Holloway Catherine, Dawes Helen
Computer Science , University College London , Gower St , UK.
Elizabeth Casson Trust Chair, Movement Science Group , Oxford Institute of Nursing and Allied Health Research (OxINAHR) , UK.
Healthc Technol Lett. 2016 Dec 7;3(4):254-256. doi: 10.1049/htl.2016.0087. eCollection 2016 Dec.
Designing, developing and deploying assistive technologies at a scale and cost which makes them accessible to people is challenging. Traditional models of manufacturing would appear to be insufficient at helping the world's 1 billion disabled people in accessing the technologies they require. In addition, many who receive assistive technologies simply abandon them as they do not meet their needs. In this study the authors explore the changing world of design for disability. A landscape which includes the rise of the maker movement, the role of ubiquitous sensing and the changing role of the 'user' to one of designer and maker. The authors argue they are on the cusp of a revolution in healthcare provision, where the population will soon have the ability to manage their own care with systems in place for diagnosis, monitoring, individualised prescription and action/reaction. This will change the role of the clinician from that of diagnostician, gatekeeper and resource manager/deliverer to that of consultant informatics manager and overseer; perhaps only intervening to promote healthy behaviour, prevent crisis and react at flash moments.
以能够让人们获取的规模和成本来设计、开发和部署辅助技术具有挑战性。传统制造模式似乎不足以帮助全球10亿残疾人获得他们所需的技术。此外，许多获得辅助技术的人仅仅因为这些技术不符合他们的需求就将其弃用。在本研究中，作者探讨了不断变化的残疾设计领域。这一领域包括创客运动的兴起、无处不在的传感的作用以及“用户”向设计者和制造者角色的转变。作者认为他们正处于医疗保健提供革命的风口浪尖，届时民众很快将有能力通过用于诊断、监测、个性化处方及行动/反应的系统来管理自己的护理。这将改变临床医生的角色，从诊断者、把关者和资源管理者/提供者转变为顾问信息学经理和监督者；或许仅在促进健康行为、预防危机和瞬间做出反应时进行干预。
