BackGround
Symptom Logging
Medication Reminders
Trend Visualizer
Personalized guidance
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Introduction
The Problem
Many parents face challenges in accurately monitoring and managing their children's fever. The existing health-tracking apps often offer a wide range of features but lack a specific focus on fever management. This can result in an overwhelming experience for users who need targeted tools and information.
Additionally, there is a gap in providing detailed explanations of different fever levels and actionable guidance for parents to manage their children's health effectively.
The Solution
Tiny Temp is a fever-tracking app designed to help parents manage their children's fevers with ease. It provides a simple, user-friendly solution for fever tracking. It offers key features like symptom logging, medication reminders, trend visualization, and personalized guidance based on the child’s symptoms. This empowers parents with actionable insights for managing their child’s health.
Objective
The goal of the the app is to provide a user-friendly, dedicated solution for parents to monitor and manage their children's fever.
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Competitive Analysis
A competitive analysis was done from three fever tracking apps. Explore more to see full analysis.
Key Insights
User Interviews
Motivations
Parents wanted a reliable tool to help their children recover quickly and comfortably. They emphasized the need for convenience and reliability in tracking tools
Challenges
Tracking fever trends and deciding when to seek medical help were common pain points.
Data Points
The most requested features were symptom tracking, medication reminders, and data logging.
Pain Points
Complexity of managing health records, lack of clarity on fever management, and inadequate reminders for medication
Sarah
Mother of Two
"Managing multiple children's health records and finding reliable information can be overwhelming."
Mark
Father of 1
"Clear advice on home care versus medical attention would be helpful."
Lisa
Mother of 1
"Tracking fever patterns is important for making decisions about my child's health."
Victor
Father of 2
"It's hard to know the cause of a fever and the best way to treat it."
Emily
Mother of 3
"Reminders for medication doses would be really helpful."
Quotes
Define
The development process followed an iterative approach:
Affinity Mapping, Personas, POV/HMW, Project Goals, Sitemap and User flows
The primary persona, Jessica Rodriguez, was created based on our research findings. She’s a part-time nurse and mother of three, juggling the health of multiple children. Her needs focused on tracking health data efficiently and receiving clear, actionable advice without complex instructions
Persona
Affinity Mapping
The map is divided into several categories such as Fever Duration, Medicine/Remedies, Fever Tools Used, Motivations, and Pain Points and Challenges. Each cluster addresses specific aspects of user experiences and needs. For example, under Pain Points and Challenges, users express difficulty in tracking fever trends and determining the right time to seek medical help.
Overall, this map provides a clear view of user priorities and pain points, guiding the design of an intuitive, user-friendly fever tracking app that meets parent needs.
POV & HMW
HMW: How might we create a user-friendly app that helps users track their children’s symptoms and medication schedules with ease?
POV: Parents want a simple, reliable way to monitor fever symptoms and get personalized, data-driven advice.
Design
Low-Fidelity, Branding, High Fidelity, and Key UI Features
Low Fidelity
Child’s Dashboard:
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Research Insight: Parents wanted a visual timeline to see fever trends and symptom progression. It was important for key features, such as adding symptoms or setting reminders, to be immediately accessible
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Influence on Design: The dashboard includes a timeline of logged symptoms with a visual graph representing temperature trends. Prominent buttons for "Add Symptoms" and reminders were added to ensure users can quickly input new data or set up alerts. The bottom navigation with icons for calendar and notifications makes it easy for parents to stay on top of medication reminders
Medication Reminders:
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Research Insight: Parents expressed frustration with forgetting medication doses and the complexity of setting up reminders in other apps. They wanted a clear, customizable reminder system that allowed them to set intervals easily.
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Influence on Design: The medication reminder screen provides a simple interface with options to set the date, time, and dosage. The toggle for setting recurring reminders and the drop-down for selecting intervals (1 hour, 2 hours, etc.) reflect the need for flexible, easy-to-use medication management. These features ensure that parents can set up medication reminders without confusion
Temperature Logging:
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Research Insight: One of the biggest pain points identified was logging temperatures and symptoms quickly, especially when dealing with a sick child. Parents needed clarity on how to input temperature readings using different modes (e.g., underarm, oral, rectal)
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Influence on Design: The temperature log screen includes a slider for inputting temperatures, with a "Temp Mode Tool" allowing parents to select how the temperature was measured (underarm, rectal, etc.). This makes it intuitive to log data based on the method used. The clear "Save" button ensures quick data entry, minimizing steps to avoid any unnecessary delays
High Fideltiy
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The final design emphasized ease of use, featuring a clean dashboard with quick access to symptoms, medication schedules, and temperature trends. The UI utilized a calming color palette of soft blues and greens to reduce stress. Buttons for logging symptoms and setting reminders are placed prominently, ensuring the app is easy to navigate during stressful situations.
User flows
From there, the sitemap was outlined, followed by the user flow, which begins with onboarding and account creation. It continues with adding children's profiles, logging symptoms, and setting medication reminders. The flow was designed to minimize friction, ensuring that users receive clear instructions at every step.
Style Guide
Branding was designed to instill trust. We kept the typography simple and accessible, using fonts like Inter for readability. The UI utilized a calming color palette of soft blues and greens to reduce stress.
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Testing
We conducted several rounds of usability testing with wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes. Feedback was generally positive, especially regarding the trend visualizations and medication reminders.
Challenges Identified
Onboarding
The account creation process was mostly smooth, but some users were confused about whether to enter their details or their child's during onboarding.
Medication Reminders
While most users found it easy to set reminders, there was confusion around the dosage input section, which led to changes in the final version.
Start/Stop Medication
The main points of confusion revolved around understanding how to stop medication reminders after a set period, or how to end them automatically.
Based on the usability testing feedback, we made the following changes:
Simplified Medication Reminders
We merged the "repeat reminder" function into a single option for a smoother user experience and revised the language in the dosage input field to make it clearer and more intuitive.
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Improved the dosage input field for medication reminders to make it more intuitive and user-friendly.
Combined the two troggles into one
Improved Onboarding
We improved the page by adding clearer instructions and input fields, along with incorporating a child icon for better visual guidance.
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Clarified the child profile setup process for better user understanding.
Added a baby icon to the profile page for another identifier.
Conclusion
The Tiny Temp project provided significant learning opportunities in designing for clarity and ease of use, especially when managing complex health data. The biggest challenge was balancing functionality with simplicity, as parents needed detailed features but also wanted an app that required minimal effort to use.
Key Takeaways
User-Centered Design
By focusing on user pain points and iterative testing, we ensured the app remained practical and easy to use.
Balancing Simplicity with Functionality
You can incorporate detailed features while maintaining a simple and intuitive interface.
Next Steps
Future improvements will include integration with Google Calendar and pediatrician portals and additional features like live chat with healthcare professionals.