The document discusses several concepts for improving patient adherence to healthcare regimens, financial literacy among millennial and Gen Z women, and communication between patients and doctors. The concepts include making adherence a group activity, gamifying healthcare regimens, an interactive "pillbox", using data visualization to track finances, gamifying investing concepts, an investing social media platform, adding educational content to diagnoses, a platform for helping children understand diagnoses, and remote patient monitoring kits. Each concept is rated on a scale and potential benefits and challenges are identified.

1. Roxy Farkas
Thesis Studio I

2. Health Care
Adherence

3. I am interested in how patients adhere to
health care regimens.

4. I would like to research how
patients interact with their
healthcare regimens.
After gaining a better understanding
of how these regimens fit into their
lives, I would conceptualize different
Concept

5. Making adherence a group activity rather than one
tackled individually.
Friends/family/healthcare providers would receive
1 x 9

6. 1.Patients feel responsible to
others
2. Greater visibility into patient
care
1.Requires long term involvement
from others
2. PHI is sensitive

7. Excitement Level

8. Gamification of healthcare regimens.
Players (patients) would be rewarded with points that
could be redeemed for tangible benefits as a reward for
2 x 9

9. 1. Adherence will be given a
score
2. Patients may enjoy being
adherent
1.Successful game mechanics
are extremely difficult to
implement
2. Difficult to design for various

10. Excitement Level

11. An interactive ‘pillbox’.
The ‘pillbox’ collects passive information and connects
with other IOT devices to prevent the patient from
3 x 9

12. 1. Adherence will be forced in
order for the user to not be
inconvenienced.
2. Users wont be able to
1. Using other IOT devices may
become problematic if patient
does not not adhere
2. Older patients may become

13. Excitement Level

14. Financial
Literacy

15. I am interested in how Millennial and Generation Z
women are taught financial literacy.

16. I would like to research why many
millennials, especially women,
struggle with financial literacy and
what obstacles could be removed to
improve this.
Concept

17. Interactive data visualization that shows a breakdown of
money earned, spent, invested etc. and predicts progress
over time.
4 x 9

18. 1. Easy to see data allows
users to comprehend their
financial situation
2.Includes areas of personal
1. Doesn't explain investment
strategies
2.Requires a lot of time and
experimentation from the user

19. Excitement Level

20. Gamification of investing concepts.
Using metaphors/scenarios to make investing concepts
easier to understand and more relatable.
5 x 9

21. 1. Could be made applicable to
a wide age range and
audience
2. Scenarios could make real
1.No safeguard to ensure that the
users understand the concepts
the scenarios are trying to teach
2. Possibly difficult to translate

22. Excitement Level

23. Investing as a social media platform.
Millennials take to social media sites like Instagram for
advice on lifestyle topics such as nutrition, fashion and
6 x 9

24. 1. Curated feeds would
eliminate users being
overwhelmed by choices
2.Data would be presented in
1. Doesn't explain investment
strategies
2.Requires users to have a basic
understanding of how to use

25. Excitement Level

26. Patient Doctor
Communication

27. I am interested in how patients and healthcare
providers communicate with each other.

28. I would like to research how patients
receive information from doctors by
testing patient understandings of the
same diagnosis delivered in different
mediums and formats.
Concept

29. Educational content enriching patient diagnoses.
Patients often don't understand or don't know how to
respond to diagnoses. Doctors would be able to add
7 x 9

30. 1. Having a centralized place
with reliable information
would likely make patients
feel safer and more trusting
2. Removes burden from care
1. Lack of human interaction
2.Cost of setting up content

31. Excitement Level

32. A platform to allow physicians and parents to help
children understand their diagnosis.
Patients often don't understand or don't know how to
8 x 9

33. 1. Make diagnoses less scary
2. Could provide appropriate
distraction while allowing
children time to process
1. Costly and time consuming to
set up
2. Lack of human interaction might
make children feel alienated

34. Excitement Level

35. Remote monitoring kit.
The delivery of high-quality healthcare to rural
populations remains a challenge in the third world. The
9 x 9

36. 1. Increase access to medical
care
2. Allow patients to be ahead
of major medical issues and
1. Difficult to maintain
2. Requires major time
commitment from participating
physicians

37. Excitement Level