What is this course about?

In the world of mhealth design, usability is king. Softwares, valuated for millions of dollars, are abandoned due to its lack of appreciation for the power of usable design principles.

This course emphasizes the importance of mobile user experience in designing effective healthcare e-solutions: how different populations of healthcare consumers select and utilize mobile apps in their daily lives, why they sustain or abandon use, and the health benefits and predictive outcomes that are caused by this usage.

Module 1: Gathering Insights from providers and patients' point of view

Understand design thinking framework through case studies in healthcare
Identifying users pain points (patients and providers)
Learn how to gather data and contextualize them into a meaningful architecture
Module 2: Ideation in the healthcare sphere

Reframing and Ideation - Go wide and wild problem solving technique
Know how to foresee the needs based on user personas
Module 3: Implementation and limitations

Prototyping and testing - fail fast, keep moving technique
Know how to stitch the design to the insights gathered
Learn how to iterate swiftly
Learn how to manage frustration when failing fast process
Open-Discussion: Your current role and how designing a mobile health app can benefit you
Who needs to attend?

Entrepreneurs at early-stage of their startup (preferrably mhealth)
Managers who are committed to solve healthcare problems creatively
User Interface designers who wish to expand their towards UX design in health