Towards a Health 4.0 Framework for the Design of Wearables: Leveraging Human-Centered and Robust Design

Abstract

With the introduction of Health 4.0 we face a new era in healthcare and notice the disruption of delivery, adoption and use through newly introduced technology. Wearables have become increasingly important in the medical sector and their remote application and widespread use are significant to the development of technology in healthcare today and the future. The implementation of wearables requires regulations and clinical approval when intended to use for health tracking and monitoring. Within this process designers play a crucial role. Design methodologies are the guideline to accomplish a successful path towards the creation of a new product. In this paper the authors explore and draw from established design methodologies to support the creation of a framework for design of wearables in a health 4.0 context. Identifying the positions of design practices and analyzing the correlations in the context of Health 4.0 is therefore presented within this paper.