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Monica - With respect to health information design, you will find a significant range of methods and communication forms within healthcare, although much of its encumbered by the evidence-based research and presentation required to publish in health sciences literature. The design literature tends to be much more simplistic and heuristic with respect to health data and its meaning, as medical content (disease processes, test and lab data, health management) can be complex and multidimensional, requiring some expertise or at least domain experience in healthcare to understand and represent effectively. I'm completing a book for Rosenfeld Media due out in January, Design for Care: Innovating Healthcare Experience. Nine chapters cover the spectrum of sectors and application areas. The idea was to compose write one chapter each on Consumer, Patient, Clinician, Organizational, Educational, Health Information Technology and Service Systems. There are specific methods applicable to each application area and information practices within each. I should say these labels used to demarcate the health sectors are taken from industry terms, and that Design for Care presents a strong critique of consumer, user, and even patient-centered methods and representations. All of these contexts limit the systemic relationships between a person seeking better health and their care communities and services. Information needs should be considered in terms of a health-seeker's goals for a personal context, not in terms of usability or data visualization. Health information need should drive the visualization. That's why I don't think much of decision trees (if that's Goetz' reference) as they are drawn from the world of algorithmic decision making and engineering. Everyday people don't visualize health problems that way. There's a Ning website for the book community at http://designforcare.com but the content is idling for now till I finish editing and getting the book printed. Let me know more about what you're working on - I could send you some references. Peter Jones Peter Jones, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Faculty of Design Sr. Fellow, Strategic Innovation Lab (sLab) E [log in to unmask] OCAD University 205 Richmond Street West, Toronto, Canada M5V 1V6 -----Original Message----- From: Monica Silva Santos [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 7:55 AM Subject: Health Information Design Dear all, My name is Monica and I'm doing my PhD about information design, more specifically on co-creation as a method for improvement health literacy among users of national health service. In a collaboration with a national institute, we're working on the re-design of the blood test reports, so we can use existing communication supports to delivery more usable information for the patients, more personalized and suggesting actions to the user to better manage their own health. We already know, Thomas Goetz work, which was a reference for us, but it has been difficult to find more within this framework. I appreciate the suggestion of reading and reference works in this area, the (re) design of health information written documents. Best Regards Mónica Silva Santos PhD Design Fine Arts Faculty, Oporto, Portugal ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------