Shared Medication Schedule
Design a caregiver coordination tool for maintaining one accurate medication plan across a family care team.
The brief
Understand the problem
Background
When several relatives share caregiving, handwritten notes and chat messages can leave uncertainty about doses, refills, and changes from a clinician. A shared tool needs clear authority and a reliable audit trail.
User context
Daniel and his sister coordinate daily medicines for their father. Daniel handles mornings, his sister handles evenings, and a visiting nurse updates the plan after appointments.
Product problem
Caregivers need a common view of medication tasks without allowing informal edits to replace verified clinical instructions.
Objective
Design plan setup, dose handoff, change approval, and missed-dose escalation for a small caregiver team.
What to design
Define the experience
Required experience
- Review the verified medication list and member roles
- Record a scheduled dose with notes
- Propose or approve a clinician-directed change
- Resolve a missed or uncertain dose safely
Screens and states
- Medication schedule
- Dose confirmation
- Change review
- Missed-dose guidance
Core user flow
Follow the critical path
- 01
Daniel opens the morning schedule and confirms his father's identity
- 02
He records a completed dose and a new side-effect note
- 03
The nurse enters an updated time with the prescription source
- 04
His sister reviews the approved change before the evening round
Product rules
Requirements and constraints
Requirements
- Distinguish prescribed instructions, caregiver notes, and pending changes
- Assign view, record, and approve permissions by role
- Keep an immutable history of dose and plan events
- Route uncertainty to a pharmacist, clinician, or emergency resource as appropriate
Constraints
- The service cannot recommend dose changes
- Medication records require explicit patient or legal representative consent
- Notifications must avoid exposing medicine names on locked devices
Reality check
States worth considering
Finish line
What to deliver
- Four responsive screens plus role and audit behavior annotations
Optional direction
Visual resources
Use these as a starting constraint if you want one. They are not part of the required solution.
Montserrat & Merriweather
Clear interface writing gives people the confidence to understand what changed and decide what to do next.
Montserrat & Merriweather
Clear interface writing gives people the confidence to understand what changed and decide what to do next.