Medical App Suite
A suite of medical apps designed to transmit patient status, treatments, injuries , and more to greatly enhance communication between all levels of care. Funded by the Defense Health Agency.
Field Medic App
The first stage of care, when a Point of Injury (POI) occurs, the medic connects the app to vital collecting sensors (like a PulseOx). Once the patient is stabilized, the medic can input the injuries they observed, treatments and medications given, and any other pertinent information. The app was intentionally designed with the medic in mind, making sure the most important pieces of information were always present for the most time-critical tasks. I ensured all major information was displayed with two indicators - text and color - to help further improve readability. By making a streamlined and intuitive system the medics can pick up the app at any stage and understand how the patient has already been treated and what additional steps may need to be taken.
Hospital App
At the MTF (Military Treatment Facility) there can be a wide range of levels of care, ranging from role 1 - limited capabilities and size, to a role 4 - largest hospitals, typically in large cities. The hospital app was designed to allow all roles to maintain constant care through the tracking of a patients vitals and medical history and allow much more in-depth injury recordings. Special care was given to presenting the medic with the best ability to view and record patient happenings. Some key features include:
3D model for injuries to provide the most pin point injury location tracking
Highlighter tool, allowing the medic to mark large areas of the body for injuries that can encompass a range of damage, like a burn.
The ability to toggle on/off certain pieces of information (like the vital lines in the graph) so the medic can remove extraneous details and focus on what’s really important.
Color indicators when the range of a vital goes too high or low based on medic needs
Mockup of the injury picker, alternating between the pinpoint injury marker and the highlighter marker
Connecting, Communicating, Caring
Creating this app suite is nothing short of a labor of love. To see the current state of the medical pipeline in the military be nothing more than a sheet of paper, passed from person to person, we knew we could do better. As I created the UI/UX for the apps I focused on three key aspects:
Glanceability - the medics are in tough and stressful situations, trying to find the information they need shouldn’t be one of them. I worked closely with our medical experts on the team to identify the key pieces of information to be always displayed and making any secondary information no more than one click away.
Intuitive Functionality - Just like glanceability, the focus on intuitive functionality was vital. Anyone, not just medics with years of training, should be able to pick up the app and understand the core capabilities. I paid special attention to making actions take as few clicks as possible to ease time and mental burdens.
Cohesive Vision - I wanted every product to have the same look and feel across platforms. If a user was familiar with one of our products, they should easily be able to identify another as part of our medical ecosystem and seamlessly transition across all stages of care.
Primary Roles & Responsibilities
UI/UX Design
Product Design
Marketing Strategy
Content Strategy
Graphic Design