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Pillendar

Pillendar

Pillendar

Pillendar

Pillendar is a case study created for the Patient Safety competition sponserd by PRHI. The aim was to enhance patient safety through design

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Pillendar is a case study created for the Patient Safety competition sponserd by PRHI. The aim was to enhance patient safety through design

Industry

Industry

Industry

Patient safety

Gig economy

Patient safety

Deliverable

Deliverable

Deliverable

Smart Pillbox, Companion application

smart pillbox with companion application

Smart Pillbox, Companion application

Team

Team

Team

Group Project, 1 Graphic Designer, 1 UX Designer, 1 Industrial Designer

Group project of 3 UX Designers, 1 Graphic Designer

Group Project, 1 Graphic Designer, 1 UX Designer, 1 Industrial Designer

Timeline

Timeline

Timeline

Feb 2024 - Apr 2024

Oct 23 - Nov 23

Feb 2024 - Apr 2024

Problem Sattement

Each year, 125,000 people die from incorrect medication use, costing over $100 billion. About 50% of patients don't follow prescriptions due to factors like inconvenient management, lack of reminders, and risk of cross-reactions.

Pillendar is a smart pillbox paired with an app to help elderly users manage their medication schedules, provide reminders, and offer information on medication interactions. It aims to improve adherence and prevent medication errors, promoting better health outcomes.

My role

I collaborated in the secondary research, ideation, design process (including wireframing, high-fidelity design, and prototyping).

Problem Sattement

Each year, 125,000 people die from incorrect medication use, costing over $100 billion. About 50% of patients don't follow prescriptions due to factors like inconvenient management, lack of reminders, and risk of cross-reactions.

Pillendar is a smart pillbox paired with an app to help elderly users manage their medication schedules, provide reminders, and offer information on medication interactions. It aims to improve adherence and prevent medication errors, promoting better health outcomes

My role

I collaborated in the secondary research, ideation, design process (including wireframing, high-fidelity design, and prototyping).

Problem Sattement

Each year, 125,000 people die from incorrect medication use, costing over $100 billion. About 50% of patients don't follow prescriptions due to factors like inconvenient management, lack of reminders, and risk of cross-reactions.

Pillendar is a smart pillbox paired with an app to help elderly users manage their medication schedules, provide reminders, and offer information on medication interactions. It aims to improve adherence and prevent medication errors, promoting better health outcomes.

My role

I collaborated in the secondary research, ideation, design process (including wireframing, high-fidelity design, and prototyping).

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Application Features

Application Features

Application Features

Application Features

Medication and home page

Users can easily manage their medication from these pages. They can check their record, import new medication schedule, and personalize the experience.

Mistakes with medicine taking!

Manually entering or remembering medication schedules, instruction, side effects, and reasons are time-consuming, and keeping track of specific details for multiple prescriptions increases the risk of errors, leading to missed or incorrect doses and unexpected side effects.

Automated Medication Schedule Import

  • QR Code Scanning: Users can scan a pharmacy-provided QR code to automatically transfer medication details—such as name, form, reason, regularity, duration, and description—into the app.

  • Simplified Management: This feature avoids errors, eliminates manual entry, and ensures accurate, up-to-date medicine reminders with a quick scan.

  • Manual Import: If the QR code is missing, users can manually import the medication details.

Long text-based reminders!

Text-based reminders can be frustrating when they display long medication names, making it difficult to identify the correct pill among others. This can lead to confusion and missed doses.

Personalized Pill Identification & Alerts

  • Customization: Users can tailor their medication alerts by selecting icon shapes, colors, nicknames, and alert modes for taking pills and refilling the pillbox.

  • Pillbox filling: A visual map of the pillbox compartments assists users in correctly filling the pillbox with new pills.

Medication Memory Gap!

Elderly patients often forget to take their medications, even with reminders and without a direct prompt from caregivers, notifications alone may not ensure adherence.

Additionally, Health contacts and appointment details are spread across different platforms.

Integrated Care Support

  • Multi-layered Reminders: The app leverages pillbox weight sensors to detect missed doses and immediately notifies both patients and their caregivers. Within the contact section, caregivers can send texts and messages to remind patients to take their medication.

  • AI-Powered Assistance: An AI assistant actively reaches out to users with personalized reminders and can answer medication-related questions.

  • Enhanced Communication: Users can chat directly with their medical contacts, and the system provides easy access to doctors’ information for appointment scheduling and follow-ups.

  • Multi-layered Reminders: The app leverages pillbox weight sensors to detect missed doses and immediately notifies both patients and their caregivers. Within the contact section, caregivers can send texts and messages to remind patients to take their medication.

  • AI-Powered Assistance: An AI assistant actively reaches out to users with personalized reminders and can answer medication-related questions.

  • Enhanced Communication: Users can chat directly with their medical contacts, and the system provides easy access to doctors’ information for appointment scheduling and follow-ups.

  • Multi-layered Reminders: The app leverages pillbox weight sensors to detect missed doses and immediately notifies both patients and their caregivers. Within the contact section, caregivers can send texts and messages to remind patients to take their medication.

  • AI-Powered Assistance: An AI assistant actively reaches out to users with personalized reminders and can answer medication-related questions.

  • Enhanced Communication: Users can chat directly with their medical contacts, and the system provides easy access to doctors’ information for appointment scheduling and follow-ups.

  • Multi-layered Reminders: The app leverages pillbox weight sensors to detect missed doses and immediately notifies both patients and their caregivers. Within the contact section, caregivers can send texts and messages to remind patients to take their medication.

  • AI-Powered Assistance: An AI assistant actively reaches out to users with personalized reminders and can answer medication-related questions.

  • Enhanced Communication: Users can chat directly with their medical contacts, and the system provides easy access to doctors’ information for appointment scheduling and follow-ups.

Smart Pillbox Dashboard

  • Dedicated Pillbox Tab: Connected to the app via Bluetooth.

  • Calendar View: Displays visual cues for missed, taken, and upcoming pills.

  • Refilling Schedule: Shows the refill timeline for each pill in your regime.

Portable Mode

The application gives clear instruction on how to dissemble and assemble portable mode to suit the users’ needs.

Pillbox Features

Pillbox Features

Pillbox Features

Pillbox Features

Re-configurable Design

The pillbox can be easily broken up into individual compartments, making it ideal for travel or daily use

Calendar Integration

The pillbox is designed with costumer's desired time and date (calendar)

Dynamic E-Ink Display

Each container features an e-ink display that changes display to indicate whether pills have been taken, providing visual reassurance at a glance.

Audible Alerts

In addition to app notifications, the pillbox emits audible reminders, ensuring you never miss a dose.

Portable Connectivity

Easily connect multiple containers together for convenient travel, allowing you to take only the required compartments instead of the entire box.

Weight Sensor

keep track if the pills are taken accurately.

What I learned

This project that I worked in a team helped me to first expand my soft skills like


What I learned

This project that I worked in a team helped me to first expand my soft skills like


What I learned

This project that I worked in a team helped me to first expand my soft skills like


What I learned

This project that I worked in a team helped me to first expand my soft skills like


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