Healthcare in everyday life: designing healthcare services for daily life

Today the design of most healthcare technology is driven by the considerations of healthcare professionals and technology companies. This has several benefits, but we argue that there is a need for a supplementary design approach on the basis the citizen and his or her everyday life. An approach where the main focus is to develop healthcare technology that fits the routines of daily life and thus allows the citizens to continue with the activities they like and have grown used to

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Stinne Aaløkke Ballegaard, Thomas Riisgaard Hansen, Morten Kyng
• Keywords: CHI 2008, Everyday Life, Healthcare Technology, Human Computer Interaction, Supplementary Design Approach