CHIMED

USC Iovine and Young Academy

Created for: ACAD 181

Role: Product designer, business strategist

Duration: March 2025 - May 2025 (3 months)

Tools: Figma, Google Slides, Perplexity, ChatGPT

  • Healthcare is expensive but the system cannot be changed, so people would prefer to avoid hospitals altogether

    1. Health tech surge

    2. AI model improvements

    3. Increase in alternative medicine

    4. Modernization of TCM

PROBLEM

Healthcare in the United States is unaccessible, unaffordable, and unreliable, leaving millions of American families left without reliable medical care. This especially affects low-income, marginalized, and oppressed communities.

Research

We research user complaints on the American healthcare system. We found that patients are frustrated at insurance pricing, doctor availability, and discovered an emergence of alternative medicine usage. We conducted user interviews on consumer needs in the medical industry.

Findings

We found 4 reoccurring concerns for patients

  1. Affordability

  2. Reliability

  3. User accessible

  4. Preventative care

Process

Final product

reflection

  • This project taught me how to be adaptable and strengthened my skills on how to be a rapid product designer. I gained experience in rapid visualization, identifying market trends, and translating findings into a product. Overall, I learned about the importance of research in entrepeneurial ventures.