Designing for Health: Interview with Farhan Ahmad and Jon Keevil, MD [Podcast]
Emerging technologies have vast, expansive abilities within the healthcare landscape. However, a new asset can be needlessly complex and too overwhelming to gain wide adoption amongst clinicians. In order for wholesale implementation to take place, new software or technologies need to balance increased capabilities with the simplicity and accessibility for use in day-to-day clinical operations. […]
Designing for Health: Interview with Sarah Krüg [Podcast]
In the world of design, a tried and true method of crafting clear communication for a given client is to help the stakeholder stop overthinking things by asking them simple questions: In layman’s terms, what would you want me to know about your product? What do you want to say? How would you describe this […]
Designing for Health: Interview with Josh Liu, MD [Podcast]
The pathway to a great patient experience is filled with potential hurdles, potholes, and unexpected twists. Connecting patients and their data with their multi-pronged care team is an essential task for a modern health system. In this endeavor, thoughtful, human-centered design that keeps both the patient and clinician in mind can lead to positive outcomes […]
Designing for Health: Interview with Susan Snedaker [Podcast]
In the landscape of healthcare technology, understanding user needs and problem solving are paramount. Addressing the pain points of all technology users, from physicians to administrative staff, requires not only technical expertise, but also empathy, curiosity, and patience. By adopting an iterative approach to change management as well as being ready to take feedback and […]
Designing for Health: Interview with Joyce Lee, MD [Podcast]
A course on information technology is not a prerequisite to graduate from medical school, yet so much of a physician’s day-to-day interactions occur in a digital environment. From a doctor’s perspective, understanding the basics of how and why a software program was designed can greatly enhance their experience with the digital tools at their disposal. […]
Designing for Health: Interview with Jeff Mounzer, PhD, and Peter Kriss, PhD [Podcast]
At first glance, many challenges in healthcare look like massive, complex, and sometimes unsolvable obstacles. But when human nature is taken into account, many of these foggy issues become clear. With a deeper understanding of behavioral economics, it becomes easier to discern why some problems in healthcare persist, and how they can be remedied. Pairing […]
Designing for Health: Interview with Zeev Neuwirth, MD [Podcast]
Artificial intelligence and other digital health technologies present enormous opportunities to transform healthcare delivery. They can lessen the load of menial day-to-day tasks, such as visit coding and charting, but also have the capability to tap into more advanced areas of care, freeing up time and allowing clinicians to focus more on patients’ holistic needs. […]
Designing for Health: Interview with Lalita Abhyankar, MD [Podcast]
The job requirements of a physician are so much more than what’s learned in medical school. In this modern, connected technological environment, skillsets must include digital know-how, emotional intelligence, data management, and even the basic concepts behind software development. While the electronic health records (EHR) environment has led to a massive increase of data, learning […]
Making Rounds: Emerging opportunities with cloud-based EHRs [Podcast]
Clinical care delivery is increasingly dependent on technologies that have increased in number, variety, and complexity. Cloud technologies have become the backbone, supporting the drive to innovate. Cloud-hosted EHRs can optimize clinical efficiency, enhance organizational security, and ultimately have a positive effect on a health system’s bottom line. With the power of integrated services and […]
Designing for Health: Interview with Billy Nicolich [Podcast]
In 2008, authors Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein published their book Nudge, popularizing nudge theory and bringing a new focus on behavioral economics into the worlds of business and government. In their book, they demonstrate how small but intentional adjustments to a given environment, or “nudges,” can gently push users toward a desired outcome. In […]