Co-creating design for health in a city hospital: perceptions of value, opportunity and limitations from 'Designing Together' symposium. Issue 1 (2nd January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cunningham, Helen; Reay, Stephen
• Is Part Of: Design for health. Volume 3:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 119
• Page End: 134
• Publication Date: 2019-01-02
• Subjects: Co-design -- design-led -- design for health -- symposium -- patient-centred; Medical technology -- Design -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Design -- Periodicals; Health facilities -- Design and construction -- Periodicals; 610.705
• DOI: 10.1080/24735132.2019.1575658
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2473-5132

Abstract

Abstract: This research explores how co-creation and a design-led approach to the traditional notion of symposium brought together industry, academia and the voice of patients in a hospital-based environment. The symposium 'designing together' provided a primer to consider what opportunities and constraints might influence how design could thrive in a hospital environment. The qualitative survey based response, from 21 participants, was analyzed using a general inductive approach to uncover themes relating to the need for change versus resistance to change within the hospital, the need for a patient-centred approach balanced with the need to engage staff throughout design processes, and demonstrating the value of design balanced against financial constraints. Encouraging collaborative co-creation and insight from patients, staff and designers within a free public hospital event was a unique approach that may provide a useful template for designers, researchers and public health professionals in developing the future design in health collaborations.