Next-Gen Tablets: A Clinical Viewpoint]]> http://designdialogues.com/ipad-next-gen-tablets-a-clinical-viewpoint/feed/ 3 A Chat with Our Professor of Health Design http://designdialogues.com/a-chat-with-our-professor-of-health-design/ http://designdialogues.com/a-chat-with-our-professor-of-health-design/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:51:13 +0000 Designdialogues http://designdialogues.com/?p=620 Appearing on the DiabetesMine community site, I’ve been asked to participate as a juror on their diabetes innovation contest. Here’s why:

Peter Jones may have a common name, but he’s a rare animal. He’s one of the few academic design experts focusing specifically on the user experience in healthcare. And we are delighted to welcome . . . → Read More: A Chat with Our Professor of Health Design]]> http://designdialogues.com/a-chat-with-our-professor-of-health-design/feed/ 0 Healthcare Innovation Contest launched by DiabetesMine! http://designdialogues.com/613/ http://designdialogues.com/613/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:43:52 +0000 Designdialogues http://designdialogues.com/?p=613 We previewed this opportunity a month ago, but now its live.  Design for Care community member and DiabetesMine founder Amy Tenderich founded and leads this contest. I am a judge on the review panel for entries, and I promise to be impartial if your proposal comes our way.

There are 3 prizes of $7000 each, . . . → Read More: Healthcare Innovation Contest launched by DiabetesMine!]]> http://designdialogues.com/613/feed/ 0 H1N1 Online Response site http://designdialogues.com/h1n1-online-response-site/ http://designdialogues.com/h1n1-online-response-site/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:35:33 +0000 Designdialogues http://designdialogues.com/?p=523 Microsoft in collaboration with Emory and CDC has set up a consumer website for self-assessment of the H1N1 fl – www.h1n1responsecenter.com

I found this at HealthTechnica.com, a very professional blog site with the tagline “Patients First, Technology First.” However, much of the tech seems more administrative than patient-centered, is as most healthcare technology. (A point . . . → Read More: H1N1 Online Response site]]> http://designdialogues.com/h1n1-online-response-site/feed/ 0 “Reforming” the US Healthcare “system” http://designdialogues.com/reforming-the-us-healthcare-system/ http://designdialogues.com/reforming-the-us-healthcare-system/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:26:38 +0000 Designdialogues http://designdialogues.com/?p=488 First off, its not a system, and we should reclaim our correct use of the word. It is a system in the way officials like to call the incarceration process the “justice system.” System dignifies this mess as if it were an assembly of planned processes directed toward beneficial outcomes. And the way we toss . . . → Read More: “Reforming” the US Healthcare “system”]]> http://designdialogues.com/reforming-the-us-healthcare-system/feed/ 0