Can the patient voice design emerging healthcare technology?

Is the patient voice going to be the essential driver in the design of new healthcare technologies and mobile apps? Or will design by healthy (non-patient) people overlook the lessons learned from reflecting upon patient narratives?

The upcoming Healthcare Experience Design Conference  is going to take a look at these questions from many angles. Amy Cueva, Founder, Chief Experience Officer, and Healthcare Principal at organizer Mad*Pow has an informative blog.

Read more here.

The Kaizen Crossroad: I Laughed at Cancer

When work entails promoting a comedic, slightly-controversial, theatrical event called Cancer Can’t Dance Like This, and you have yet to see it, one can’t help but feel some trepidation.

Once again Jillian Rodak shines a spotlight on her experience on working with Patient Commando and her review of a night that pulled back the curtains on Daniel Stolfi’s experience with the big C.

We invite you to read Jillian’s latest post here

http://kaizencrossroad.blogspot.com/2011/05/i-laughed-at-cancer.html