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Design thinking for health care

“By fostering simple innovations through design thinking in hospitals, we can tackle many challenges in the hospital in new ways, saving both dollars and lives.”

As a designer and professional patient, I couldn’t be more thrilled to read this piece by Dr. Amitha Kalaichandran, a Toronto-based pediatrician. Dr. Kalaichandran illustrates several examples of design thinking being successfully used in various hospital settings from a patient’s pain level assessment to trauma teams in emergency rooms. Check out the full piece here.

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Why U.S. health care is trop cher

Fascinating set of graphics shared by a colleague (thanks José!) on just how expensive things cost when it comes to medical care in the U.S. — from bypass surgery to prescriptions. See the full piece on The Huffington Post here.