Patient-Centered Design for Chemotherapy
Patient-centered design concepts for cancer care interactions and patient experiences during chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is one epicenter of cancer care where patients, providers and technologies converge all within and around the infusion center. The path of the patient through chemotherapy sees them interacting directly and indirectly with providers and technologies in this space and these interactions shape their experience. There is a quality attached to these interactions, a human dimension. Design work that attempts to address this dimension could be called patient-centered design. Cancer patients are typically far from passive, making cancer care an ideal place for patient-centered design. Returning to chemotherapy as an epicenter of cancer care, I wanted to explore how a patient-centered design process could improve the interactions and ultimately the experiences of patients during cancer care and chemotherapy.
Designer
Josh Nelson
