Digitalisation poses new challenges for the healthcare system and at the same time offers many opportunities.

The Digital Health Design Living Lab (DHD Living Lab) sets out precisely here and creates an interdisciplinary structure that works as a catalyst for innovative research and development projects at the intersection of digitalisation, health, ethics and design. The DHD Living Lab brings together three Zurich universities (ZHdK, UZH and ZHAW) with experts from the healthcare system, patient organisations and the public. It is a place where interdisciplinary experts exchange ideas in order to design and research new and practical ideas for the future of healthcare. The design discipline takes on a creative, but also supportive, formative and mediating role. The active involvement of patients, relatives and the public is central to understanding their needs and wishes and developing customised, innovative solutions for a wide range of application areas. The cooperation is intended to strengthen people's trust, awareness and knowledge of healthcare and the use of digital technologies.

After an introduction to the activities of the DHD Living Lab, interactive prototypes and approaches from ongoing research and development projects (e.g. digital exercise games and decision-making aids or hybrid design research methods in the health tech sector) can be tested and explored in the workshop. Finally, future digital health design scenarios will be discussed and explored together.