Designing with Care: The Future of Pervasive Healthcare

• Published in: IEEE pervasive computing Vol. 8; no. 4; pp. 85 - 88
• Main Authors: Mulder, Ingrid, Schikhof, Yvonne, Vastenburg, Martijn, Card, Alan, Dunn, Tory, Komninos, Andreas, McGee-Lennon, Marilyn, Santcroos, Mark, Tiotto, Gabriele, van Gils, Mieke, van 't Klooster, Jan-Willem, Veys, Annelies, Zarifi Eslami, Mohammed
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.10.2009; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Computation; Design engineering; design methods; Developers; Health care; Human; human values; Humans; Medical services; pervasive health applications; State of the art; user involvement; Workshops
• ISSN: 1536-1268; 1558-2590
• DOI: 10.1109/MPRV.2009.71

Humane care-which is an important design paradigm relevant for pervasive healthcare-means designing systems with care, keeping in mind both users and other stakeholders. Understanding human values is a key factor in creating any successful healthcare application and is essential to avoid dehumanizing and stigmatizing users. By considering human values, designers and developers can create pervasive healthcare applications that better fit users' needs and desires. The Designing with Care 09 workshop aimed to bring together researchers, designers, and practitioners to share their experiences with incorporating values into the design of pervasive healthcare systems and to help understand the sensitive issues involved in designing for healthcare. Based on the findings from the workshop, the present state of the art is discussed, and a research agenda is presented.