OVERVIEW
GOAL
Creating a new way for individuals with unilateral facial paralysis and drooping to easily assess the state of their facial function.
The current grading systems are made for clinician assessments and are not meant to be interpreted by people with facial paralysis. Our approach is to make self monitoring easy and accessible. [1]
CHALLENGE
Individuals lack accessible tools that provide real-time feedback and analysis for self-assessments between visits with healthcare providers.
OUTCOME
A mobile app that leverages computer vision to objectively capture 6 key facial expressions based on the standard SunnyBrook scale.
Faceflo was designed to support how healthcare providers assess facial nerve function based on the Sunnybrook syste. People are guided to snap pictures of 6 key facial expressions to automatically record visible changes in their face between medical visits.
SunnyBrook Facial Grading System
MARKET RESEARCH
Within 2 weeks we collected existing applications on the market. 95% are intended for healthcare provider use while the other 5% are patient facing tools.
It was important to understand what was currently on the market. We collected over 50+ applications related to facial paralysis grading, visualizations of data, and training videos demonstrating how to use the tool for healthcare providers. I came across a few patient facing tools categorized as health and wellness tools instead of the healthcare facing diagnosis approach.
Competitor Benchmarking
Eface UX Flow
Big Picture Data
Literature deep dive
I read, skimmed, watched, and reviewed over 50+ medical research papers from PubMed and organized them into categories.
This improved taking snapshots and notes of key visual data and information.
Competitor Benchmarking
Design Challenge
Design Sprint
Created an MVP new user onboarding flow to plan the design of our screens.
Our approach was to make it easy for users to continue as guests and test out the tool without pushing them to create an account so they feel in control of their decision.
New User Onboarding
Created a flow to demonstrate how users will capture their key facial expressions in a session
Our approach was to create a guided capture session to help users take consistent photos.
Guided facial expression capture session
DESIGN SOLUTION
DEVELOPING
Reflections
Takeaway 1
Takeaway 2
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