HcAI Bootcamp: Innovating Healthcare via Human-centred AI design approach

This paper outlines a methodological approach to healthcare innovation through Human-centred AI (HcAI) Design for implementing digital health technologies. We report the development, implementation, and outcomes of a four-day intensive design bootcamp that brought together diverse digital health stakeholders to co-create AI-enhanced solutions for Multiple Long-Term Conditions (MLTCs). Using structured design innovation methods, participants progressed through stages of mapping, educing, disrupting, gestalting, and integrating to identify unmet needs and developed design prototypes. Three multidisciplinary teams designed prototypes: a health literacy and management tool powered by Large Language Models (LLMs), a precision dosing system for kidney conditions, and an automated patient visitation summary system. Preliminary results show significant improvements in participants entrepreneurial competences, particularly in ideas generation, resource utilisation, and medical device and digital health competences. The HcAI Design Bootcamp fosters patient-centred healthcare innovation by integrating diverse stakeholder perspectives within a structured design process. It demonstrates the effectiveness of bringing multiple stakeholders together in a design-led innovation process to build human-centered AI solutions for complex healthcare challenges. It also provides a new and structured approach based on our learning for future healthcare innovation.