Developing solutions to address patient challenges
in accessing primary and preventative care.
The failure to ensure that optimal, individual-level health is achievable for all can cause a community to experience an absence of health equity. Among people with disability, access to transportation is a major barrier to maintaining medical appointment and participating in health promoting behaviors.
People with disability are at a greater risk of experiencing health disparities than any other demographic group in the country. The over 50 million Americans living with a disability deserve a solution and a human-centered design thinking approach will begin to formulate one.
What is a Charrette you say?
A charrette (pronounced [shuh-ret]), is an intense period of design or planning activity. Charrettes serve as a way of quickly generating a design solution while integrating the skills and interests of a diverse group of people.