Healthcare UX Design trends | UX Design Company
Recent trends in healthcare UX design prioritize safety, privacy, intuitiveness, personalization, and innovation. The motivation behind many regulatory changes and updates in healthcare-related device development is the surge of healthcare-related mobile device apps, which need to be included in regulatory compliance.
One trend in healthcare UX design is toward more robust personalization. With more and more patients using medical devices in their homes, these devices must be as intuitive as possible. Empathy research shows that people over 50 may begin to view modern technology as unapproachable. The older the user demographic, the more daunting and confusing modern technology appears to them. To avoid this feeling, they will avoid using the latest technology. With this growing demographic, the emphasis on improving the intuitiveness of the user interface becomes even more critical than ever.
The task for Healthcare UX and UI Design is to integrate inspiring new avenues of interaction with technology into the users’ environments so that it almost feels like an extension of their intended actions. One day it may even be possible to interact with technology through emotions as biometric sensors are embedded in wearable devices, allowing for the ability to measure emotional and physiological data. Formative and Summative usability testing will begin to include this physiological and emotional data collected from the test respondents with verbal and dynamic feedback, providing a more thorough understanding of how end users respond to different technological concepts.
Another trend in medical device UI is the growing awareness of value-sensitive design and data protection regulations. The emphasis on strict medical privacy will push the development of user interfaces that keep users well-informed about the data they are giving up and how it could and will, be used. This is an absolute necessity for patients to feel their medical information is safe and can be trusted.
With the De Novo pathway for medical devices allowing the FDA to give patients access to safe and effective medical information quickly and efficiently, it becomes even more critical to understand and utilize new technologies in patient interaction. For user experience designers, prioritizing patient engagement in medical UX requires recognizing the medical trends that will make the user experience more enjoyable and meaningful.