Insight.me

Enabling a collaborative use of healthcare data

Master thesis (2019)

Authors

C. Falcão Duarte Industrial Design Engineering

Contributors

N.A. Romero Herrera Design Conceptualization and Communication - IDE (mentor)
V. Pannunzio DesIgning Value in Ecosystems (mentor)
Faculty
Industrial Design Engineering, Industrial Design Engineering
Copyright: © 2019 Carolina Falcão Duarte
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Published Date

13-09-2019

Language

English

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Faculty

Industrial Design Engineering

Abstract

This thesis presents research on data and healthcare and proposes a design vision that enables collaborative use of self-tracked data. This work was developed within the Cardiolab as a graduation work in Strategic Product Design. It aimed to identify the needs and aspirations of practitioners and patients and, then, embody the findings on a design vision.
To develop the design vision, literature research was carried and user research was done with healthcare professionals and patients. Mixed methods were used to collect and analyze qualitative data.
The results have revealed that trust plays a key role in a data-based collaborative system. It enables users and professionals engagements and provides value to other stakeholders involved. Furthermore, the research has revealed that ethical uses of data are critical to unlocking interactions in such a system. Based on that, a platform called "Insight .me" was designed.
From a design perspective, this thesis emphasizes the need for enabling data as material for personal reflection and collaboration, besides, it reinforces the need of designing ethical and trust base businesses to deal with self-tracked and personal data.