Project overview
The product
My Med Reminder is an app that helps users remember their medicine, reducing stress of forgetting their doses
Project duration
3 Sept - 25 Sept 2023
The problem
Many users have problems of remembering when to take their medicines. It also helps to manage medicine schedule of other members in the family
The goal
Develop a user experience to help people remember to take their medicine
My role
- UX Designer
- UX Researcher
Responsibilities
- Interviewing users
- Creating low-fidelity wireframe
- Mapping affinity and prioritising features
- Creating high-fidelity wireframe
- Conducting mobile usability study
Understanding the user
Summary
The project targets adults who need to manage their own medication schedule or the one of their family members.
The research confirms the initial consumption that users need an app to insert the dose of their pills, their medication schedules and be notified when the medication time is due.
User pain points
- Users find the existing platforms isn’t simple enough to track and schedule their medication
- Typography and color scheme are not user-friendly for elderly people
Persona
Linh is a busy risk manager who needs a medicine reminder app because she often take supplement vitamins and have to keep track of her mom’s medication schedule.
User journey map
Starting the design
Digital wireframes
Low-fidelity prototype
Prototype link:
Usability study: findings
- Users want to add treatment duration
- Users want to confirm to take or skip each medicine individually
- Users want to add cancel button for add medicine screen
Refining the design
Refined Mockups
Other screen sizes
High-fidelity prototype
Takeaways
Impact
The Med Reminder app makes it easier for users to remember when to take their medicines
What I learned
While designing the website I realised that sometimes simple design is the most efficient one to give users a pleasant experience using the application