Therapists Patient Dashboard

Patient overview screen showing adherence metrics and treatment progress

Designed a comprehensive dashboard enabling pediatric orthopedic therapists to monitor patient adherence, visualize progress data, and communicate with families—all within a unified platform.

Challenge

Therapists treating children with complex orthopedic conditions faced:

Scattered patient data across manual notes, emails, and verbal reports
No real-time visibility into treatment adherence
Time-consuming administrative tasks reducing clinical focus
Inefficient parent communication across multiple channels

Research & Discovery

Target Users

Pediatric physical therapists treating children who use orthoses for conditions like cerebral palsy or scoliosis.

Problem Statement

Fragmented tracking systems and communication channels were leading to suboptimal patient adherence, prolonged treatment timelines, and potential therapist burnout.

Solutions

List of all registered children with quick access to individual progress, logs, and caregiver communication.

Scheduled appointments and session tracking to ensure consistent follow-ups and therapy sessions.

Personalized therapy plans tailored to each child’s treatment goals, including brace schedule and exercises.

Secure messaging interface between therapists and parents.

Interactive visualization of brace wear patterns with custom alert thresholds.

Centralized hub for educational materials, therapy guides, and caregiver support documents.

Downloadable and shareable reports summarizing brace wear and exercise compliance over time.

Information Architecture

User flows

Dashboard: Snapshot of all patients with quick-view adherence alerts.
Patient Summary: Demographics, current treatment plan, overall status
Brace Wear Tracking: Visual logs ( interactive line graphs, daily logs) displaying historical and current brace usage data.
Exercise Log: A clear log of prescribed exercises and patient-reported completion status.
Communication History: Secure message threads.
Alerts & Notifications: Custom thresholds for intervention

Quickly checking a patient’s current status from the main dashboard.
Reviewing detailed historical brace wear or exercise data for a specific patient.
Initiating and managing communication threads with parents.
Setting and managing alert thresholds.

UX Design Principles

At-a-Glance Information: Centralized access to patient metrics
Streamlined Navigation: Ensuring quick and easy movement between different sections of the app.
Actionable Insights: Easy-to-spot trends and flags.
Contextual Tools: Providing relevant communication and management tools directly within the patient’s profile.
Customized Views: Filter and prioritize by urgency or condition

UI Design Elements

The visual design focused on professionalism, clarity, and ease of use

Clean and Organized Layout: Utilizing a grid system and ample white space to prevent information overload.
Consistent Typography and Color Palette: Professional color palette distinguishing information hierarchy
Effective Data Visualization: Purposeful data visualization matching chart types (line charts for trends, bar charts for comparisons) to data requirements
Intuitive Iconography: Using universally recognizable icons to aid navigation and understanding of features.
Responsive Design: Responsive design ensuring cross-device functionality
Design system showcasing color palette, typography, and component library

Problem Solved

Centralized Dashboard: Therapists no longer juggle paper notes, emails, and memory. APBridge consolidates all patient data—brace wear, exercise logs, communication, and alerts—into a single, real-time interface

Proactive Alerts: By visualizing trends and setting alert thresholds, therapists can now identify non-adherence early and intervene before small issues escalate into major setbacks.

Streamlined Workflow: Manual documentation and back-and-forth communication with parents are significantly reduced. APBridge automates data collection and provides quick access to key insights, minimizing administrative burden.

Secure In-App Messaging: Scattered phone calls and emails are replaced with APBridge’s built-in messaging system, creating a traceable, secure communication channel that improves collaboration between therapists and parents.

Enhanced Efficiency and Focus: By minimizing non-clinical tasks, therapists can focus more on patient care and less on chasing information, leading to a more efficient and less stressful work environment.

Clear Data Visualizations: Understanding patient adherence over time no longer requires manual effort. Therapists can now access interactive charts that make it easy to monitor trends and generate progress updates at a glance

Impact

The dashboard transformed therapist workflow by

Consolidating fragmented data sources into a single, real-time interface.
Enabling early intervention through trend visualization and alert systems.
Reducing documentation time through automated data collection
Creating a traceable communication record between therapists and families
Allowing therapists to shift focus from administration to clinical decision-making

Tools & Methods

User research: Contextual inquiry, stakeholder interviews
UX design: User flows, wireframing, prototyping
UI design: Design system development, responsive layouts
Testing: Usability testing with therapists

Interactive Prototype : Access the clickable prototype demonstrating the complete user flow from dashboard overview to patient details.