Patient Portal Redesign

Making CMC Hospital patient portal accessible (Applying a simpler flow for the targeted users)

Year

2022

Project Type

Marketing

Role

Survey
User interviews
Competitive analysis
Ideation
Personas
Low-Fidelity Prototype
Feasibility study
High-Fidelity Prototype

Timeline

3 weeks

Overview

The problem

As a native of Vellore, I have witnessed numerous individuals visiting CMC. My family has had a long-standing relationship with the hospital, visiting it for several decades. Recently, I have observed my mother struggling to book appointments through the patient portal app that was introduced a few years ago. This experience led me to question whether many others are facing similar difficulties. Hence, I was inspired to redesign the CMC patient portal to address these challenges.

About CMC

The Christian Medical College (CMC) in Vellore was founded in 1900 as a one-room clinic by Dr. Ida S. Scudder, the only daughter of second-generation American missionaries.People from around the world visit CMC to get world-class care, delivered with honesty, fairness, compassion, and integrity. CMC’s excellence continues with advances in research and an evolving curriculum aimed at transforming India’s promising medical students into creative and compassionate healthcare providers.CMC has come a long way from its humble start as a one-room clinic, growing into one of India’s most prestigious private hospitals and medical schools. Today, CMC cares for over two million patients and trains one thousand doctors, nurses and other medical professionals each year. CMC is recognized around the world for its unique model of delivering world-class treatment at the lowest possible cost, and is consistently ranked among the top hospitals in India. Cmc main hospital has serevd more then 1,10,000 inpatients and 20,24,000 outpatients and more thn 15,000 births a total of 2,297 beds (The stats are for april 2015-march 2016).

Process

Research Objectives

1) To understand how the system works currently.

2) To see what is out there which is catering to these problems.

3) What are the user's current pain points?

4) To see what ate the important features while renting of an hoarding.

Survey

The survey aimed to gather insight into the frequency of difficulties experienced by individuals in scheduling appointments via their CMC Patient portal application. Six participants, all women between the ages of 30-50, participated in the survey.

User Interviews

To gain insight into the challenges users face, I conducted user testing with two participants. The task was to log in and schedule an appointment with a doctor at CMC.

Design Audit

A design evaluation was performed on multiple screens to determine areas for improvement and the reasons behind users' difficulties in completing tasks independently.
Takeaways

01) The individual experiences difficulty logging in due to frequently forgetting their passwords.

02) The appointment booking experience is not straightforward and there are issues with the visual feedback provided by the app during its use.

03) It is possible that people only utilize it for scheduling appointments due to difficulties encountered during the login process.

Site map
To initiate the redesign process, I created a site map as a foundation to shape the rest of my design. This site map served as a starting point for further design development.
Cooking up a better experience

With the gathered information, I determined the essential actions and features and created a sitemap. This allowed me to outline the user journey through the app and initiate the sketching process for my ideas. The sitemap also facilitated the development of a low-fidelity prototype and the proper placement of each functional component.

High Fidelity Prototype
A Prototype was developed to evaluate the design concept.

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