Task management app for healthcare professionals.
I took on a UI designer summer role with Nodr Health, a next generation task management software designed for healthcare professionals.
My role involved directing the wireframe and frontend design for the mobile application and web dashboard.
Type
Internship
Role
User Research
Mobile + Web Dashboard Design
UI/UX Design
Date
Jan 2025 - Mar 2025
INTRODUCTION
Doctors and nurses are under constant pressure. Transcribing and juggling paper-based job lists across patients, colleagues, and departments not only wastes time. It leads to communication errors, missed tasks, and contributes to an alarmingly high burnout rate (50% in the UK).
From these insights, I defined four core goals to guide Nodr’s product design:
✅ Enable one-handed, frictionless task interaction (add/edit/assign).
✅ Make handoffs seamless and quick with minimal actions.
✅ Simplify note capture with color-coded pins and prioritization.
✅ Move beyond legacy tools, designing a mobile-first, context-aware UI for fast-paced, on-the-go use.
⬇️ into key features:
👆 Long-press for selection to allow batch task edits and assign/reassign actions.
💥 Tap-based pop-ups for quick editing or reassigning without navigation.
📝 A section dedicated to swift note capture, featuring colour codes, “pin” options, and easy categorization.
🤲 UI built around hand-friendliness: large touch targets, minimal steps, and clear hierarchy.
RESULTS & FINAL DESIGNS
After multiple iterations and ongoing user feedback from healthcare professionals, the team was able to deliver a streamlined mobile app prototype and wireframe. Other features other than those specified below include: archive for past tasks, settings, tag pop-ups and handover inbox.
The homepage prominently showcases ongoing tasks, highlighting task name, time due, tags, and level of importance. In our brainstorming sessions, we focused on creating seamless user experiences for adding new tasks and editing existing ones through simple clicks and quick pop-ups directly on the current screen. Considering the dynamic nature of healthcare professionals' work, all gestures are designed to be quick, simple, and easily reachable with one hand, ensuring efficiency for users who are frequently on their feet throughout the day.
What distinguishes Nodr from conventional note-taking apps are the pivotal features of assigning, re-assigning, and handing over tasks—critical actions in a hospital setting. These functionalities are easily accessible through intuitive pop-ups triggered by clicks and selection modes initiated with a long-press on the screen.
Recognizing the need for quick note-taking on the go, Nodr includes a dedicated section designed for swift note capture. This feature incorporates clear color-coding and a pinning option for prioritization, ensuring efficient organization and easy access to critical information.
Nodr re-envisioned how healthcare teams manage daily tasks, reducing frustration through mobile-first design and eliminating cognitive load from traditional lists.
These are my main takeaways from my first work experience:
🩺 Context is everything: you must design for how people move and work, not just what they do.
😵💫 Gesture design matters: seemingly minor controls, like long-press and tap behaviours, change everything under stress.
✨ Minimal guidance, maximum clarity: a friendly, decluttered UI can transform workflow efficiency.
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