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FROM EVIDENCE TO IMPLEMENTATION: HOW SYSTEMS DESIGN CAN FORESEE COMPLEX HEALTHCARE INTERVENTIONS

Part of: Socio-technical Issues in Design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2020

A. N. Feldman ,
F. Patou  and
A. M. Maier
A. N. Feldman*
Affiliation:
DTU-Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
F. Patou
Affiliation:
DTU-Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
A. M. Maier
Affiliation:
DTU-Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
*
*afeld@dtu.dk

Abstract

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How can we design and engineer research that leads to the development and effective implementation of complex healthcare interventions? We advocate for a systems design-based approach when initiating clinical research to anticipate the proposition of complex interventions. Using cognitive care as an example, we investigate how hybrid design-inspired methodologies can promote organisational effectiveness and how strong clinical evidence can support successful conceptualisation and uptake of novel interventions into routine clinical practice.

Keywords

healthcare designcomplex systemsengineering designhearing carecognitive decline

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Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference , Volume 1 , May 2020 , pp. 1891 - 1900
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