What if we could optimize the patient journey by creating
new connections?
We had a challenge. And then we went beyond it.
THE SCENARIO
23 million people worldwide suffer from an Inflammatory Rheumatic Disease
(World Health Organization, 2018)
Rheumatology is a medical specialty that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal diseases, i.e. diseases of bones, joints, muscles, tendons and ligaments. For this project, we focused our research on 3 pathologies: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Spondyloarthritis and Psoriac Arthritis.
THE CHALLENGE
How may we optimize the patient journey
for the Rheumatology sections?
The Rheumatology medical practice has evolved over the past years. Before, doctors were mainly managing diseases and its consequences on the patient’s life.
Nowadays, there are many new treatments and strategies to contain the diseases, but it is still hard to arrive at a correct early diagnosis.
This is why the pharma company UCB and the Hospital CHU of Reims challenged us on finding new solutions to promote faster and more accurate diagnosis.
TWO DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS
During our research, we realized that there were two points of view that we should take into consideration while trying to develop a solution to solve the late diagnosis issue.
CHECK OUR PRESENTATION!
On June 5th, the Sugar Network held the Expo Cloud Event, a special day in which we showed all of our progress to a great worldwide audience. You can see our presentation video below.
ABOUT US
We are proudly part of the Sugar Network
This project has been developed by students from Politecnico di Milano and d.School Paris, from October 2019 to June 2020. Its execution has been made possible thanks to the ongoing support from the Hospital CHU de Reims and the pharmaceutical company UCB.
Design team
We are seven students from Politecnico di Milano and d.School Paris, coming from five different countries and working collaboratively to achieve the same goal.
Valeria Baggia
Industrial Engineer from Italy. Studying the ME310 course at d.School Paris.
Eric Behar
Engineer in the making from France. Studying the ME310 course at d.School Paris.
Younes Benyamina
Business Manager from France. Studying the ME310 course at d.School Paris.
Yeira Ramirez
Industrial Designer from Mexico. Studying the ME310 course at d.School Paris.
Teaching team
Our incredible professors were always available to guide us in our learning path and we are very lucky to have had their support.
Fabien Eychenne
d.School Paris
Alice Froissac
d.School Paris
Fabrizio Pierandrei
Politecnico di Milano
Martina Rossi
Politecnico di Milano
Corporate partners
We also had the chance to work closely with experienced professionals from UCB and CHU de Reims. We would like to thank them for all the help.
Emmanuel Ricci
UCB
Angélique Ragot
UCB
Jean-Hughes Salmon
CHU de Reims
Ambre Hittinger
CHU de Reims
Get in touch!
Feel free to send us a message or use the chatbox if you have any questions or suggestions.