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Reimagining healthcare

Our Approach

We view healthcare through a human factors lens.
Our team designs and evaluates health products and services to address the complexity of human behaviour and create experiences that are both seamless and safe.

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Toronto General Hospital, UHN

Embedded within the University Health Network

We constantly collaborate with the patients and providers for whom we design.

About Us

Our Services

Research

Uncovering opportunities for innovation through user-centered research

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We believe that to make meaningful contributions we need to start by developing a deep understanding of the experiences of the people we design for and the systems they interact with.

Through ethnography and immersion into real-world settings, we uncover opportunities for innovation and for the creation of meaningful, human-centred products and services.

What we offer

Observational Studies
Contextual Interviews
Environmental Scans
Foresight Scans
Insights Reports

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Design

Designing safe, effective, and usable products and services that simplify experiences

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Designing through the lens of human factors results in products, services and systems that are intuitive, efficient, and effective.

From concept development through to prototyping, our human-centred design process considers people’s behaviours, capabilities, and limitations, and the broader social, political, technological, and cultural contexts in which they operate.

What we offer

Service Design
UX/UI Design
Mitigation Design
Environment and Workflow Design
Communication Design

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Evaluation

Conducting usability evaluations and offering regulatory guidance

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Our simulation-based formative and summative usability evaluation support a system in which preventable errors are minimized and safety is seamlessly integrated into care.

With over 15 years of experience supporting clients through the regulatory approval process, we have deep experience with human factors standards, regulations, and evaluation approaches.

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What we offer

FDA Pre-market Human Factors Evaluations
Regulatory Compliance
Usability Testing
Comparative Usability Testing
Procurement Support

related projects

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Research

We believe that to make meaningful contributions we need to start by developing a deep understanding of the experiences of the people we design for and the systems they interact with.

Through ethnography and immersion into real-world settings, we uncover opportunities for innovation and for the creation of meaningful, human-centred products and services.

What we offer

Observational Studies
Contextual Interviews
Environmental Scans
Foresight Scans
Insights Reports

related projects

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Design

Designing through the lens of human factors results in products, services and systems that are intuitive, efficient, and effective.

From concept development through to prototyping, our human-centred design process considers people’s behaviours, capabilities, and limitations, and the broader social, political, technological, and cultural contexts in which they operate.

What we offer

Service Design
UX/UI Design
Mitigation Design
Environment and Workflow Design
Communication Design

related projects

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Evaluation and Regulatory Services

Our simulation-based formative and summative usability evaluation support a system in which preventable errors are minimized and safety is seamlessly integrated into care.

With over 15 years of experience supporting clients through the regulatory approval process, we have deep experience with human factors standards, regulations, and evaluation approaches.

Learn More

What we offer

FDA Pre-market Human Factors Evaluations
Regulatory Compliance
Usability Testing
Comparative Usability Testing
Procurement Support

related projects

Our Simulation Labs

Our state-of-the-art simulation labs allow us to conduct high-fidelity usability tests on medical devices, digital therapeutics, healthcare environments, and innovative service delivery models.

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DesignTalks

DesignTalks invites meaningful discussion between the community and leading designers, thinkers, and innovators

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