In collaboration with Siemens HiMed, we are developing the next generation of the HiMed Cockpit – a multimedia terminal located directly at the patient's bedside. Our goal is to create an intuitive, accessible and human-centred user experience that supports all patient groups, regardless of age or individual limitations. The interface is deliberately focused on what matters most, helping to avoid overwhelming people who need rest and recovery. The ergonomic touchscreen provides patients with modern digital services directly at their bedside.
Accessible Interface Design for Healthcare
The ergonomic touchscreen, complemented by physical hardware buttons, provides everything needed to make a hospital stay more comfortable:
Our UX concepts are based on extensive user research and practical usability testing, including studies with older adults and people with physical or cognitive impairments. The HMI colour palette has been carefully selected to ensure that content remains clear and accessible for users with various visual impairments, including colour vision deficiencies.
Particular attention was paid to the following aspects:
The new UI is designed to convey calmness and structure. A coloured ellipse in the background acts like a spotlight, subtly drawing attention to key actions and functions. This helps users make decisions quickly and confidently without feeling overwhelmed.
At the same time, the ellipse allows different screens to be distinguished at a glance, despite sharing a consistent visual style and layout grid. The result is a visual guidance system that improves orientation and simplifies interaction for all users. The dashboard is clearly structured and immediately highlights the most relevant information, including the current time, location and upcoming events. Key functions remain directly accessible at all times.
TEGRIS enables central, touch-based control of operating technology such as operating tables, operating lights, monitors and cameras. We were responsible for the UX concept, the visual design and the front-end technical implementation using WPF.
The HMI from KIEFEL Packaging relies on self-explanatory illustrations and animations. It makes the highly complex technology easy to understand and thus facilitates the input of parameters. We developed the usability and user experience concept as well as the visual design for the HMI.
Philipp Kirsch GmbH is a manufacturer of professional refrigerators and freezers for the healthcare sector and laboratories. The innovative cloud platform enables intelligent monitoring of refrigerated goods. Notifications and alarms are automatically triggered if temperature limits are exceeded or not reached.