EpiLog
EpiLog
EpiLog
Helping people with epilepsy track and manage their seizures
Helping people with epilepsy track and manage their seizures
Helping people with epilepsy track and manage their seizures
Winner of HFES mHealth competition 2025
Winner of HFES mHealth competition 2025
Winner of HFES mHealth competition 2025
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Background
Background
Our team took part in the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s mHealth App competition.
The competition had 3 rounds
Our team took part in the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s mHealth App competition.
The competition had 3 rounds
Round 1: Research, business case, low-fi wireframes
Round 2: Updated research, interactive prototype
Round 3: Finalists presentation at conference
Round 1: Research, business case, low-fi wireframes
Round 2: Updated research, interactive prototype
Round 3: Finalists presentation at conference
My Role
Experience Designer
Experience Designer
Team
1 Designer, 2 Researchers
1 Designer, 2 Researchers
Timeline
3 months
3 months
This case study will go over our process of research and design in brief.
This case study will go over our process of research and design in brief.
Recording of our final presentation
Project poster
Project poster
Project poster
We got the chance to present our poster at the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society’s Regional Conference in California. This poster provides a consolidated overview of our journey through this project.
We got the chance to present our poster at the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society’s Regional Conference in California. This poster provides a consolidated overview of our journey through this project.
Understanding the condition and users
Understanding the condition and users
Understanding the condition and users
Epilepsy is a complex neurological disorder. To design the right product we needed to understand more about the condition as well as the technological advancements around it. We studied 15 journal papers and 20 existing applications currently available to identify the gaps in the market. We learnt that symptoms, triggers and effects vary vastly across patients and requires them to constantly track multiple data points for neurologists to understand individual’s condition.
Epilepsy is a complex neurological disorder. To design the right product we needed to understand more about the condition as well as the technological advancements around it. We studied 15 journal papers and 20 existing applications currently available to identify the gaps in the market. We learnt that symptoms, triggers and effects vary vastly across patients and requires them to constantly track multiple data points for neurologists to understand individual’s condition.
In the US, about 3.4 million people have epilepsy, the global number being close to 50 million
In the US, about 3.4 million people have epilepsy, the global number being close to 50 million
Source : World Health Organization, 2024
Source : World Health Organization, 2024
We partnered with the Epilepsy Society to conduct a survey and further expanded on our findings via interviews with both patients and caregivers, diving deeper into the problems they face with tracking.
We partnered with the Epilepsy Society to conduct a survey and further expanded on our findings via interviews with both patients and caregivers, diving deeper into the problems they face with tracking.
Research insights
Research insights
Research insights
Doctors ask people and caregivers to track data to infer about what affects their seizures
Doctors ask people and caregivers to track data to infer about what affects their seizures
Doctors ask people and caregivers to track data to infer about what affects their seizures
People use voice notes, calendar apps and journals to keep track of info since they’re more flexible than apps
People use voice notes, calendar apps and journals to keep track of info since they’re more flexible than apps
People use voice notes, calendar apps and journals to keep track of info since they’re more flexible than apps
There is a lapse in collaborative tracking between caregivers and patients
There is a lapse in collaborative tracking between caregivers and patients
There is a lapse in collaborative tracking between caregivers and patients
Lack of verified resources to learn about seizures
Lack of verified resources to learn about seizures
Lack of verified resources to learn about seizures
The problem identified
The problem identified
The problem identified
People with epilepsy and their caregivers struggle with unreliable, cumbersome tracking methods and a lack of tools capable of identifying seizure triggers and patterns, limiting effective preventative care.
People with epilepsy and their caregivers struggle with unreliable, cumbersome tracking methods and a lack of tools capable of identifying seizure triggers and patterns, limiting effective preventative care.
People with epilepsy and their caregivers struggle with unreliable, cumbersome tracking methods and a lack of tools capable of identifying seizure triggers and patterns, limiting effective preventative care.
Defining requirements
Defining requirements
Defining requirements
Guided by our personas, users journey, and valuable insights from our research, we found users need simple, reliable seizure tracking, with pattern recognition and trigger insights. They want to share data with caregivers, customize what they track, and avoid complex inputs.
Guided by our personas, users journey, and valuable insights from our research, we found users need simple, reliable seizure tracking, with pattern recognition and trigger insights. They want to share data with caregivers, customize what they track, and avoid complex inputs.
The design
The design
The design
We wanted to ensure that the users were at the heart of our solution. So we conducted multiple rounds of testing, taking into considerations users of different age groups, seizure types, caregivers and people with epilepsy.
We wanted to ensure that the users were at the heart of our solution. So we conducted multiple rounds of testing, taking into considerations users of different age groups, seizure types, caregivers and people with epilepsy.
Morning and evening check ins for mood, sleep and note logging
Morning and evening check ins for mood, sleep and note logging
Morning and evening check ins for mood, sleep and note logging
Medication journaling
Medication journaling
Medication journaling
Widgets for seizure risk and wearable based incident detection
Widgets for seizure risk and wearable based incident detection
Widgets for seizure risk and wearable based incident detection
Educational resources
Educational resources
Educational resources
Providing actionable information to reduce the chances of seizures
Providing actionable information to reduce the chances of seizures
Help educate users about potential triggers and possibly avoid seizures
Help educate users about potential triggers and possibly avoid seizures
Providing trends and insights based on tracked data
Providing trends and insights based on tracked data
Allow users to better visualize their trends and triggers and make tracking feel worth it
Allow users to better visualize their trends and triggers and make tracking feel worth it
AI Voice assisted conversational data logging to reduce tedious form filling and manual entry
AI Voice assisted conversational data logging to reduce tedious form filling and manual entry
Our testing revealed that users gave more details orally compared to form filling which adds more data for trend analysis
Our testing revealed that users gave more details orally compared to form filling which adds more data for trend analysis
Prototype walkthrough
Prototype walkthrough
Prototype walkthrough
My learnings
My learnings
My learnings
This was my first time taking part in a design competition. Since starting my program at San Jose State, my team and I learnt a lot about research and user testing and that guidance helped us along every step of this project. I learnt about
Approaching organizations like the Epilepsy Society to find the right audience for research
FDA regulations, compliance, medical device classes
Leveraging research and strategy well in design
Pitching our product to potential investors (when we were approached after the conference)
This was my first time taking part in a design competition. Since starting my program at San Jose State, my team and I learnt a lot about research and user testing and that guidance helped us along every step of this project. I learnt about
Approaching organizations like the Epilepsy Society to find the right audience for research
FDA regulations, compliance, medical device classes
Leveraging research and strategy well in design
Pitching our product to potential investors (when we were approached after the conference)
This was my first time taking part in a design competition. Since starting my program at San Jose State, my team and I learnt a lot about research and user testing and that guidance helped us along every step of this project. I learnt about
Approaching organizations like the Epilepsy Society to find the right audience for research
FDA regulations, compliance, medical device classes
Leveraging research and strategy well in design
Pitching our product to potential investors (when we were approached after the conference)
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