As a group of UX enthusiasts, my team and I came up with an idea of designing an app that provides information about clinics and hospitals within a specific vicinity. The most outstanding feature of this app is its handiness in the absence of network service. It aims at assisting a user during a medical emergency, when he/she looks for the nearest hospital in a new place.
This app was designed for the Microsoft Imagine Cup competition of User Experience Designers, under the World Citizenship category.
This app was designed for the Microsoft Imagine Cup competition of User Experience Designers, under the World Citizenship category.
What we were asked to submit...
As per the requirements of the competition, every team was required to submit the following items:
1) User Flow Diagram
2) Information Architecture Diagram
3) Wireframes (two screens)
4) Final Target Image
1) User Flow Diagram
2) Information Architecture Diagram
3) Wireframes (two screens)
4) Final Target Image
Brainstorming
After researching different possibilities, we came up with an idea to create an application that helps people search for clinical/ medical assistance, when they travel to new places. The brainstorming and ideation was tied around our design problem, always having the users and their problems in mind.
We conducted whiteboarding and scribble sketching sessions to come up with a seamless user flow that would provide users with a delightful and useful experience.
We conducted whiteboarding and scribble sketching sessions to come up with a seamless user flow that would provide users with a delightful and useful experience.
What does this app do?
This app has two features:
A) Find a clinic
B) Call a local emergency number.
Before a user travels to a new location (which is totally foreign to him/her), this app helps the user to download a citymap of the new location. In doing so, the user gets a detailed list of clinics and hospitals in the city with their address and other contact details. In the case of network availability, the app provides this list in terms of the distance from the user's current location. In case of no carrier service availability, the distance is not made available.
A) Find a clinic
B) Call a local emergency number.
Before a user travels to a new location (which is totally foreign to him/her), this app helps the user to download a citymap of the new location. In doing so, the user gets a detailed list of clinics and hospitals in the city with their address and other contact details. In the case of network availability, the app provides this list in terms of the distance from the user's current location. In case of no carrier service availability, the distance is not made available.
User journey
Information Architecture (IA) Diagram
Wireframes (Created using Axure)
Final Target Image - Required 1
Final prototypes
Apart from the required deliverable, I also designed other screens of the application using Axure.
My contribution
- My position in the team, Med Dawgs , was User Researcher. I researched on existing applications and about possible circumstances when a user would search for such an app.
- The initial wireframes were designed using Balsimiq Mockup tool. I re-designed the wireframes using Axure.
- Created a basic prototype for the Information Architecture Diagram.
- Keeping the spirit of team work alive, I contributed towards conceptual development of the app and its logical flow.