As the rising aging population is leading to an increase in demand for elderly health care, MedOne is aimed to build a home healthcare system that helps family members take care of each other. It also applies to single users to practice self-care and daily habit-forming.
Individual Project
Project Duration: 14 weeks (2023 Fall)
Skillsets: Branding, marketing research, UI/UX design, form development, 3D modeling, structural engineering
Dieter Rams Heritage
Minimal
Functional
Aesthetic
Home Healthcare
Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2023
Precedence Research, 2023
Statista, 2023
People care more about their health and are willing to invest more into home healthcare.
The rising aging population is leading to an increase in demand for elderly health care.
Braun Healthcare
Market Research
Smart Pill Organizer
$30/mon for 24 months
90 days supply
Cons:
- High price
- No chat history with customer service
- Wrong dosage
- Poor customer service
Pros:
+ Good for a complex regimen and multiple users at the same time
$149
1 month of supply
Cons:
- Bad WiFi connection
- Lid is too loose
- No built-in clock or alarm
- APP only links to one box
Pros:
+ Text reminder if missing a dose
+ Great customer service
$159
28 days of supply
Cons:
- Hard to get out the pills
- Pills easily get stuck
- Difficult to set up or reset
Pros:
+ Good for a complex regimen
+ Lock to prevent double dosage
User Research
User interviews were conducted with three individuals aged 30-55, who either take regular medication themselves or have parents who do.Observation:
Insights:
User feels frustrated to manually fill one week or more supply.
Manually refilling process can be repetitive and easy to make mistakes during it.
User has difficulties taking correct dosage when the regimen is complex.
People tend to seek the consistancy in a certain time period because it is easier to remember without additional help.
User forgets to record after taking pills.
Most of existing assistive APPs that help taking record require a lot of smartphone interaction and are separate from pillbox or medication station.
User doesn’t regularly organize overall medicine supply at home.
There’s no holistic system to manage all the medicine at home while a physical storage can be messy to keep track of.
Design Criteria
Medication Station
Organizes, reminds, and accurately dispenses daily medications for safer, simpler medication management at home.
Organizes, reminds, and accurately dispenses daily medications for safer, simpler medication management at home.
Portable Pillbox
Keeps daily medications organized and provides timely reminders for reliable medication routines on the go.
Keeps daily medications organized and provides timely reminders for reliable medication routines on the go.
+ Ergonomic for people with different heights to use
+ Simple UI/UX for older people
+ Easy to operate
+ Able to document information of different pills
+ Enough room to contain over 2 weeks of supply
+ Pill dispensing count control
+ Able to dispense right medicine as user set smoothly
+ Able to auto-refill the portable pill box
+ Ergonomic for older people to hold in hand
+ Easy to clean
+ Reminder to replace after use
+ Easy to carry in a bag
+ Lock to prevent children from misdosing
+ Able to be auto-refilled by the station
Form Study
MedOne
*This is a student project that is not affiliated with the brand.