Back to all projects
Along the way of designing the Microsoft Patient Journey Demonstrator, I spent a lot of time speaking with clinicians. We discussed the diagnostic process at length, both an art & a science and how clinicians have to hold data in different formats and from different sources in their minds to make a decision. We imagined a scenario where these data sources were visually represented and the 'Data Comparison Control' was born, a sort of carefully crafted visual mashup on a timeline. This piece was very exciting for clinicians, and it inspired further investigation in the main CUI programme and then investment by Microsoft to release a corresponding control, a piece of work which I also designed and led.
I began by refining and extending the concept design. This included deeper understanding of clinical task-based time frames and x & y data analysis and developing more understanding of vital signs recording processes and interactions. Concurrent to the control design and build, Microsoft commissioned a separate team to deliver design guidance on Graphs & Tables, which our control needed to illustrate. We worked closely together but it was hard to keep track and a project manager was appointed who was able to both track our level and adherence to the emerging guidance points.
Ultimately, it was decided that overlaying of data was clinically unsafe, and we would vertically stack the graphs however many of the driving concepts remained which allowed Clinicians to see groups of data at a given point in time.
Control built and deployed to MSCUI. Build: Wireframe set supplied to Microsoft offshore developers
