Health Making at the Frontlines of a Hospital Makerspace
Virtually Maker Faire 2020
May 22nd-23rd
Join us to learn how a hospital makerspace team of nurses, doctors and frontline clinicians are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic by making solutions in realtime!
UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Hospital partnered with MakerHealth to open a hospital makerspace in November 2019. The lab helped to build a culture of experimentation so that 6-months later they were prepared to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the last 2 months, doctors, nurses, and other clinicians from across the hospital have designed and prototyped 20+ solutions to challenges brought on by COVID-19 resulting in nearly 2,000 device units in use across our health system. With the tools of making at the frontlines, they have gone through more than 50 iterations and testing with 150 St. Luke’s staff. Nine of these projects went from sketch to bedside in under 4 hours. Learn how the open-access culture of accepting all ideas helps the entire hospital team make an impact in St. Luke's response to the pandemic.
