Simple Medication Manage
Designed for seniors
MAIN FEATURES
AI Voice Assistant
Auto Label Scan
Personalized Nickname
Build-in
Multi-Languages
ABOUT THE PROJECT
AND WHY
From 2018 to 2019, I worked as a part-time pharmacy assistant for cover my own expense and tuition for my school where my responsibilities included explaining treatments, guiding patients, and dispensing medications based on doctors' prescriptions.
During this time, I noticed a challenge: patients, particularly seniors, often struggled to remember, understand, and manage their multiple medications it cause a problem that they cannot taking medication on time and on prescribed.
I've also identified a significant gap in the application and technology market—a lack of user-friendly solutions specifically designed to help senior patients easily comprehend their medications and stay on schedule with their treatments.
Research
I conducted research to better understand my target group.
Define Problems
What are they able to do?
Use Tools & Organizers
Making mark on their medicine
Follow Simple Routine
Unable taking medication on time
(Memory issues)
Complex Medication Routine
(Polypharmacy)
Unable to distinguish medication bottles
(Language Barrier)
Unable to Adapt the technology
(Not one for the Senior)
What are they unable to do?
User Interview
To better understand my target audience, I conducted interviews with a diverse demographic, including pharmacists, doctors, healthcare workers, and patients.
Alexei Age: 70 Language: Russia(Primary)
Challenges:
Seeks simpler, more intuitive medication management tools and better personalized assistance from healthcare providers.
Health Background
Manages a few chronic conditions like
diabeties and high cholesterol
Age: 80 Language: Spanish Maria
Challenges:
Difficulty reading small print and understanding medical terminology.
Language barrier that complicates understanding medication instructions
Previous incidents of medication misuse due to misunderstanding.
Technology Proficiency:
LOW
uses iPhone but only uses it for calls or facetime.
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Solution
Simpler Onboarding page
Using SMS-based authentication with auto-fill verification codes streamlines the login and signup process while sending reminders based on the user’s schedule, creating a seamless and user-friendly experience.
Multi Languages Support
Provide built-in multi-language support system to improve user experience
Adjustable Font size
Elderly users often experience declining eyesight, and small screens can be challenging for them. Adding a language support feature to the onboarding page enhances accessibility and usability.
Ui Gesture Animation
Tutorial Onboarding Page
When designing this application I've observed a lot of how senior using mobile devices. As the result, senior citizens are often overwhelmed by complex interfaces, especially they don’t know how to open and close a page or how to interact with the next interface.
Auto Scanning Label
Auto Fill informations
I went through at least 3 iterations of this feature to simplify it based on user observations and testing. If you are interested the design details and process please click the button below
User Flow
Personalized Nickname
Easy to Manage
Double confirm information Se tup
Received Text Reminder
Taking medication
on time/prescribed
How does it works
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By scanning the medicine label—it essentially like a "passport" and include all critical informations such as pharmacy and doctor’s prescription.
AI Voice Command & Assistant
User research reveals that most elderly users are comfortable with basic mobile functions
like taking photos or answering calls. Leveraging this insight, I integrated AI voice command feature to increase the accessbility.
UI Branding
Iteration
In this project, I focused on auto-scan feature, conducting user testing based on their feedback to improve the product design and enhance the overall user experience.
Prototype 1 User flow
User opened camera
System detecting medicine bottle.
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The user receives a prompt and switches camera
User Testing
Task
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Open camera and try to scan the drug bottle
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Place the bottle in the box
Observations
Users struggled with the auto-scan feature due to confusion from the initial "scanning" prompt, which lacked clarity on what to scan.
They only understood the task after a second prompt directed them to switch to the rear camera.
What is scanning? What to scan?
How to switch back camera?
Iteration
Added a UI gesture animation to guide users on switching the camera,
Designed a box to guide the user to place the bottle in the correct position
Directional arrows guide users to rotate the bottle, ensuring all necessary information is captured during the scan
The unnecessary front camera becomes an extra step and cannot effectively allow users to use the automatic scanning function.
Can we make it simpler?
Yes, I disable the front camera.
I observed how people use the auto-scan feature in various scenarios, which helped me iterate and simplify the process.
For example:
How users use image recognition to automatically scan and add passport or ID information for ticket purchases.
How do they use the auto-recognition feature to identify and scan products to looking for similar one on e-commerce platfrom.
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How senior users use scanning features?
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Due to vision challenges, they tend to hold the bottle close to their eyes and scan it while it in their hands, rather than placing it on the table.
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Observation:
Can the elderly use the bank check deposit feature correctly without guidance?Why?
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Disable the front camera
Change to flashlight
Added stroke to the medicine bottle to more intuitive to guide patients to place the medicine bottle in the correct position
Final User Flow
