Asthmap
Timeframe
September 2021
6 Weeks
Tools
Rhino
Keyshot
Adobe Suite
Deliverables
Core Function Design
User Interface Prototype
Service System
Service Blueprint
Product Walkthrough
What's the problem?
Nearly 1 in 10 children
in the United States struggle to protect themself from asthma.
Why is this problem?
Asthma is the most common lung disease in children around the world.
It tightens the muscles around the airways. When these things happen, our airways narrow, making breathing in and out of the lungs more difficult.
At the same time,
asthma can lead to not only physical weakness
but also ridicule, isolation and even bullying in the process of growing up.
How might we?
How can we help users alleviate the negative emotions brought about by the patient's psychology,
and prevent and better control asthma through community information sharing?
Asthmap is my solution
Asthmap is a dynamic allergen map mobile app based on community data sharing.
At the same time, the multi-party cooperative service system behind it can assist asthma patients in treating and monitoring their own status.
What does it do?
The core function of Asthmap is to help prevent acute asthma by showing the allergens on the path that users will pass.
These data are derived from allergen information shared by private or public groups. At the same time, the asthma treatment service system behind it can help users grasp their current physical conditions and distribute medicines in time.
It offers a more approachable way to shape the lifestyle of people with asthma, and as a software used to warn, it is used more socially. Inevitably, in subsequent heuristic evaluations, I learned that this data might cause panic, but it can still contribute significantly to preventing allergenic asthma.
Allergen Overview
Users can view the overall distribution of allergens in their neighborhood and also filter out allergens that match their own for viewing.
Profile
Users can view the number of medications recorded, asthma attacks, and recent data trends to understand their situation.
Navigation Alerts
After selecting the allergen type, Asthmap can provide information on allergens on the path and visualize them for the user's reference, avoiding or preparing for possible allergen risks.
At the same time, they can share allergen information with selected private groups.
Service System (Children)
In the service system, hospitals, users, and schools co-create a system of information exchange.
The company is responsible for back-end data analysis and management on the App and building up the linkage and cooperation for asthma prevention and treatment.
At the same time, combined with the sale of inhalers, it provides a unified drug supply and recycling services to reduce resource waste.
Service Blueprint
How did I get here?
Discover, Define, Develop and Deliver
Inspiration
Catch Up With A Friend
Wang ZhengPai and I were elementary school classmates. He used to bully me during childhood, including verbal insults and physical assaults.
However, when we grew up, he and I became friends; we haven't mentioned it tacitly for a long time,
This summer, we finally solved each other's knots.
Background
According to reports,
about 49% of asthma patients interviewed said they had been bullied when they were young.
Source: Chinese National School Bullying Investigation Report（2017）
Initial Ideal
How to help Asthma children prevent being bullied?
Desktop Research
The common triggers in children with asthma are emotional stimulation and allergen exposure.
The reasons for bullying still stem from the inequality of power, especially behaviors caused by these triggers.
Children's emotions and self-control abilities are easily affected by the surrounding environment, especially the reflection of peers. It is difficult to control their behavior and emotions in the case of breathing difficulties.
Perspective
Discover & Product
Persona
Maybe we could improve the inhaler's appearance, and reduce its presence?
Sketch & Product Design
Primary Research
Heuristic evaluation
Xing Wang said he doesn't know what he is allergic to and where they are...
For this reason, I took the design plan to interview Dr. Wu and Aunt Xu to get more in-depth design feedback.
(On the day of the interview, Aunt Xu was taking her child back to the clinic)
Doctor. Wu
Respiratory Disease Specialist
"After all, if they don’t get sick, they won’t get discrimination."
It reduces the child's attention when the child gets sick, but it cannot help children solve the disease. They need more to prevent and understand the function of their allergens.
Aunt Xu
Parent
"The optimization of the appearance brings limited help."
He will still inevitably get sick, after all, we can't predict the allergen at all.
Discover & Define
Skateholder
Co-discover workshop
I invited a doctor, a primary school teacher, and a brother of an asthma patient to discover the service instruction.
Service System (Children)
But what about asthmatics in other age groups?
When the design came here, I couldn't help but consider,
can my user group be expanded to the entire asthma patient group?
So, I started to design the functional interface and service blueprint of Asthmap.
Functional Interface
Allergen Overview
Users can view the overall distribution of allergens in their neighborhood and also filter out allergens that match their own for viewing.
Profile
Users can view the number of medications recorded, asthma attacks, and recent data trends to understand their situation.
Navigation Alerts
After selecting the allergen type, Asthmap can provide information on allergens on the path and visualize them for the user's reference, avoiding or preparing for possible allergen risks.
At the same time, they can share allergen information with selected private groups.
Service Blueprint
