med one — Zoe Ren | Product Design

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What Braun products could be in 2-5 years while breathing new life and technology into the brand?

Mission:

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

Over 20% of U.S. adults age 40 and older take five or more prescription drugs.

Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2023

Over the next five years, the market for at-home connected healthcare is expected to grow 31%.

Precedence Research, 2023

Every Baby Boomer will be 65 or older by 2030 ...... most of them at least have one chronic health condition, and many have multiple health issues.

Statista, 2023

Insights:

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

Braun developed their home healthcare product line with clinically proven accuracy. This category can be further explored with more variety.

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.

User has difficulties taking correct dosage when the regimen is complex.

User forgets to record after taking pills.

Manually refilling process can be repetitive and easy to make mistakes during it.

People tend to seek the consistancy in a certain time period because it is easier to remember without additional help.

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

Portable Pillbox

A home-based medication station that provides organized storage, documents medication info, and auto-dispenses daily doses, ensuring timely and accurate medication for elderly users at home.

A compact, smart pillbox designed for easy portability to the workplace, with a built-in reminder system that requires minimal smartphone interaction.

01 Station User Interface

+ Ergonomic for people with different heights to use
+ Simple UI/UX for older people

02 Pill Containers

+ Easy to operate
+ Able to document information of different pills
+ Enough room to contain over 2 weeks of supply
+ Pill dispensing count control

03 Storage Mechanism

+ Able to dispense right medicine as user set smoothly
+ Able to auto-refill the portable pill box

04 Dispensing Cup

+ Ergonomic for older people to hold in hand
+ Easy to clean
+ Reminder to replace after use

05 Portable Pillbox

+ 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.