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Health Design Thinking, second edition

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Health Design Thinking, second edition by Ellen Lupton and Bon Ku explores innovative approaches to improving healthcare through design thinking. This updated version provides fresh insights and real-world examples, guiding both designers and healthcare professionals in creating more effective, user-centred health solutions. It blends science, design, and compassionate care to enhance patient experiences and streamline healthcare services.
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This book may appeal to you if you are intrigued by how creative problem-solving can transform healthcare experiences and systems. It explores innovative approaches that blend design thinking with health science, making it ideal for those interested in improving patient care through cutting-edge design strategies.

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A practice-based guide to applying the principles of human-centred design to real-world health challenges; updated and expanded with post-COVID-19 innovations.

A Fast Company "Most Important Books for Designers to Read Right Now".

Discover how the principles of human-centred design can be applied to real-world health challenges in dozens of illustrated examplesโ€”from drug packaging and cancer detection devices to post-COVID-19 innovations.

Written by pioneers in the fieldโ€”Bon Ku, a physician leader in innovative health design, and Ellen Lupton, an award-winning graphic designerโ€”this book outlines the fundamentals of design thinking and highlights important products, prototypes, and research in health design. This revised and expanded edition describes innovations developed in response to the COVID-19 crisis, including an intensive care unit in a shipping container, a rolling cart with intubation equipment, and a mask brace that gives a surgical mask a tighter seal. Graphics by Lupton bring these ideas to life.

The authors also explore the special overlap of health care and the creative process, describing the development of such products and services as a credit card-sized device that allows patients to generate their own electrocardiograms; a mask designed to be worn with a hijab; improved emergency room signage; and a map of racial disparities and COVID-19. Health Design Thinking is an essential volume for health care providers, educators, patients, and designers who seek to create better experiences and improved health outcomes for individuals and communities.

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Health Design Thinking, Second Edition by Ellen Lupton and Bon Ku has been praised for its practical and accessible approach, offering insights from the medical community through various case studies, such as innovative medical devices and adaptive clothing. Reviewers highlight the synergy between Ku's medical expertise and Lupton's design perspective, creating an educational and engaging read enriched with real-world examples. It is regarded as an essential resource for designers in healthcare, especially in light of the evolving challenges and innovations spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780262543606

Publisher: MIT Press Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 22 February 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: MIT Press

Illustration: 300 colour photos

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 165.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 256

About the Author

Bon Ku, MD, a practicing emergency physician, is Marta and Robert Adelson Professor of Medicine and Design at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, where he is also Director of the Health Design Lab. Ellen Lupton is Senior Curator of Contemporary Design at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, in New York, and Director of the Graphic Design MFA program at Maryland Institute College of Art. She is the author of Beautiful Users, Design Is Storytelling, The Senses- Design Beyond Design, and other books.

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