Interaction and service design of a virtual health hub for patients with cardiovascular disease

Interaction and Service Design research was applied to synthesise the complex issues associated with cardiac assessment. A design demonstrator prototype was produced to rationalise how a virtual assistant might enable objective assessments clinical assessment questioning and vital signs monitoring. This led to a concept design prototype called Heart Hub, developed from a telephone triage service for patients with cardiovascular disease.

Through a co-design framework and the positive design methodology, a series of user experience techniques were used including clinician contextual laddering video interview, user personas, empathy-journey mapping, user interviews and task analysis. Secondly, we will report on the various design phases from sketching, wireframes, high resolution mock-ups to prototypes. Lastly, we report on the challenges of working on design within a healthcare setting in times of public health crisis and the effects of that). This ongoing research demonstrates the application of design c to tackle wicked problems within a healthcare context.