Convenient, seamless
mental health care

Convenient, seamless
mental health care

Product design

for

Included Health

Design thinking

Interaction design

Role

Product designer

Product designer

Time

~6 months

~6 months

Platform

Web, iOS, android

Web, iOS, android

Team

1 product manager, 1 user researcher, 4 engineers, 2 designers

1 product manager, 1 user researcher, 4 engineers, 2 designers

Before: Product at MVP launch

Problem space

When I joined Included Health, I helped the team integrate an MVP set of features that enabled patients to get mental health care virtually.

After landing a foundation, the next ~6 months were about creating an experience that was reliable, consumer-grade, and easy to use.

How might we…

How might we…

create a delightful and accessible mental health care experience?

create a delightful and accessible mental health care experience?

Discovery

I helped guide generate research to expand our existing personas. Through moderated interviews and workshops, we crafted shareable, high-level personas and user journeys.

Learning from the mental health journey

We developed a bird's eye view of the journey our patients take towards care, and used that to visualize barriers, pain points, and gain points.

Needs & Solutions

Seamless scheduling and deep bios

We took the pain out of finding a provider. I helped introduce the calendar element as a design system component.

"It's not that I'm against therapy. It's just that it's so hard to get an appointment" – Indifferent Diego

"It's not that I'm against therapy. It's just that it's so hard to get an appointment" – Indifferent Diego

"Honestly, mental health is a bit 'woo woo' for me. If I knew I could trust the providers, I'd consider it" – Skeptical Scott

"Honestly, mental health is a bit 'woo woo' for me. If I knew I could trust the providers, I'd consider it" – Skeptical Scott

Simple, convenient video visits

We created a "pre-visit screen", a reliable and persistent spot to review appointments and jump into the visits.

"I'm lucky to remember booking my appointment, and I'll probably show up 2 minutes before it." – Wary Wendy

"I'm lucky to remember booking my appointment, and I'll probably show up 2 minutes before it." – Wary Wendy

The in-visit UI was designed to be immersive, cross-platform, and extendable to urgent and primary care.

Driving clinically-significant improvement

I helped design features on both the member and the provider apps to conduct and monitor anxiety and depression assessments.

Impact

A clinically-effective platform for virtual care of all types, reaching thousands of patients a day.

A clinically-effective platform for virtual care of all types, reaching thousands of patients a day.

+22%

+22%

Adherence in patient follow-up

Adherence in patient follow-up

+34%

+34%

+34%

average improvement in depression scores

average improvement in depression scores

+65k

+65k

successful video visits in 6 months

successful video visits in 6 months