
Alan MacFarlane Design
@alanmacdesign
A product and interaction desiger from Dublin with a keen interest in design that makes the world a better place. IxD / Service Designer at Mater Hospital.
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28-05-2019 11:22:43
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A 2-day design sprint with Alan MacFarlane Design & julie grennell assessed outcomes of Interaction Design NCAD Design Week 2022 winners demonstrating that a redesign of the existing nursing assessment form will give Mater Nursing Team more time to spend with patients @programmespark Mater Hospital Foundation



Reducing paper & increasing the time for nurses to nurse [email protected] presenting (very rapidly) the redesigned nursing assessment form 📔📒📕📗 In collab with Mater Transformation & National College of Art & Design a result of a Spark Innovation Programme sponsored design sprint 😍 ONMSD


Absolutly critical moment was collaborating with National College of Art & Design in 2016- Siobhan Manning explaining how Mater Transformation grew and brought design into their service. 🤩😍


At National College of Art & Design Better Health and Design Symposium Siobhán Manning shares her experience of service design to help others starting out on the process #designforhealth @OPS_Ireland Department of Public Expenditure Mater Hospital Foundation Sláintecare


Reducing routine Rhinology waiting lists Cris Warren GP has an extended role in ENT and delivers the first joint clinic with @matersurgery supported by Mohamed Amin to deliver expert ENT care in the community @hselive Grangegorman Primary Care Centre. #rightcare#rightplace#righttime


Hospital Live is back this year at the Mater Hospital Anna Daly & Philip Boucher-Hayes meet the teams behind innovation, including some of our very own projects, Skinnovate, See & Treat, StrokeLINK. Tune in: This Tue -Thur at 7pm on RTÉ One or RTÉ Player

Such impressive stats from Strokelink Mater Transformation Alan MacFarlane Design giving background the amazing Spark supported project. Who better to tell us than the patients themselves in these lovely video clips. #SparkSummit23 @IEHospitalGroup



A great morning at Croke Park with the The Mater Lean Academy team confirming facilities and logistics for the 10th Annual National Lean Symposium in November. We’ll be celebrating a decade of #personcentredimprovement in the Irish health system! Put November 10th in your diary. A great


It’s such buzz about the Mater Hospital this week with the National College of Art & Design design students taking on realworld healthcare challenges. 5 Days, 10 Challenges actively being explored. Can’t wait to see the progress tomorrow and concepts on Friday.

Always a pleasure 2 meet Alan McFarlane & members of the team from Mater Transformation. Today they’re showcasing their fantastic work in bringing #StrokeLINK 2 the next stage of implementation at the Public Sector Transformation Conference. So proud 2 be associated with this project.


So amazing to see you Spark Innovation Programme Caitriona Heffernan and to chat about StrokeLINK service, co-designed tools and to show you our new website (coming very soon to patients and family members). Exciting times ahead Mater Stroke Mater Transformation Interaction Design NCAD !

🏆 The prize for Best Process or Service Innovation in Healthcare goes to the StrokeLink team. Congratulations to the entire team on this meaningful #Personcentredimprovement work with patients recovering from a stroke. Thanks to Spark Innovation Programme for prize sponsorship


So proud, our StrokeLINK team won The Mater Lean Academy prize for Best Process or Service Innovation in healthcare award at Lean Symposium. This work wouldn’t be possible without the incredible StrokeLINK nurses, Mater Stroke MDT and the super support from Mater Transformation and National College of Art & Design

Great to promote our Muma Postnatal hub on the local radio today. Easy to do when the team are providing such a good service to new parents in Carlow + Kilkenny St. Luke's General Hospital Carlow/Kilkenny Ann Margaret Hogan Mullane Imelda Aylward National Women & Infants Health Programme kclr96fm.com/maternity-team…