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<p>Published on <a href="https://blog.prototypr.io/pill-monster-case-study-b235e4ee1e0e?source=rss----eb297ea1161a---4">| Prototyping: From UX to Front End &mdash; Medium</a> Ricky Zhang <img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*Wd57tw-bx-Bwgf8U3RapOA.png"></p>
<blockquote><p>In this fast-paced world, many of us skip even our timely meals. It is very common to see our families and friends complaining about skipping their medication. Sometimes we may miss the prescription paper for medicine, leading to untold confusions.</p></blockquote>
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<h3><strong>OBJECTIVE</strong></h3>
<p>Create a way to improve medication experience for the millennials who struggle with:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>remembering to take vitamins or medication on time</strong></li>
<li><strong>finding time to get refills</strong></li>
<li><strong>being satisfied with existing reminders</strong></li>
</ul>
<h4><strong>Many teenagers being afraid of even hates taking pills, how might we encourage them take vitamins or medication in a positive way? Many teenagers didn’t realized they should take their medication as recommended, how could we help them keep track of their daily doses?</strong></h4>
<p><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*QS8vxKOKEbquVoEcYVrHDw.png">some visual components</p>
<h3>PROBLEMS</h3>
<h4>Take wrong medicine</h4>
<ul>
<li>The top accidental ingestion risks for young children: diaper rash products, ibuprofen, multivitamins, and topical anti-fungal preparations.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Afraid of taking medication even vitamin​</h4>
<ul>
<li>They are afraid of taking medications even lots of vitamins have the cute colorful bear shape.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Always forget to take a pill</h4>
<p>The most common teen medicine mistakes:</p>
<ul>
<li>Forgetting to take a medicine and then doubling up.</li>
<li>Taking two medicines with the same ingredient and taking the wrong medication.</li>
</ul>
<h4>No motivation to take daily vitamin</h4>
<ul>
<li>Teenagers require a certain amount of nutrients in their daily diet. However, part of them think to take daily vitamin is a useless thing, they don’t have the motivation to do that.</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>GOALS</strong></h3>
<p><strong>Life goals</strong> — keep track of their daily doses on time.</p>
<p><strong>End goals</strong> — build a positive habit, giving teenagers a greater sense of self-care . let this product be part of their life.</p>
<p><strong>Experience goals</strong> — feel more care about themselves. the whole user experiences will be easier to blend in their daily routine, without extra education cost.Then giving them a user-friendly experience.</p>
<h3><strong>APPROACH</strong></h3>
<p>I conducted research (<strong>quantitative research, user interviews and cultural probes</strong>)about taking a pill or vitamin everyday. I remember when I was a child, mom always give me a bottle of jelly drops with the cute colorful bear shape. I think that is a candy so I eat as many as I can every day, however, I have a long-lasting toothache after I ate too much “candy”.</p>
<p>The four ideas with different characteristics were generated and presented to our peers for feedbacks and evaluations. Ultimately, with multiple iterations, we came up with a physical product combined with a mobile application called Pill Monster.</p>
<h4>Pill Monster helps people by:</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Giving people reminders to refill their pill</strong></li>
<li><strong>Tracking people geolocation to send them notifications smartly</strong></li>
<li><strong>Knowing whether people took a pill or not through weight, counted</strong></li>
<li><strong>Asking them feelings after they take a pill</strong></li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>Current solutions</strong></h3>
<p><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/355/1*eY84FVhGuqDYmXkL09BzwQ.png"><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*lphkgyCVwYi5ES0DXIm2vQ.png"></p>
<h3>Competitive Analysis</h3>
<p><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*k_thPA8BKE0y6FqBuM9ZBQ.png"><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*VXGY-RRHT8RQ_G3TK-gR6A.png"><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*BSWmnfqVFonLJAE9fFLyZw.png"><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*A7b6iPWGjEG45B8uVIkN4w.png"></p>
<p>I selected products that include digital apps and physical products.</p>
<p><strong>For the digital part</strong>, most of them contain the reminders feature and few of them have the functions that allow refills and sharing. Based on the review, usability, and functionality, here are some findings:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Most of the apps are not user-friendly.</strong></li>
</ol>
<p><strong>2. Once you set a reminder, you can not change it smartly even when you are busy.</strong></p>
<p><strong>3. Some of the user interfaces are too complex and the user can not finish the main task on the main screen.</strong></p>
<p><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*YMhHo37XZJiHKwkx2q0HHQ.png"></p>
<p><strong>For the physical part, Most of them have storing and reminder features. Few of them are combined with the app to let the user have a better experience. All of the physical products are not portable because many of them are large in size.</strong></p>
<h3>PERSONA</h3>
<p><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*D_5ilruu2LC6sOHpfHcjIQ.png"></p>
<h3>IDEATION</h3>
<p><strong>Physical Behavior VS Digital Notification?</strong></p>
<p>Take a pill is a physical behavior, how might we create a way to notify the user take a pill through a digital notification?</p>
<p><strong>Taking one pill VS Click 3 Times?</strong></p>
<p>How might we let the device know the user take the pill or not? By clicking the Yes button on the phone? That is too complicated for teens.</p>
<p><strong>What if the user taking wrong medicine?</strong></p>
<p>The report shows teenagers are easy to take the wrong medicines, how might we build a bridge to connect the teens and their emergency contacts?</p>
<p><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*74z4Pqhs_IfQtFkie-Vm7g.png"></p>
<h3>APP DESIGN</h3>
<ol>
<li><strong>Set up</strong></li>
</ol>
<p><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*Agc5XWtsKZpJdk-njtYJHw.png">wireframe for the set up process<img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/292/1*zOLd9JVq9HyH03c2Lx1-KQ.gif"></p>
<p>2. Tell your monster your thoughts</p>
<p><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/292/1*lEeps9viv-uwISiuUwQWCQ.gif"></p>
<h3>FEATURES</h3>
<p>1. Based on user’s calendar remind them to refill the pill smartly</p>
<p><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*0LDYtUomkDnSlfsPb8YIZA.png"></p>
<p>2. Geolocation Based</p>
<p><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*sNRvxuxKzxGItnpwz8nkrA.png"></p>
<p>3. Track user feeling after take a pill</p>
<p><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*pXONHIEuXskSoXsM8FhIOQ.jpeg"></p>
<h3>VISUAL COMPONENTS</h3>
<p><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*-QvSpz9lOmMrP3sseqR7rQ.png"><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*YlyuqwzrvQgryA-4bdBxyQ.gif"></p>
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