Takare
Medical Workstation for Free Clinic in Remote Area
Designer / 許 寗 Ning Hsu 王昱心 Yu-Hsin Wang
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Takare
Medical Workstation for Free Clinic in Remote Area
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Design Background Observation Customer Journey Product Definition Final Result
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Design Background Subject Medical Workstation for Free Clinic in Remote Area
Design Target ▲ Medical Care 1/ Provide more sufficient medical helps. 2/ Cement the relationship among medical staffs, relatives and patients. ▲ Specific Situation 1/ Design for remote areas 2/ Improve equipments to respond to special medical treatments
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Problems When medical and volunteer clinic teams giving volunteer medical consultation in remote areas, they might face the following diďŹƒculties : 1/ It is inconvenient to carry numbers of medical equipments when entering mountain areas. 2/ The existing products can not provide a complete and aective using space.
Motivation We are looking forward to design a medical workstation which could solve the problems when giving volunteer medical consultation and try to achieve the following purposes: 1/ Provide portable medical equipments to volunteer clinic teams. 2/ Promote the benefit of medical care.
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Observation 2012 Free Clinic in Miaoli, with Taiwan Root Medical Peace Corps (TRMPC)
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Taiwan Root Medical Peace Corps (TRMPC) Taiwan Root Medical Peace Corps (TRMPC) is a private, nonsectarian, non-profit organization dedicated to improving quality of life through provision of medical services and health education. Founded in 1995, by the vision of Dr. Chi-Chun Liu ( 劉 啟 群 ), TRMPC joined talented medical personnel with enthusiastic volunteers to form a medical service group. TRMPC sets up temporary medical service clinics in different mountain areas of Taiwan every month. Doctors, dentists, and volunteers provide free medical care as well as educational health material to the local population. TRMPC works to improve the local communitiesʼ current condition and offers resources for developing self-reliant health care systems. On international medical service trips, TRMPC extends medical services to the most needy populations, conducts research on tropical diseases and HIV/AIDS, and promotes community-based health education.
No. 258 Free Clinic in Miaoli, Taian A two day trip on 22nd and 23rd, september, 2012. With TRMPC, we entered mountain areas in Miaoli county, provided free medical service and did the observation and interview.
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State of Play/How they do it? ▲ Transportation
& Moving
/ Moving by wheels or hand-lifting // Boxes and suitcases /// Transporting by cars ▲ Storage
/ Box in another box // Messy inside /// Overload ▲ Using
/ Messy working space // Personal toolbox /// Medicines in plastic bag
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Equipments/During Treatment ▲ Register
Anamneses ▲ Basic
Files
Pens
Examination
Scales
Sphygmomanometer
Forehead Thermometer
▲ Diagnose
Mask
Flashlight
Stethoscope
Tongue Depressor
▲ Treating
First-Aid Kit ▲ Medicine
Syringe
Dosing
Medicine
Mortar
Plastic Bags
Pens
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Customer Journey
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Process
Problem
Need
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Product Definition
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Medical Workstation for Free Clinic in Remote Area We focus on the volunteer clinic teams that may face the following difficulties when giving volunteer medical consultation in remote areas: 1. It is inconvenient to carry numbers of medical equipments when entering mountain areas. 2. The existing products can not provide a complete and aective using space for user. Combining the real needs and our aspect, we are looking forward to design a medical aid set for remote area based on the process of medical treatment and try to achieve two main purposes: one is to provide portable medical equipments to the volunteer medical teams, another is to bring modern medical resources into remote areas as much as possible.
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Competetor Problems 1/ awful storage 2/ inconvenient to transport 3/ heavy
Needs 1/ Easy to Carry
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2/ Appropriate Storage
3/ Efficient Operating Process
Design Guidelines ▲ Easy to Carry 1/ An appropriate style for a long, difficult journey 2/ Proper human factors engineering 3/ Light, durable material
▲ Appropriate Storage 1/ Store all the goods and equipments you need completely 2/ Flexible/adjustable design
▲ Efficient Operating Process 1/ Arrange the position of things based on situation, such as the treatment process.
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Final Result
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Two sets of medical workstations. Step 1 and 2 are in the same set and step 3 is in another one. â–˛ They can be used during medical treatment separately and also be moved and transported as a set as if they are only one thing not two. â–˛
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Design Detail Open the cover to create a working surface for user. Equip an i-Pad mini to connect all three workstations and intergrate the anamneses.
Handles to make moving and transporting easier.
Locks to make sure things will not be loosed while moving or transporting.
Four-direction wheels let user easier to control the product. Brakes on the wheels can make the workstation stable when needed.
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Step 1/ Register & Basic Examing User/ Volunteers
Inner Configuration
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Step 2/ Diagnose & Treating User/ Doctors
Inner Configuration
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Step 3/ Medicine Dosing User/ Pharmacist
Inner Configuration
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Using Process From the start to the end
BEFORE NOW
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Unstable
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Inconvenient to move
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Time-consuming
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Stable and Tidy
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Easy to move with wheels and handles
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Quick and Efficient
Transport
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Compare the situations that free clinic will face before and after using the product, we can now know what are the problems we do solve and the benefits we make clearly.
Unload & Move
Seperate
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Confusing Equipments are in a mess Recognize by color and number Equipments are in order and comform with using process
1 Register & Basic Examing
2 3 Diagnose Medicine & Dosing Treating
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Time-consuming
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Quick and Efficient
Clean Up
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Thank You
for all the supports and helps
Designer / 許 寗 Ning Hsu 王昱心 Yu-Hsin Wang Contact / scindy1991@gmail.com 0932-222338（許寗）
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