In collaboration with Sheba hospital and EZMEMS startup who develops a breathing sensor that monitors breathing within respiratory patients. The sensor is attached to the breathing mask itself and sends info regarding the breathing measurments.
Today a breathing machine does not indicate if a patient is breathing or not, it only transfers oxygen into the patient's mask.
When a patient stops breathing he cannot do anything and it is not noticeable clearly. The breathing machine will continue to work and no one can know he does not inhale. The hospitals need a tool that will monitor the breathing of the patients and alert in case a patient stops breathing.
The main goal is to alert in case of respiratory arrest (a patient stops breathing) and in the bottom line - to save lives.
When a patient stops breathing the app turns on an alarm and mark the patient to attend to.
An alert has to be noticeable, by sound and by vision.
In the hospitals, each room has a nurse station next to it with a computer.
The app is designed for the use of nurses and doctors, who can see the current respiratory measurements of each patient in the room.
The app is adjusted for mouse control, but designed to be used in touch screens in the future.
There’s an alert sound in the app, alert sound next to the patient and a red blinking light above the bed.
The app was tested by a doctor at Sheba hospital and was easily used.
Parallel to the sensor's development, the app will be developed as well, hopefully will be approved and installed in hospital soon.
The most important thing learn from this project was to refine the needs of the users and the system, to produce an easy and efficient application accordingly.
The nurses will "draw" the room in the app according to the real room in the hospital. Since the variety of options is endless, the "drawing" features are flexible as possible.
Room size can be determined, Beds can be added and removed, and they can be moved freely in the room by click, drag and rotate to the right spot. This whole arrangement is for good orientation between the app and the hospital's room.
After placing beds, patients can be added to the room and monitored immediately.
The system has to be as simple as possible to use and understand, without any distractions.
Medical needs:
- Respiratory measurements graphs
- Alarming in emergencies
Room management:
- Determine room size
- Add, move and remove beds
- Add, remove and edit patients
Viewing controls:
- Zoom in and out
- Focus view
This project was conducted during my work at Microsoft's The Garage in collaboration with Sheba hospital and EZMEMS startup.
The sensor is still in development and medical approvals.
More info about EZMEMS can be found here:
My role:
UX/UI designer
Information architecture, interactions, Visual design, prototyping.
The app alarms when a patient stops breathing and has to be treated immediately.
Nurse, 27 Years old
Just finished nursing school
Social, Loves his work, Technology oriented
Heart Surgeon,
55 years old
Very busy doctor, care about his patients, not technology oriented.