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Hospital discharge.
Everyone in the loop.

A healthcare coordination concept for the work between discharge planning and departure. The interface brings pending actions, documents and ownership into a shared workflow.

01 / Project at a Glance

The business context.
The design scope.

Who the experience serves, the environment it operates in and the design work included.

Industry
Healthcare
Platform
Desktop web app
Primary Users
Care coordinators & ward teams
Project Scope
Readiness, tasks and scheduling
Services
SaaS product & interface design
Deliverables
Dashboard screens & shared patterns
02 / The Problem Worth Solving

Where the journey
needed attention.

Help teams see pending work, clear ownership and the conversations coming next.

Fragmented context

Keep patient informationand practical plans connected.

Unclear ownership

Give each task an owner,a clear status and a due time.

Competing priorities

Separate urgent actionsfrom the work that can wait.

Design ObjectiveBring patient context, ownership and scheduling into one coherent coordination experience.

03 / The Experience We Designed

The key moments.
Designed together.

Clearer journeys bring useful information and important actions into focus.

See what needs attention

Daily overview

See daily workload and upcoming reviews. Open patient details from the overview.

Design note

The daily overview brings workload signals and upcoming reviews together, with patient details one step away.

What To Notice
  • Workload signals
  • Upcoming reviews
  • Patient-level context
Understand each patient’s readiness

Patient readiness

Connect patient context with task progress. Keep clinical status clearly distinct.

Design note

The patient view connects episode context and practical task progress while keeping clinical status distinct.

What To Notice
  • Episode information
  • Practical task progress
  • Separate clinical status
Make responsibility visible

Clear task ownership

Show the patient, owner and due date. Keep task progress visible in one place.

Design note

Tasks show the patient, owner, due time and status together. Filters help coordinators focus on the relevant work.

What To Notice
  • Named owner
  • Due time & status
  • Focused filters
Coordinate requests and reviews

Requests and reviews

Coordinate equipment, travel and follow-ups. Review requests in one shared queue.

Design note

A shared request queue organises equipment, pharmacy, transport and follow-up needs. Scheduling carries planned reviews and conversations into the working week.

What To Notice
  • Request type
  • Priority & ownership
  • Connected scheduling
Plan the conversations that matter

A shared schedule

Bring reviews and discussions together. Plan follow-ups in a shared schedule.

Design note

A shared weekly schedule brings discharge reviews, caregiver discussions and planned follow-ups into view.

Keep workspace settings together

Workspace settings

Manage routing, alerts and workspace details. Keep settings organised and consistent.

Design note

Organisation details, routing, notifications and prototype data controls share one structured settings area.

Supporting views.

04 / Decisions Behind the Design

Choices that serve
the task.

These are design intentions. The benefits below are not presented as measured outcomes.

Information hierarchy

A useful daily starting point

Prioritise workload signals and scheduled reviews in the overview. See where to begin in the daily workload.

Navigation

Connected patient context

Organise tasks and arrangements around the patient record. Keep patient context connected across the working views.

Interaction design

Clear responsibility

Display ownership, status and due time together. Make the next action easier to interpret.

Visual consistency

Meaningful readiness information

Separate clinical clearance from practical arrangements. Keep clinical clearance distinct from practical arrangements.

05 / Built for Consistency

Built to repeat.
Ready to extend.

Shared components, type and interaction patterns keep the product consistent.

Reusable components

Related actions and interface elements follow a familiar structure.

Type and spacing

Consistent hierarchy gives dense and quiet screens a shared rhythm.

Interaction states

Clear selections and feedback support predictable next steps.

06 / What the Project Delivered

What the design
engagement produced.

Explore the design deliverables. Intended benefits are not measured results.

Clearer user journeys

Connected patient context and practical readiness.

View screens

Connected information

Shared tasks and support requests.

View screens

Consistent interface

Scheduling and workspace settings.

View screens

The outcomes shown describe the design delivered. Live operational impact has not yet been measured.

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