Rethinking How to Track ALS Disease Progression

MY ROLE

UI/UX / App Design / Illustraion / Interaction

BACKGROUND

HPE software's 2nd UX hackathon focused on giving back to the community. With more than 170 HPE employees participating worldwide, each team had 48 hours to create a project that will impact people's lives.

I chose to improve and redesign an existing mobile app called "ALS analyzer" for people diagnosed with ALS. The app is used to monitor the progressions of the disease with the goal of improving patient care and advancing ALS research.

THE CHALLENGE

In order to collect continuous objective data, the app uses the mobile device's sensors to track and analyzes the results using an advanced algorithms. Users are asked to perform 5 tasks that will assess their functional abilities (finger movement, speech, mobility etc.). 

The repetitive tasks are tedious and create a tiring and frustrating experience. We had to find a way to make patients use the app on a regular basis though the tasks don't reward persistence or improvement (in fact there's only a deteriorating in their condition).

THE SOLUTION

We've created "educational themes" that users can pick from, so that every task offers a new and enjoyable learning experience. In addition, users can share and send tasks to their family members and friends, which can raise motivation. 

** Project was done with UX designer, Eynat Pikman **

** As this is a conceptual proposal, some of the imagery is illustrative and does not necessarily represent the final product