drawMD Stroke App
Following on in the series for the drawMD app for drawMD – thoracic surgery, and drawMD – cardiology, we were commissioned to create the medical illustrations for the next app in the series and ones depicting the anatomy of a stroke.
Stroke is a difficult and complicated condition especially when it comes to explaining this condition to a patient. The purpose of the app with pictures of the condition helps the doctor explain the stroke to the patient. It is used as an educational tool that can be used on an iPad so that a doctor can carry it with him or her when visiting patients, to help improve patient communications of medical matters concerning stroke and the brain.
The visual nature of the app and its use of medical illustrations is as a proven technique for helping patients understand conditions and procedures, it helps reduce their stress if they understand their condition more fully and at the same time improve the likelihood of treatment compliance.
Our task was to illustrate illustrations to show the anatomy of the brain and the damage caused by a stroke which can also be related to cardiology conditions. The brain needs oxygen and nutrients provided by blood to function properly and if the supply of blood is restricted or stopped, the brain can suffer a stroke and the brain cells begin to die. This can lead to brain injury and disability and is caused by either a haemorrhage or a blood clot.
Working over a three year period we have been commissioned by drawMD to produce their anatomical medical illustrations for a range of their apps where Joanna was a featured medical artist and we enjoyed a long and collaborative relationship.
Project Detail
Joanna and the Medical-Artist.com team worked with the drawMD team for a number of years providing the illustrations that formed the visual foundations for each of the drawMD apps. As well as this cardiology app we covered Pediatrics, Vascular, Stroke, Ophthalmology, Pulmonary, Orthopedics, Anesthesia, Thoracic Surgery.
The medical illustrations needed to be very high quality to allow the users to zoom in to anatomical detail. At the same time very accurate so that the anatomy was easy to see so patients could understand what it was the clinician was showing them.
We provided a wide range of background images and also smaller, ‘stamp’ images which were of elements such as surgical implants and medical devices allowing the clinician to quickly select these and add them to a specific point on the image.
Client comments
“Joanna has provided the core illustrations for many our iPad Apps, and her illustrations have received terrific reviews from our users. She understands our requirements clearly and understands the specifics of illustrating for digital media and mobile applications. The quality of her work is outstanding, and she can be relied upon to hit deadlines and deliver to the exact clinical requirements of each project.”
Todd Morgan, M.D Associate Professor, Urology joint creator of drawMD
