Design for Wellbeing

Forskare ska stötta produktutvecklare i mikroföretag i Tanzania

Tobias Larsson — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 07:46:54 +0000

Forskare från BTH ska studera hur människor i Tanzania arbetar med design och utveckling med syftet att öka deras förmåga att designa mer framgångsrika produkter. Projektet stöttas av Vetenskapsrådet och syftar till att stödja mikroföretag i utvecklingsländer.

TAGS: andreas larssonBase of the Pyramid BoP ie microenterprises Product design Product Development PSS santosh jagtap Swedish Research Council vetenskapsrådet VR

Investigation of the Product Design Process in Informal Microenterprises in Tanzania | 2021-2022

Tobias Larsson — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 07:44:40 +0000

The products that surround us (e.g. furniture, bicycles, etc.) are outcomes of design processes. Product design is a fundamental aspect of human intelligence and creativity, attracting not only experts but also workers and self- employed without any formal design training. Although numerous people in developing countries design and manufact simple products in metalworking informal microenterprises, there is very little systematic knowledge about their design process. This project aims to fill this fundamental gap in design knowledge. The overall goal of the project is to investigate the design process in metalworking informal microenterprises, using a scientific method of ‘think-aloud protocol analysis’.

This two-year project will be carried out by four researchers — two from Sweden, one from Tanzania and one from India. In 2021, we will collect data in metalworking informal microenterprises in Tanzania, using the technique of ‘think-aloud protoc analysis’. In 2022, we will finish qualitative data analysis, will present results in one conference and submit one journal artic and will submit a joint research application to VR/Development Projects Grant. We will distribute the results in metalworkin microenterprises and other relevant stakeholders through seminars in Tanzania and India.

The project will primarily provide fundamental knowledge for models and theories of design processes, and will also help to improve design practice in microenterprises.

TAGS: andreas larssonBase of the Pyramid BoP ie microenterprises Product design Product Development PSS santosh jagtap Swedish Research Council vetenskapsrådet VR

Health and Sports Technology Initiative

Tobias Larsson — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 10:52:05 +0000

In order to tackle the enormous public health challenge surrounding lifestyle diseases and an aging population, and at the same time creating the conditions for regional innovation and growth in health and sports technology, a regional long-term investment is started. The initiative will coordinate ideas, skills, and resources in a complete ecosystem. In addition, linked to collaborations within Sweden, the Nordic countries, Europe and also the rest of the world.

There is tremendous potential for innovation and growth in this area. Globally, health and sports technology is a large market with a great economic growth in Europe, and even higher in the rest of the world. In Europe, major financial investments are made for start-ups, and the sector is expected to turn over SEK 300 billion within five years. Sweden is significantly smaller in absolute terms, but due to high scientific knowledge and good spirit of innovation, it is still often top-5 in the European ranking.

TAGS: healthsports technology

SUCCCE – Smart use of communication in complex care environments

Tobias Larsson — Mon, 20 May 2019 09:13:26 +0000

The SUCCCE product is a handsfree, advanced decision support for alert management and consists of both hardware and software. SUCCCE provides medical doctors and other health care staff with direct alerts from medical devices and adequate medical information concerning their patients on a heads-up display in their eyes’ field of view. The advanced data filtering in SUCCCE makes sure that the alerts and information are recieved by staff with matching responsibilities.

TAGS: acceleratoraugmented reality BTH ehealth google glass Healthcare succce tobias larsson

Two wellbeing projects in Extreme PSS project course

Tobias Larsson — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 11:30:34 +0000

Students in the MSc programmes in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management and Engineering have completed their final product-service innovation projects in the course Extreme Product-Service Innovation. The students have been working on different challenges relating to construction equipment and health care in projects that are aimed at allowing the students to use their engineering skills and tools “In Real Life” with real corporate partners, thus preparing them for their coming work life.

For this batch two teams choose to work with the Design for Wellbeing “angle” together with Blue Science Park and Region Blekinge.

Extreme Product-Service Innovation class 2018/19.

The Projects

This year’s challenges have come from Region Blekinge (formerly County Council Blekinge), Blue Science Park, Dynapac and Volvo Construction equipment. A major focus has been on how to design and enable future concepts for health care and construction respectively, given that more capabilities for digitalization are becoming available.

Blue Science Park

The focus of this project has been on increased independence and wellbeing for people who are in need of increased assistance but still not eligible for full home care initiatives. Some solutions can be attractive enough and make people’s lives better so that they want to consume the solutions (whether it’s products and/or services) privately. Based on needfinding, the students have come up with a solution called C-Connect that consists of a watch band that has sensors and a button. The sensors will monitor information regarding a person’s health status. The information that will be monitored is body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, blood sugar, and blood oxygen. The button will be an emergency button, that the seniors can use to contact someone when needed. Coupled with this the students have developed an app that supports the integration with different stakeholders.

