Design Labs: Collaborating with Stakeholders to Solve Healthcare Challenges

ECU Health gives permission to nurses to “fail forward and learn from mistakes” in its new design lab, a project supported through a grant from The Beryl Institute. The design lab provides a space outside the clinical environment for nurses to explore and test new ideas without posing a risk to others. The Office of Experience invited clinical and non-clinal team members to the lab to design supportive and meaningful experiences for team members, patients and families.
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