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Driving Change in Complex Social Systems: How to Design Healthcare Pathways

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2022

A. Feldman ,
F. Patou  and
A. Maier
A. Feldman*
Affiliation:
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
F. Patou
Affiliation:
Oticon Medical, Denmark
A. Maier
Affiliation:
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
*
[email protected]

Abstract

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How does change occur in healthcare settings? In this paper, we take a design-based approach to healthcare research. From researcher-patient interactions to information sharing between practitioners, we examine how clinical research can mediate a change of routines and illuminate potential new system structures. Using a hospital-based cognitive care clinic as an example, we demonstrate how the inclusion of new actors, tools and resources was able to shed light on the prevalence of hearing loss among mild cognitive impairment (MCI) patients and lay the framework for new care pathways.

Keywords

healthcare designcomplex systemshuman behaviourhearing carecognitive decline
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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 2: DESIGN2022 , May 2022 , pp. 1263 - 1272
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