About the project
Mira is a healthcare management system for caregivers to manage care, keep track of patients' conditions, allocate caregiving tasks, communicate with patients and deal with other tasks. Mira consists of the wearable devices and the Mira App. With Mira, caregivers can be more capable of caring for the patients while have more freedom to work their own daily activities.
Project Info
Time
Nov, 2016 - May, 2017
Course
IPD799 Thesis Project
Team Size
2 people
Program
Integrated Product Design, University of Pennsylvania
Role
Product Design
Xiaoye Zhang, Stephanie L. Hayna
Engineering
Stephanie L. Hayna
UX & Logo & UI
Xiaoye Zhang
Business Model & Video
Stephanie L. Hayna, Xiaoye Zhang
Tools
Mira Watch
3D Printing, Sensors, Adafruit, Autodesk Fushion 360, Keyshot, Photoshop
Mira App
Sketch, Principle, Photoshop
Video
After Effects, Illustrator
Research
In-hospital research
In January 2017, I spent two weeks in Shanghai Zhong Shan Hospital observing, living and experiencing as a caregiver.
Interview caregivers and patients
We did a substantial amount of interviews, talking with patients, family members and medical professionals at Transplant House, surgery waiting rooms and the family caregiver center in the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania and Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine.
Ideation
Problem Framing and Needs identifying
After talking with patients and family caregivers, we realized that family caregivers are overburdened by the caregiving tasks while in the meantime, they have to deal with their own life. Family caregivers are under great pressure no less than the patients but they barely have means to let out. Based on the findings, we realized there are three ways to reduce their anxiety:
- Assist them in handling caregiving tasks
- Provide tools to monitor and communicate with patients
- Alert them in the case of emergency when they are away from the patients
Brainstorm
We brainstormed on how to provide better caregiving management and how to help caregivers and patients relax.
Prototype
Dismantle wearables
Test with palse sensors
Explore the forms
Prototypes
Business model
Competitive landscape
Future prospect
