GoCare: Interactive dashboard for a better home hospitalization service

CANP European Research Project

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In the context of the European research project CaNP* (“Casa Nel Parco”), Experientia conducted qualitative interviews, shadowing activities and participatory workshops to identify weaknesses and opportunities to improve the home hospitalization service of Molinette di Torino. Based on this research, the GoCare interactive dashboard was designed and validated. 

(* application 320-12 with co-financing of POR FESR Piemonte 2014-2020)

3 things to know

Easier and faster visit management

GoCare helps healthcare professionals to significantly reduce time spent on planning the schedule of visits, by analyzing and cross-referencing the relevant data – including patient priority and complexity, geolocation, and the healthcare staff’s shift.

Improved communication between stakeholders

Communication between caregivers and medical staff is facilitated through simultaneous access to a shared information center with visit schedules and patient monitoring. 

Data driven decision making

The platform provides digital assistance and data to make daily decisions, just a click away. 

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Context

In the context of the European research project CaNP (“Casa Nel Parco”), Experientia conducted qualitative interviews, shadowing activities and participatory workshops to identify weaknesses and opportunities to improve the home hospitalization service of Molinette di Torino. Based on this research, the GoCare interactive dashboard was designed and validated. The prototype facilitates the planning of healthcare staff visits to patients’ homes, improves communication between staff, patients, and healthcare professionals, and manages contingencies, and better use of resources. The GoCare prototype of the CANP European research project (Question 320-12) was created thanks to the co-financing of the POR FESR Piemonte 2014-2020. It was implemented in the context of the Piedmont FESR 2014/2020 Regional Operational Program, in particular the “Health and Wellness” Technological Platform. functional technologies for the implementation of s3 strategies (Call Code: I.1b.2.2)

Challenge

Home hospitalization services offer an alternative to traditional hospitalization for patients in the acute phase of the disease. Active in Piedmont, since 1985 at AO CSST, it is dedicated to patients with geriatric and metabolic bone diseases. Experientia has designed a digital platform with the aim of facilitating the planning of visits by healthcare professionals to patients’ homes, improving communication between staff, patients and healthcare professionals, optimizing the management of contingencies and the use of resources.

Research

Experientia conducted interviews and analysis of the tasks within the OAD of Molinette and Cresla of Novara. The interviews provided useful details and requirements. Case studies on the best practices of similar services on a global scale, digital platforms, information structure and visual design were also researched. Critical points and opportunities emerged from the analysis.

Design

The conception phase subsequently allowed to develop a concept of a digital platform. This concept was designed, starting from the analysis and evaluation of activity flows, user paths and the creation of a detailed service model. Starting from the hi-fi wireframe screen design of the digital platform, the Experientia team created a design system and a visual reference (visual UI) and developed a click-through prototype, iterating based on the initial feedback received from the experts.

Impact

A study conducted by the University of Turin estimated that, if the platform were implemented in the current OAD department of the Molinette hospital, healthcare personnel would save up to 90-120 minutes a day used today to plan daily visits and 180 minutes per day today used to update paper documents.