This project is funded by the NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research Programme (NIHR204406). The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.
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A 5-day Human-centred AI (HcAI) Design Bootcamp where participants can train to identify, design, and prototype digital health solutions for complex healthcare challenges using AI tools.
Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are integral parts of the future of health and care. There are multiple areas where in the broader medical domain AI has the potential to impact at a systems level as well as to help individuals. A combined approach to developing AI with considering healthcare systems is when related technologies are used to facilitate evidence-based support for clinical decision-making, automate of healthcare systems tasks, and foster patient-physician interactions. We describe this as Medical AI.
When developing Medical AI, a strong focus should be designing before deploying, as many of the current efforts are fragmented and face challenges when implementing AI in real-world settings. This is also why adoption of AI in design and delivery of healthcare modalities has not been as easily welcomed as in areas like finance, consumer technology, and manufacturing. Slow adoption of AI-informed tools and treatments can be mainly attributed to three factors:
- concerns around safety and trustworthiness of AI Health;
- uncertainty regarding accountability when patients are at risk/harm;
- exacerbation of health inequalities and digital biases due to lack of patient and public involvement and engagement in the development of digital health solutions.
Human-Centred Medical AI Design is a design innovation approach that develops evidence-based solutions informed by diverse stakeholders to achieve holistic outcomes in the context of large complex health and care systems.
This bootcamp is intended to engage key stakeholders by introducing them to theories and practices so that they can understand the characteristics and mechanisms of developing Medical AI by working with Digital Health Designers. At the end of the bootcamp, each team should be equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to further co-create and co-design Medical AI solutions within their communities and beyond. During this bootcamp, each team will also engage in identifying patient needs and develop solutions in an iterative design process, by creating contextual prototypes that can be implemented in real-world settings.
Emeritus Professor
Institute for Advanced Computer Studies
University of Maryland, MD USA
Ben Shneiderman is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Computer Science, Founding Director (1983-2000) of the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory, and a member of the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. He pioneered the highlighted textual link in 1983, and it became part of Hyperties, a precursor to the web. His move into information visualisation spawned the commercially successful Spotfire, known for pharmaceutical drug discovery and genomic data analysis. Ben Shneiderman is the author of the breakthrough books, Software Psychology: Human Factors in Computer and Information Systems and Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction. His books are popular for his list of Eight Golden Rules of Interface Design which is frequently taught in Human-Computer Interaction courses.
Managing Advisor
Kestrel Rising
Minneapolis, MN USA
Kurt Waltenbaugh is a serial entrepreneur with a career spent building solutions using data and to understand, predict, and influence consumer behavior. Kurt has built successful analytic solutions, products, and companies in the healthcare, retail, and education/credentialing industries. His previous companies were sold to Oracle (Texas), Pearson Education (London & New York), and Unite Us (New York). Kurt helps organizations better understand consumer behavior through consulting and strategic advisory services at Kestrel Rising in Minneapolis. He holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science/Technology & Policy Studies from Carleton College.
 Design innovation Participants will work in groups to identify, design, and prototype digital health solutions for Multiple Long-Term Conditions. |
 Domain experts There will be access to healthcare professionals, digital health designers, AI experts, patients who can all collaborate. |
 Rapid lectures Lectures for beginners and pros on HcAI and digital health AI/ML topics that are relevant to healthcare. |
 Prototyping Hands-on HcAI design and prototyping exercises to apply on participant’s own projects or what the group has identified. |
 Team presentations Team presentations and plenary sessions for feedback, and to discuss potential approach to solutions. |
 Advanced prototyping Create prototypes with help of IT experts for pitch-ready digital health solutions for review by our entrepreneur in residence. |
Please get in touch with us if you are interested in becoming one of the sponsors of this unique event. Please email Sami Adnan at
sami.adnan[at]phc.ox.ac.uk. Thank you.