Healthcare Innovation by Design

Eric Schickli and Samantha Katz who are both graduate students at Northwestern University in Illinois were the grand prize winners and described their product as a “complete diabetes management system using the phones users already carry… integrating control of glucose meters, insulin pumps and logbooks into a single easy-to-use iPhone interface.”

The most creative winner was the Design for America Team who are a group of students from Northwestern University, including Yuri F. Malina, Kushal Amin, Hannah Chung, Can Arican, Katy Mess, Rita Huen, Sourya Roy, Justin Liu, Kevin Li and Mert Iseri.  Their design, Jerry the Bear with Diabetes, is an amazing toy that teaches children with diabetes about their disease and the things they need to know and do to manage it.

Finally, in the Kid Category, Griffin Bonner, age 13, won for Safe Tube, a retractable insulin pump tubing.

Three great examples of Care Design!  Click on the title link to get more information about the winning designs and what the winners actually won.