Health Translate
Case study by: Alex M
Research & Overview
The 2016 Affordable Care Act requires insurance to provide translators for anyone who needs them, yet there are still hospitals that can’t find translators to work on location, and many patients have to ask friends and family for help in these appointments, causing the risk of miscommunication. There are more than 7,000 languages spoken in the world. How do we make sure that everyone can get informed care?
The app I’ve designed would put most of the work on the doctors, for an affordable price that the hospital or insurance would be able to cover. Doctors would be able to find translators, and filter by price and language spoken. They would also be able to access patient files that have been translated from other countries, making it easier for patients to be able to access their information Medical applications are often very sterile and focus more on the programming side of it. This app is designed to be user friend and welcoming because communication is the main goal.
I picked the blues as the main colors because that is a color often related to medical practices, and I added a orangish yellow as the contrast color, to elicit warmth, and balance out the blue.
The original idea was very disorganized. There were five icons instead of four, and I wasn’t sure how I wanted the app to look. I added a horizontal calendar, but it was very messy and wasn’t as effective as I’d like it to be.
So in the final design, There are only four icons, and the home button doubles as the button you find translators in since that is a major function of the app. I also made the calendar horizontal scrolling, and you can pick a date from the calendar up top and see all your meetings.
