What question did this study set out to answer?

To involve patients and patient representatives as co-designers using a Design Thinking model to create a medication information tool that addresses patient needs during hospital discharge.

July 29, 2025Pharmacy PracticeOpen Access

Development of my medication plan involving patients and patient representatives as co-designers

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MSMaja Schlünsen TGTrine Graabæk

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Design thinking study reveals key user preferences for a medication tool among hospital patients and representatives, suggesting physical formats and glossaries enhance discharge safety.

Key Points

To involve patients and patient representatives as co-designers using a Design Thinking model to create a medication information tool that addresses patient needs during hospital discharge.
Applied a Design Thinking framework structured into inspiration and ideation phases.
Observed discharge conversations between physicians and 12 hospital patients followed by structured interviews, and engaged 3 patient representatives in ideation workshops.
Patient discharge conversations focused most frequently on active medications and regimen adjustments, whereas disease prevention was discussed least often.
Patient representatives advocated for a physical, non-electronic format containing extra sections for non-prescription drugs, free-text areas, and a glossary of clinical terminology.
The finalized My Medication Plan integrated a physical printout of the existing Shared Medication Record with supplemental patient-oriented information pages.

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Schlünsen et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7cb45121c5894b35c89b87 https://doi.org/10.18549/pharmpract.2025.2.3123

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July 29, 2025Pharmacy PracticeOpen Access

Development of my medication plan involving patients and patient representatives as co-designers

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Authors

MSMaja Schlünsen TGTrine Graabæk

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Overview

Design thinking study reveals key user preferences for a medication tool among hospital patients and representatives, suggesting physical formats and glossaries enhance discharge safety.

Key Points

To involve patients and patient representatives as co-designers using a Design Thinking model to create a medication information tool that addresses patient needs during hospital discharge.
Applied a Design Thinking framework structured into inspiration and ideation phases.
Observed discharge conversations between physicians and 12 hospital patients followed by structured interviews, and engaged 3 patient representatives in ideation workshops.
Patient discharge conversations focused most frequently on active medications and regimen adjustments, whereas disease prevention was discussed least often.
Patient representatives advocated for a physical, non-electronic format containing extra sections for non-prescription drugs, free-text areas, and a glossary of clinical terminology.
The finalized My Medication Plan integrated a physical printout of the existing Shared Medication Record with supplemental patient-oriented information pages.

Cite This Study

Schlünsen et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7cb45121c5894b35c89b87 https://doi.org/10.18549/pharmpract.2025.2.3123

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