http://globalhealthideas.org/2009/09/8-links-for-design-and-global-health/ Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:43:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://globalhealthideas.org/2009/09/8-links-for-design-and-global-health/comment-page-1/#comment-1124 Mayo Clinic, Global Health and Design Thinking: Innovations in Healthcare Experience and Delivery | Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:34:41 +0000 http://globalhealthideas.org/?p=1634#comment-1124 [...] The Global Health Convergence: “Design Thinking” and Innovation There were many things that made this event great, however, in terms of extending your horizons and making you think, one of the most refreshing things was to see some convergence of disciplines and people from a variety of backgrounds. This is very hard to do and cannot be underrated. We all live in a sea of fragmentation,  in systems, in professions and fragmentation in how we solve problems. This is even reflected on a micro level – look at the mainstream peer reviewed journals in healthcare where you see severe fragmentation amongst the physician, nursing and pharmacy focused journals (some of this is for good reasons and some of it’s not). This conference was in part about ditching that fragmentation and about a convergence of ideas, people and relationships working collaboratively. In addition to innovative projects, new models of delivering care and how the process of innovation can be conceptualized, managed, and enabled was discussed. Much of this was encompassed under the umbrella of Design Thinking (innovating and problem solving using various methods). Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO, was a headliner on this front and re-emphasized a call for design to big, an ethic of design for social impact/change, which Jaspal and I have covered on this blog before (see our previous post – 8 Links for Design and Global Health). [...] [...] The Global Health Convergence: “Design Thinking” and Innovation There were many things that made this event great, however, in terms of extending your horizons and making you think, one of the most refreshing things was to see some convergence of disciplines and people from a variety of backgrounds. This is very hard to do and cannot be underrated. We all live in a sea of fragmentation,  in systems, in professions and fragmentation in how we solve problems. This is even reflected on a micro level – look at the mainstream peer reviewed journals in healthcare where you see severe fragmentation amongst the physician, nursing and pharmacy focused journals (some of this is for good reasons and some of it’s not). This conference was in part about ditching that fragmentation and about a convergence of ideas, people and relationships working collaboratively. In addition to innovative projects, new models of delivering care and how the process of innovation can be conceptualized, managed, and enabled was discussed. Much of this was encompassed under the umbrella of Design Thinking (innovating and problem solving using various methods). Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO, was a headliner on this front and re-emphasized a call for design to big, an ethic of design for social impact/change, which Jaspal and I have covered on this blog before (see our previous post – 8 Links for Design and Global Health). [...]

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