(2024-04-16) Obenauer Heron

Alexander Obenauer on Heron project. Heron is an applied research project investigating concepts in personal health informatics (PHR) for individuals with chronic conditions.

How can we design transformative interfaces for personal health data? Anyone navigating life with a chronic condition knows their triggers, interventions, and symptoms fairly well. But they often don’t know exactly how their condition responds to specific variables — and that’s a problem. (quantified self)

what this research project is about: improving visibility into personal health data for those with chronic conditions in support of their efforts in self-management and self-advocacy (Participatory Medicine). We want to see a world where individuals with chronic conditions can understand the important correlations within their personal health, make improvements in faster iterations, and advocate for improved support from healthcare and insurance providers.