How designer pharmacy could provide the answers to patient safety issues

摘要

For many,the word "design" will conjure up images of iMac computers or the latest Volkswagen Beetle.Design giants,such as Philippe Starck,Ron Arad and the Bauhaus may spring to mind - names far removed from pharmacy.But the two disciplines are not so alien.Last week saw the launch of a book,'Information design for patient safety',a collaboration between the National Patient Safety Agency and the Helen Hamlyn Research Centre at the Royal College of Art (RCA) (PJ,15 October,p472).And,in fact,how good design can improve health care is something that the Government has been thinking about for some time.