C-Connect solution.

Region Blekinge

The focus of the two Region Blekinge projects was on Mobile Teams and enabling the Care Ward to be in the patients’ homes. With this approach, the idea is both to make better use of resources and also to make care better in quality and more comfortable for the patients who should not need to go to the hospital unless it is absolutely necessary.

With the Mobile teams project created a platform that supports the mobile teams in planning and management of the activities that move out of the hospital. By streamlining multiple processes and collecting all activities under one combined platform the concept will increase both efficiency and patient’s desirability. The solution combines capabilities in logistics, data collection, and digital communication within a smart and easy to use the platform.

Mobile teams interface.

With the Care Ward at Home project, the students have devised a concept called LARM, which is a system of sensors that collect data from the user and communicate to the user via an app. The data is also sent to a monitoring center at the hospital that evaluates the results. By alleviating the patients from having to go to the hospital and instead of remaining in their homes, there is more space cleared up at the hospital for the patients who are more in emergency conditions instead.

LARM interface.

For more information see below site:

Extreme Product-Service Innovation 2018/19 completed

TAGS: blue science parkBTH christian johansson christian johansson askling course project education epsi extreme product service innovation extreme pss innovation ie Landstinget Blekinge Marco Bertoni PSS PSS EI PSS Extreme Innovation PSSEI student project techacc

C-connect – The future of medical monitoring

Tobias Larsson — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:15:51 +0000

Challenge: A solution that delays the need of help from the home care in Karlskrona

Solution: In the future the population of seniors is expected to grow. This is a problem for the society since the workers will have to take care of more seniors. Therefore a solution that delays the need of help from the home care is necessary. When examine current problems among seniors, the project team found two common safety issues. The first one is that seniors felt more safe when they knew that someone was checking up on them, to know that the person is alright. The second one is that seniors felt more safe if they could contact someone when needed.

The solution was a watch band that have sensors and a button. The sensors will monitor information regarding a person’s health status. The information that will be monitored is body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, blood sugar and blood oxygen. This to fulfill the first issue. The button will be an emergency button, that the seniors can use to contact someone when needed. This to fulfill the second issue.

TAGS: blue science parkBTH dfw ehealth Healthcare home care Landstinget Blekinge Medical Monitoring region blekinge security

LARM system – At home monitoring system

Tobias Larsson — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 08:58:35 +0000

Challenge: To help creative innovative solutions for Landstinget Blekinge for patients to get at home healthcare / solutions for mobile teams.

Solution: Sensors that collect data from the user and communicate to the user via an app. The data is also sent to a monitoring central at the hospital that evaluates the results.

Impact: By removing the patients from the hospital to their home, there is more space cleared up at the hospital for the patients who are more in emergency conditions instead. The patients that stay from home, get to feel “less sick” due to the fact that they get to stay home.

TAGS: BTHdata dfw ehealth health app Landstinget Blekinge monitoring systems region blekinge sensors

Landstinget health care at home – Efficiency and connectivity of mobile teams

Tobias Larsson — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 09:18:34 +0000

Challenge: Understanding the core issue and today’s drawbacks in the mobile teams.

Solution: By streamlining multiple processes and collecting all activities under one combined platform the concept will understandably increase both efficiency and patient’s desirability. The solution combines of beneficial advancements in logistics, data collection and digital communication within a smart and easy to use platform.

TAGS: BTHdesign thinking dfw Emergency care Healthcare Homecare in real life Landstinget Blekinge Mobile teams mt2556 prototyping Smart Logistics

WeCare – Från studentprojekt till bolag

Tobias Larsson — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 18:34:57 +0000

WeCare startades som ett studentprojekt på Blekinge Tekniska Högskola (BTH) med en ide om hur man kan reducera antalet vårdrelaterade infektioner inom sjukvården. Med stöd av bland annat Blue Science Park har idén fått testats på två sjukhus i Blekinge.

Läs mer på: https://www.bluesciencepark.se/ehalsa/article/wecare-fran-studentprojekt-till-bolag/

TAGS: blekinge institute of technologyBTH innovation wecare

Most Influential Qualities in Creating Satisfaction Among the Users of Health Information Systems: Study in Seven European Union Countries

Tobias Larsson — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 11:37:59 +0000

ABSTRACT

Background: Several models suggest how the qualities of a product or service influence user satisfaction. Models such as the Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI), Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), and Delone and McLean Information Systems Success demonstrate those relations and have been used in the context of health information systems.

TAGS: applied health technologyBTH consumer behavior efficiency equation models evaluation studies as topic health care costs health information systems ontology engineering publication safety Shahryar Eivazzadeh telemedicine tobias larsson