Presentation about designing for interaction between people who are under medical treatment and people providing medical care. During the two-day conference Apps for the Planet with the goal to inspire developers and designers to create new services for real problems in healthcare.

1. Diana Vermeij
About designing and facilitating interactions for patients to
improve participation in their own medical treatment
Apps for the Planet
August 17, 2011
BNO Amsterdam

2. Why should we facilitate interaction between
people being under medical treatment..?

3. Because
being ill
without the
ability to
participate,
feels like
pushing a
heavy rock
uphill..

4. ..but what does
healthcare
innovation have to
do with the planet??

5. We develop services
to help people do
more themselves and
really participate
during their medical
treatment..

6. ..that is relevant because Dutch healthcare
spendings will fivefold in the coming 15 years..

7. ..for healthcare professionals it is crucial to look
for innovative ways to enable people to do more
themselves..

8. ..medical specialists can be skeptical about
healthcare and the Internet..

9. But there is a
generation
coming that has
different needs
and demands.
And this creates
opportunities

10. We need to look at services from a patients’
perspective, not solely the doctors’

11. remember this..?

12. ..just a simple example of using technology
to provide smarter care..

13. @dianavermeij
diana@slimmerzorgen.nl