We are doctors, designers, product managers, and academics working on human-centered responses for our hospitals, our homes, and our communities.

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Joined March 2020
Emergency Design Collective retweeted
how might we prioritize health in all things for all people in? Excited to join @EmergDesign board member @dennisjboyle & health design rockstar @monikaawittig on 12/3 for @StanfordMedX 1p PT to talk about designing for a new normal Join us! medicinex.live/ #medx – at Bozeman, MT
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Emergency Design Collective retweeted
🗳 @EmergDesign wants to hear your thoughts on voting + staying safe this election. 💬 Share your input + become eligible to participate in a design research project to uncover opportunities to ensure safe elections during #COVID19. 👉 Take the survey: edc.care/safevoting
Emergency Design Collective retweeted
The reclamation of streets for vulnerable road users is critical for safety. Communities should be asking, which corridors can be kept clear of cars after reopening? nytimes.com/2020/08/10/nyreg…
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Today, on the final session of Designing on the Front Lines, Natasha Margot Blum will talk about death, dying, and Covid-19. Join Natasha and other speakers at 5pm EST, Fri July 31. Register: eventbrite.com/e/designing-o… @EmergDesign @cooperhewitt
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Emergency Design Collective retweeted
Over the past few months, our team @EmergDesign conducted over 20 in-depth interviews and crystallized insights about mental health during #COVID19. Check out my newest article sharing 6 stories, 3 insights, and 3 opportunities ⬇️ medium.com/@vivrekar/3-insig…
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Emergency Design Collective retweeted
Also in this @politico piece: “this crisis presents an opportunity to address a long-simmering problem: how to reimagine end-of-life plans and conversations” —@davidjanka (an @EmergDesign member) politico.com/interactives/20…
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Via @politico: “Imagine a new “healthist” movement, akin to the environmentalist movement, that pushes to make health a central priority in policy, business and politics” — @amanda_sammann, cofounder of the @EmergDesign politico.com/interactives/20…
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Emergency Design Collective retweeted
Replying to @EmergDesign
@EmergDesign publishes a PPE playbook for makers: ow.ly/4Hn950A6ojP
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Emergency Design Collective retweeted
If #facemasks help prevent the spread of #coronavirus , why not #faceshields? Use both. Here's a simple way to turn your baseball cap into a face shield using any 3 hole punched clear plastic thingiverse.com/thing:438565… #COVID @EmergDesign
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Emergency Design Collective retweeted
This problem is national. Interviews with patients led to actionable opportunities to regain patient trust in a community ER. Download the @EmergDesign playbook to build on our experience: emergencydesigncollective.co…. Read more about our process here: catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/1….
The New York Times
@nytimes20 May 2020
Replying to @nytimes
Hospitals around the city are increasingly worried that stroke victims, heart patients, and those with other serious conditions may be dying at home rather than seeking help. For healthcare workers, as Smith put it, the new normal remains surreal. nyti.ms/2TlBrzV
Emergency Design Collective retweeted
Leaders at a 150-bed community hospital in California partnered with human-centered designers to rapidly address a sudden drop in emergency department visits. catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/1… #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 @AdventistHealth
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Emergency Design Collective retweeted
Love this combo of analytics with human centered #design. This is the future of #healthcare-big plus thick data @emergdesign Where Are All the Patients? Addressing Covid-19 Fear to Encourage Sick Patients to Seek Emergency Care catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/1…
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Amanda Sammann@amanda_sammann15 May 2020
Congratulations to @UCSFGSResidency's Laura Wong, @LangnessSimone and the other members of @EmergDesign for their rapid and multidisciplinary design work with Adventist Health Lodi Memorial. catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/1…
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Amanda Sammann@amanda_sammann12 May 2020
Hey #humancentereddesigners, @TheBetterLab, @EmergDesign, @ideo, @IDEOorg, @frogdesign, @DesignInHealth, @dennisjboyle ... HOW MIGHT WE institutionalize gratitude in everyday workflows? #HMWforanewnormal
Amanda Sammann@amanda_sammann11 May 2020
Dear San Francisco, and every human around the globe who has stood on the front lines, stayed home, made and donated food and ppe and/or generally practiced human kindness in these very uncertain times, THANK YOU! youtube.com/watch?v=20uECPHb…
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Emergency Design Collective retweeted
😍 this! Good design considers more than function but also the users. Going to the hospital is scary enough without a pandemic, how can improve the experience? @EmergDesign #herobrigade
@elycollege @DTassoc @MissDowlerDT @Kitronik @tweetsnmirrors @DesTechRyan Well it’s rude not to give the children’s ward visor a go 👍
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Emergency Design Collective retweeted
Sign us up! Here's an isolation gown made with Tyvek home wrap we are testing with doctors. @emergdesign #herobrigade #tyvektogether
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Emergency Design Collective retweeted
Working with @EmergDesign we've designed an isolation gown for front line workers in @tyvekConstruct home wrap... how can we get this out other front line workers?
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Emergency Design Collective retweeted
A great solution if you don't have N95 masks but do have ASTM-level surgical masks. Free directions/designs at fixthemask.com. @EmergDesign @PIH @WHO @FixTheMask #Covid_19 #PPEshortage
FIX THE MASK: Two ex-Apple engineers say they have a solution for the global shortage of N95 masks due to the #coronavirus #pandemic. Hear @HeatherKTVU interview the co-founder of SF-based nonprofit @FixTheMask on @KTVU at 6p and on CoronavirusNOW.com 😷👏🏾
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Emergency Design Collective retweeted
Next phase of #PPE #faceshield manufacturing: local hub model making take home kits for students and neighbors to help with final assembly. >600 assembled through Berkeley hub and here are 300 heading out for Peninsula assembly @EmergDesign #herobrigade
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Emergency Design Collective retweeted
Face shields cut in <10seconds each on the @RolandDGA on loan from @BournIdeaLab and @morrill_rob Thank you @FujifilmUS Open Innovation hub for PET! @EmergDesign #herobrigade
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