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Katie McCurdy
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Sep 12

Family care coordination, with visuals

Can we stop telling our family members’ health stories over and over? — For much of my journey with Pictal Health, I’ve worked with folks (to me, “clients”) who have very complex health histories. I’ve helped them map out what happened on a timeline, prep other visuals to tell their story, and organize their thoughts for upcoming appointments. Normally these have been people…

Caregiving

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Family care coordination, with visuals
Family care coordination, with visuals
Caregiving

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May 22

A mother’s workload, visualized

Mother’s day has just come and gone. While I’m not a mom myself, I appreciate the moms in my life and how hard they work. A few years ago, I had the chance to help a mom caring for a kid with special needs to visualize her workload and stress…

Mothers Day

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A mother’s workload, visualized
A mother’s workload, visualized
Mothers Day

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Jul 21, 2022

Visualizing the Long Covid experience

As a highly allergic and reactive person with multiple autoimmune conditions, I am likely at risk for Long Covid. I’ve closely followed the news about this mysterious and pervasive new condition and read about its debilitating symptoms. But until now, I hadn’t personally known anyone with Long Covid. Recently, through…

Long Covid

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Visualizing the Long Covid experience
Visualizing the Long Covid experience
Long Covid

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Pictal Health

·Feb 17, 2022

Gaslighting by proxy

When visuals can’t overcome medical bias — Gaslight (verb): to manipulate (someone) by psychological means into questioning their own sanity I recently took on a health history visualization client, a friend of a friend, through my startup Pictal Health. I’d been on hiatus from this kind of 1-on-1 work, but this case was interesting. The patient was…

Healthcare

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Gaslighting by proxy
Gaslighting by proxy
Healthcare

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Nightingale

·Jul 21, 2020

When Data Renders Invisible Illnesses Visible

How ‘small’ data visualization helps complex patients be heard, seen, and believed — Imagine your body starting to fall apart. You have heart palpitations, headaches, recurrent infections, painful fingers and toes, crippling brain fog, and body aches. You’ve become sensitive to light and have started wearing sunglasses indoors. Every day seems to bring a new symptom, and your doctors can’t figure out what’s…

Healthcare

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When Data Renders Invisible Illnesses Visible
When Data Renders Invisible Illnesses Visible
Healthcare

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Pictal Health

·Jun 10, 2020

Annual Report: Year 2 of Pictal Health

Last year I put together an annual report of progress and pains related to starting a company. Now, a year later, what’s changed? (Apart from the global pandemic that has upended life as we knew it.) Accomplishments I’m now working with my 54th health history visualization client; I’ve had 32 paying…

Healthcare

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Annual Report: Year 2 of Pictal Health
Annual Report: Year 2 of Pictal Health
Healthcare

5 min read


Mar 31, 2020

Drawing Gratitude

Today, as COVID-19 social distancing, quarantines and hoarding occupy our minds and cause worldwide anxiety, I want to share a practice that has helped me stay semi-grounded over the past few years: visual gratitude journaling. …

Gratitude

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Drawing Gratitude
Drawing Gratitude
Gratitude

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Pictal Health

·Jan 9, 2020

How visual health histories can help military veterans

Last summer I had the opportunity to help ten local military veterans create visuals depicting their complex health histories and symptoms. This is what I do — my company, Pictal Health, helps people visualize their symptoms and health journey so they can communicate better with their doctors. This project was…

Data Visualization

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How visual health histories can help military veterans
How visual health histories can help military veterans
Data Visualization

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Pictal Health

·Dec 6, 2019

Draw your goals

Working alone (mostly in my house) as the solo founder of Pictal Health, it’s hard to get anything done. I find myself tossing a load in the laundry, wiping down counters, and getting into the weeds with home office organization. …

Productivity

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Draw your goals
Draw your goals
Productivity

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Pictal Health

·Nov 10, 2019

Putting your life in order

How visual health timelines might help people with PTSD — Since founding Pictal Health about a year and a half ago, I’ve been helping patients with mysterious, rare, and complicated health issues visualize their health history and symptoms so they can communicate better with their doctors. …

Mental Health

9 min read

Putting your life in order
Putting your life in order
Mental Health

9 min read

Katie McCurdy

Katie McCurdy

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Designer and researcher focusing on healthcare; founder of Pictal Health; autoimmune patient; chocolate-eater. katiemccurdy.com and pictalhealth.com

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