Heart failure patients shape design of their own digital support tools
Researchers tested a novel approach to building healthcare technology by letting patients and doctors co-design digital self-care systems rather than having engineers build them in isolation. Early results show patient input dramatically improves the usability and adoption of health management tools—a model that could reshape how health tech companies approach product development.
Originaltitel: User involvement in the co-design of self-care support systems for heart failure patients
<p>In this paper the nature of user involvement in a co-design process will be explored. The outlines of a research project aiming at developing support systems for self-care inpatients suffering from chronic heart failure will be presented. The project is planned to perform a co-design effort where users (patients and healthcare professionals) will be given the opportunity to influence the development of support systems. We will discuss a number of possibilities and challenges that lie in the design of this kind of project and also some findings from its early stages. This report presents the experiences of users input, which are discussed in the context of previous research on benefits of user contributions in systems development. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.</p>