STUDENT PROJECT
An app for people with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Track your symptoms and find your community
About
Project Brief
Work with a mentor from the Mayo Clinic and create an app that helps people manage a chronic illness.
Mayo Clinic: Individual Self Care & Individual Care Management - Meredith DeZutter & Lindsey Philpot
Goal
This app is meant to track symptoms at the users’ convenience while also connecting them to others who also have Rheumatoid Arthritis with the community page. It allows them to find comfort in knowing that there are others with similar experiences so they don’t feel alone.
What is Rheumatoid Arthritis?
A chronic disorder where the body’s immune system attacks its own tissue and joints. It can be present at any age & gender unlike osteoarthritis, where it affects older people due to everyday wear and tear.
The Team
Sydney Avery, Tiffany Lee, Lydia Lelapinyokul, Vicki Lin
Problem Statements
I am a 26-year-old man trying to get good quality sleep but I’m feeling too much pain because my arthritis is causing physical discomfort which will make me feel tired and groggy the next day.
I am a 64-year-old woman trying to ease my joint pain, but my arthritis pain is preventing me from easily completing everyday tasks and it’s making me feel frustrated and dejected.
I am a 55-year-old woman trying to come up with meal plans so that it can help ease arthritis symptoms and improve my overall joint health, which is important because I also need to maintain a healthy weight for my arthritis.
How Might We Questions
How might we create a personalized treatment plan to help improve the quality of life of people with arthritis?
How might we provide the right resources for patients with arthritis without overwhelming them with too much information or confusion, especially when they’re not too familiar with medical terms?
How might we assist patients to keep track of their symptoms without hyper fixating on potential side effects and symptom status?
RheuMe
This is the Summary page that shows what has been tracked. It highlights each feature of the page to showcase the purpose behind it.
Home - Summary
This is the weekly view; there are daily and monthly options as well to see the progress you have made. Send your summary to your health providers as a pdf as well.
Home - Log Symptoms
Track and customize what you track at your convenience such as your mood and pain. Add pain points then level of discomfort as well as any specific notes.
Community
Connect and find new solutions with others like you who also have rheumatoid arthritis. You are not alone with this chronic disease; find people that you can relate to and share your experiences together.
Profile
Your profile includes info related to your arthritis so it will be easier to connect with others like you. This can also be customized if you don’t want to share certain things. Topics you follow are colored to match the tracking colors.
Demo
Site Map
This is an overview of the main structure of this application so it is easier to understand the flow and main features.
Product Map
Wireframes
These wireframes tell a story of how the features of this app interact with one another. It breaks down each feature and the purpose behind each screen so it is easier to understand the thought process behind the decision made.
Style Guide
This is the toolkit used throughout that summarizes and unifies the design choices.
Future Development
Expanding Community
We would work on expanding the groups that we have and making more groups within the community. For example, people can join groups for Healthy Recipes for people with RA.
Improve Communication
Enhance the community by incorporating social media features, allowing users to connect with friends within the community and improving compatibility matching, similar to dating apps.
Accessibility
Applying more accessibiltiy guidelines so people with more physical restraints (ex: people with RA in their hands) can easily manuever around the app.
Provider Summary PDF View
Developing how the summary would print as a pdf for the providers to see.
Connecting Existing Health Apps
Develop a feature that allows patients to connect their phone health apps to track sleep and exercise. For example, tracking your number of steps in the day would just be automatically tracked at the end of the day.