Here's my presentation from the Design Meets Healthacre meetup at the Center of Innovation for Complex Care (CICC). @designmeets, @stefanpopowycz

1. DESIGNMEETS
HEALTHCARE 2
June 26 2013
Center for Innovation in Complex Care
Stefan Popowycz
June 26 2013
Stefan Popowycz

2. STEFAN POPOWYCZ
• Senior Information Designer
• Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
• Importance of our work, mandate, vision
• Simplicity in design
• User-centered design
• What is good design? (Rams)
–As little design as possible
June 26 2013
Stefan Popowycz
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3. INFORMATION DESIGN
• ID: Multidisciplinary approach to the clean
and effective presentation of information
• Focus: appeal, comprehension, retention
• Data visualization vs. Infographics
• Visual components: Initial Assessment;
Key Messages; Navigation;
Responsive Design; Colour;
Layout; Hierarchy; Typography
June 26 2013
Stefan Popowycz
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4. CHALLENGES
• Selling design vs. afterthought of design
• Information design vs. business intelligence
• Negotiation between academics vs. design
• Communication vs. analytics
• Corporate standards vs. new standards
• End user vs. client
June 26 2013
Stefan Popowycz
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5. THEORY IN ACTION
• Canadian Hospital Reporting Project (CHRP)
–Interactive data visualizations
–Key findings: summary, narrative
–Stand alone: explorative, interactive
• Hospital System Performance (HSP)
–Interactive infographics
–To create the new standard
on how health metrics are
publically communicatedJune 26 2013
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6. LESSONS LEARNED
• Focus on who is the audience and what do
you want to communicate?
• Simplicity in design vs. Complexity of metrics
• Pick your battles, don’t get discouraged
• Iterate quickly
• Design, don’t decorate
• At the least, think differently
about your data
June 26 2013
Stefan Popowycz
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7. THANKS!
Stefan Popowycz
pinterest.com/stefanpopowycz/information-design/
ca.linkedin.com/in/stefanpopowycz/
@stefanpopowycz
www.cihi.ca
June 26 2013
Stefan Popowycz
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