May 3, 2021Returning to work after 4 years of being a stay-at-home-dad3 years ago, back in 2018, we were preparing to say hello to the newest member of the family, our daughter Brin. Since learning of her imminent arrival, Holly and I had been wrestling with the same questions as all trust fund less, expectant parents: > Who’s going to stay…3 min read3 min read
Published inHSxD: Healthcare Systems by Design·Jan 8, 2018The HSxDesign Monthly HangoutHSxDesign is a global community of healthcare designers and innovators. Every month we get together online to catch up with each other and discuss a healthcare related topic. It’s a chance to learn from each other, share our experiences and have a great discussion. Next Hangout The next Hangout is on Thursday…Healthcare1 min readHealthcare1 min read
Published inHSxD: Healthcare Systems by Design·Sep 10, 2017Field trip: a US community hospitalHow Sibley Memorial Hospital implements design and innovation, and what the NHS can learn from it. — In April 2017 it was a strange time to be visiting a US hospital. Whilst I was seeing the best of what the US healthcare system has to offer, the GOP down the street were continuing their attempts to remove people’s access to it.Healthcare8 min readHealthcare8 min read
Published indesigninghealth·Apr 29, 2017Let’s talk healthcare design: Amy BucherWhilst Amy Bucher works at a design agency, you probably won’t find her playing around in Sketch. After an academic background and completing her PhD in Organizational Psychology, she’s now Mad*Pow’s Behavior Change Design Director in Boston. We caught up with Amy to hear about her current role, and how…Healthcare10 min readHealthcare10 min read
Mar 1, 2017Are NHS Identity Mangers killing my grandmother?If you were to take this mornings Telegraph article at face value, you’d think the NHS just closed a hospital to open up a new in-house branding agency. Every hospital ordered to change its logo by NHS “identity managers” in move which prompts ridicule Are you angry? I’d be angry…Nhs6 min readNhs6 min read
Feb 15, 2017What an intercity journey looks like in the NetherlandsI live in Utrecht and once a week I travel 90km to Nijmegen. Each time I’m so impressed with the efficiency of the journey. This time, I thought I’d share it. 0612: Get your bikeCycling5 min readCycling5 min read
Published inHSxD: Healthcare Systems by Design·Jan 18, 2017Field Trip: a Dutch hospitalRadboudumc is a large teaching hospital in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. It’s an impressive facility, which is in the middle of huge project to replace it’s old, outdated buildings. The hospital has it’s own in-house innovation centre called REshape. Every week they hold an ‘open breakfast’ sessions where people can drop…Healthcare5 min readHealthcare5 min read
Published indesigninghealth·Oct 18, 2016Let’s talk healthcare design: Tony ThreattThe best design problems are the tricky ones. And they don’t get much trickier than implementing electronic health records in a 1000 bed hospital. That’s exactly what Tony Threatt’s mission is at the moment. We caught up with him to hear about what his role as a Senior UX designer…Design8 min readDesign8 min read
Published indesigninghealth·Sep 30, 2016Let’s talk healthcare design: Julie GuinnJulie Guinn wears two hats, and she likes teaching others to do the same. That’s why as well as being an Experience Designer in a hospital, she’s also training doctors to become designers. We caught up to hear about her combined role at Jefferson, what she’s learnt from a career…Healthcare5 min readHealthcare5 min read
Published indesigninghealth·Sep 16, 2016Let’s talk healthcare design: Samantha DempseyAfter roles in some of the best known names in the industry, Samantha Dempsey is now a Senior Human Centered Designer at a safety net hospital in Minneapolis. She’s working in the Upstream Health Innovations team at Hennepin County Medical Center which serves a large, underprivileged community. It’s unusual to…Healthcare7 min readHealthcare7 min read
