IdeationAI
A clinical technology startup building a platform to improve patient monitoring and workflow coordination in intensive care units. Client identity is under NDA — referred to throughout as NHS Clinical Platform.
Industry
Health Technology
Company Size
Under 50
Timeline
2 Years
How a clinical ICU platform saved 149 hours of clinical time per day across NHS trusts.
The situation
The clinical problem was real. The product experience was not keeping pace with it.
Nurses and clinicians were spending too much time navigating the interface rather than focusing on patient care. The workflows in the software did not reflect how wards actually operated. The result was friction, inefficiency, and a product that was harder to adopt than it needed to be. The founder — a practising clinical director — brought Noran Design in to reshape the product experience from the ground up.
What we did
We spent time in clinical environments observing how the platform was actually used — conducting interviews with nurses, registrars, and consultants to understand where the friction was and why. We redesigned the core interface to match clinical workflow rather than software convention: reducing the number of interactions required for common tasks, surfacing critical information at the point it was needed, and designing for environments where speed and accuracy are not optional. We audited and updated the platform for accessibility and regulatory compliance. Post-launch, Noran Design remained embedded as an advisory and execution resource as the platform scaled across NHS trusts.
The results
Saving 149 hours of clinical time per day is not a design metric — it is a patient care metric. That is the standard we held ourselves to throughout this engagement. Two years in, the platform is trusted across multiple NHS trusts and continues to improve.
149 clinical hours saved per day across hospital units
Platform successfully deployed across multiple NHS trusts
Onboarding time for new clinical staff materially reduced
Accessibility and regulatory compliance achieved throughout
Two-year embedded partnership continues to shape ongoing product development
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