The design discipline plays an important role in healthcare – for example in the user-centred development of smart devices or the design of treatment processes.

In our short lecture, you will learn how design and design research can be incorporated into various areas of healthcare and thus improve health and quality of life. For example, we present movement-based games that are used in geriatric or sports rehabilitation to train physical and cognitive skills.

We show a foldable surgical instrument that improves the process of implanting pacemakers; and we talk about innovative digital decision-making tools for patients and their relatives as well as for medical professionals.