Understanding the user

I conducted interviews and created empathy maps to understand the users I’m designing for and their needs. A primary user group identified through research where generally elderly adults who can have an expansive amount of medications to keep track of on a daily basis.

Persona & problem statement

Jeff is an Elderly gentleman who needs to remember to take his high blood pressure medication because it help him live a longer healthier life.

Juli is a Busy Dentist who needs to remember to take her meds for her osteoporosis because she can suffer a bone fracture if not.

Ideation

I did a quick ideation exercise to come up with ideas for how to address on how to solve users problem. My focus was specifically on designing a simple and easily way for users to track when and how many times they took there medications throughout the day.

Starting the design

Digital wireframes 

After ideating and drafting some paper wireframes, I created the initial designs for the Pillz’s app. These designs focused on a simple way to track and review history of their medications.

Usability Study Findings

To prepare for testing, I created a low-fidelity prototype which you can view here. I used this prototype to conduct an unmoderated usability study with 4 participants. Here are the main findings uncovered by the usability study:

1. add additional reminders

People wanted to be able to add more additional reminders if needed

2. Health Profile

People would like if there was a health profile in case of emergency.

3. edit reminders

People should be able to update reminds if needed.

Refining the design

Mockups

Based on the insights from the usability studies, I applied design changes like providing a clear way to add additional and edit reminders.

Additional design changes included adding Medical ID page when pressing profile icon.

Accessibility considerations

2. Simplified Design

Design is simplify to make it easily usable no matter the users technology skill level.

Refining designs

High- Fidelity Prototype

The high-fidelity prototype followed the same user flow as the low-fidelity prototype, including design changes made after the usability study.

View the Pillz’s Prototype

SiteMap

With the app designs completed, I started work on designing the responsive website. I used the Pillz sitemap to guide the organizational structure of each screen’s design to ensure a cohesive and consistent experience across devices.

Responsive designs

The designs for screen size variation included mobile, tablet, and desktop. I optimized the designs to fit specific user needs of each device and screen size.