“Retail malls, which traditionally serve middle- and high-income predominantly white communities, can flip the script. These spaces, known for spatial segregationopens in a new tab or window and racially discriminatory practicesopens in a new tab or window, have an opportunity to become access points for healthcare services. Repurposing shopping malls with a high vacancy rate -- so-called dead malls -- into medical malls can lead to healthier lives in low-income communities.”

POCUS Journal 2023

This pilot study aims to determine if patients untrained in performing ultrasound can self-scan to obtain images under remote clinician teleguidance during a simulated telehealth encounter. This study also seeks to describe the patients’ comfort level and barriers to performing an ultrasound examination on themselves using a handheld ultrasound device.

Physicians draw on their training and their lived experience taking care of patients in the built environment. Healthcare professionals should not minimize the essential role they can play in facility design.

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Creating Products and Services for Better Health: A practice-based guide to applying the principles of human-centered design to real-world health challenges; updated and expanded with post–COVID-19 innovations. Case Study: Evolution of Ultrasound

European Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021

… To design this challenge for patient-centered care and safety, the team used co-design and prototyping to rethink the discharge process. Codesign brings together and partners healthcare workers, individuals working within the system, and individuals with lived experience of the system, such as patients and their families/caregivers….

Health design project working with an interprofessional team in the medical intensive care unit. The team is focusing on the built environment move and team rounds redesign Health research project mentor: Erin Peavey of HKS Inc

The Global Studio and the Health and Design Collaborative at Jefferson Health Design for Infection Control Units in Malawi

The PURE Initiative Point-of-care Ultrasound in Resource-limited Environments includes over 120 physicians from 10 countries with interests in global health, ultrasound and medical education as it relates to training in emergency medicine, radiology, obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery and critical care, and more.

I have co-designed retreats for health care professionals, resident physicians at Mount Sinai West, and point-of-care ultrasound faculty and fellows at Thomas Jefferson University. The process has been iterative and human centered to create a curriculum for wellness. The content focuses on self and group health, recharging from the demanding emergency department environment, and professional development. See 2022 publication.

“Design is everywhere. And design matters. More specifically, slide design matters to the medical educator, who seeks to deliver effective, interactive, high quality, and memorable content. Consider a well-lit room. You may not consciously take note of the sparkling warmth created by a mix of natural light and well-placed fixtures, but good lighting promotes healing and productivity. When a room is dark and gloomy or blasted with harsh glare, people don’t want to spend time there. The same is true for graphic design. Users feel confident and engaged when content is presented with legible typefaces, accessible color contrast, and logical layouts. A little beauty and grace help convey the designer’s care for their audience.”

“Everyone knows that professional athletes depend on coaches to improve their performance. Would you be surprised to learn that great conference speakers work with performance coaches, too?

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