Apple
Health App
Personal Project
In Progress
Notification
Mobile
User Experience
User Interface
User research
In the apple health app, I redesigned the notification part as well as adding widgets on home screen. I challenenged to create a new feature that will benenfit many patients that take medications everyday.
Personas
Struggles with consistent medication intake
Jisoo
Ryan is in his early 20s, balancing coursework, part-time projects, and an active social life.
He was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease (a type of IBD) in his late teens.
His treatment plan requires him to take prescription medication (e.g., azathioprine, mesalamine, or corticosteroids depending on flare stage) at the same time every day to manage symptoms and prevent flare-ups.
Ryan
Pain Points
Forgets medication because of irregular student routines (late nights, busy mornings, changing class schedules).
Digital overload: ignores generic phone alarms because he gets too many notifications.
Jisoo is in her mid-30s, steadily building her career in consulting.
She was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes a few years ago, and her treatment plan requires daily oral medication (sometimes insulin if her sugar spikes) plus regular glucose checks.
She works long hours and often travels for client meetings, making consistency in her health routine difficult.
Pain Points
Forgets or delays medication during hectic workdays with back-to-back meetings.
Notification fatigue: generic reminders get ignored amid constant work pings.
Emotional load: guilt and stress when she skips care, feels like she’s “failing herself.”
Need
Ryan needs a way to remember and track his daily medication without relying on alarms or extra apps, since his irregular student schedule makes him prone to forgetfulness.
Opportunity
Provide a visual, always-present medication reminder on his phone wallpaper that blends into his daily phone use making it nearly impossible to miss, even with shifting class times, late nights, and distractions.
Need
Jisoo needs a discreet, work-friendly medication and monitoring system that integrates seamlessly into her busy workflow without interrupting meetings or overwhelming her with extra notifications.
Opportunity
Offer a subtle, professional wallpaper display that tracks and reminds her of medications/meals in real time, so she can manage her health without drawing attention or adding stress during her demanding workday.
User Journey Map
Daily Medication Adherence
Ideation
Apple Health App wallpaper Feature
Current Health App Reminder
The current Apple Health app offers reminders and tracking, but logging each dose can be difficult in the middle of a busy day. Multiple notifications can feel disruptive, and when you’re juggling other tasks, it’s easy to ignore or dismiss them.
Opportunity
Users need a medication management system that goes beyond simple reminders. Current solutions are easy to dismiss and difficult to log consistently, especially during busy routines.
Solution
Introduce a wallpaper-based notification feature that displays daily medications directly on the phone background, showing both the scheduled time and whether each dose has been taken. This makes adherence effortless, always visible, and less disruptive than traditional reminders.
Function Flow
Apple Health App(medication)
Current
New
The current Apple Health app offers reminders and tracking, but it's easy for users to ignore
The new system design seems to have a similar from the previous but ultimately it can increase significantly on notifying the users more effectively with the wallpaper widget
Notification -> Ignore
Wallpaper -> Notifying everytime users pickup the phone
Yet, my design does not propose on getting rid of the notifications, but rather adding a widget feature can make users to have a healthier life
Wireframes
Apple Health App(medication) - Wallpaper widget
Variation 1
Variation 2
Variation 3
Variation 4
Iteration of Variation 1
Iteration of Variation 4
Design - High Fidelity
Apple Health App(medication) - Wallpaper widget
Logged all for the day
Background
Like many patients do, medication on time and consistency of taking it is crucial for treatment and well-being as well as great for even supplements like Vitamins.
“I always silence notifications during class, so I miss my pill reminders.”
Student
“Sometimes I forget if I already took my medicine or not.”
Elderly People
“I use alarms, but if I’m out with friends, I dismiss them and forget later.”
Elderly People
“Some apps feel too clinical. I want something thats just simple and common, giving you the feeling your are sick.”
Chronic Illness Patient
“I don’t want a super complicated app just a simple alert that I can confirm quickly.”
Student
“I'd like to see what I have to take next because there's too much to follow everyday."
Chronic Illness Patient
People with chronic conditions depend on prescription drugs
Issue
89 percent of people with arthritis and 98 percent of people with diabetes use prescription drugs.
Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
About 64.8% of U.S. adults took a prescription medication at any time in the past 12 months.
CDC
There are over 129 million Americans with at least one major chronic disease.
CDC
Around 2.0-2.5 billion people in the world take medicine every day (for chronic disease or other long-term daily use).
Before : Notification
After : Wallpaper Widget
Not logged Multiples
Not logged
Logged one / Needs to log other
Logged for all time-wise
Design for IOS 26
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