21 Nov 2008 0734H

Big change ahead

When I first started as a designer in this field about 12 years ago, one of the first things I remember wanting to design was the information displays on medical devices. It looks like I will finally get my chance!

After a few grueling months of interviewing and constantly running into jobs being placed on hold, I have accepted a generous offer to join Siemens Medical Solutions as a user experience designer/staff systems engineer in their angiography & x-ray division.

It’s a departure from everything I’ve done so far, but, I think that it’s validation that if you really are a good UX/IX designer, then your skills can be applied to just about any area of interaction. I’m really looking forward to joining this engineering team, applying my skills to understand the needs of everyone interacting with this hardware product,  and being able to build something really great over the long term product lifecycle.

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21 Nov 2008 0944H

Ralph Hyre writes:

Good to hear the news. In a former life, I was responsible for features in an EMR system.

Hopefully the EMR vendors will be able to incorporate your work into their displays as well, that’s one area not well served by the current patent system.

And now it's your turn.

Fire your weapon, soldier. Just be careful of friendly fire. NAME & EMAIL required.

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