It’s not about making new things, it’s about making the right things.
Current practice for re-dosing epinephrin for neonates.
How might we reduce the time it takes to prepare an emergency epinephrin dose for newborns? Physicians at The Center for Advanced Pediatric and Perinatal Education (CAPE) developed a study to test a new neonatal epinephrin packaging design to ELIMINATE dose prep time. I was fortunate to be a part of the project through co-creating the packaging design with William Rhine, MD and Janene Fuerch, MD. A paper was recently published on our study in the American Journal of Perinatology, called "A Novel Method for Administering Epinephrine During Neonatal Resuscitation." By Hannah Gu, MD et al.
Check out the paper.
This is an excellent example of how design can help healthcare outcomes for the neonatal population. Enclosed is a video of the current time it takes for a nurse to draw up a pediatric dose of epinephrin. As you can see, it's quite long for an emergency. Our intervention proves that thoughtful design can reduce time for medication delivery, which may improve neonatal health outcomes. Funding for this study was provided by Stanford University and the Endowment for the Center for Advance Pediatric and Perinatal Education (CAPE). This study was conducted at CAPE at Stanford.
Congestive Heart Failure Patient/Doctor Ethnography Report
Client: Orlando Healthcare Foundation
Our team was hired to conduct ethnography with patients who had advanced congestive heart failure (CHF). Orlando Healthcare Foundation was concerned about the number of CHF patient readmissions post discharge. I interviewed ten patients from various demographics and five clinicians from different clinics in order to collect insights that guided our technology-based product recommendations for OHF.
Hospital Needs Actionable Through Design
Client: CINTAS
CINTAS asked JS Design Group to share insights regarding hospital needs.
Designing The Ideal L&D Unit
Client: Agency For Healthcare Research and Quality
Understanding the Heterogeneity of Labor and Delivery Units: Using Design Thinking Methodology to Assess Environmental Factors that Contribute to Safety in Childbirth
Analyzing the heterogeneity of labor and delivery units:
A quantitative analysis of space and design
