Overview
A team project exploring support for surgical patients during home recovery between hospital discharge and follow-up, centered on an AI assistant for recovery questions and routine support.
Problem Statement
After surgery, patients often have questions about routine recovery, daily healing patterns, and keeping track of medication and follow-up appointment schedules.
Post-operative surgical patients during home recovery seeking answers to common recovery questions and routine schedule support.
My Role & Responsibility
I contributed to the product idea, user flow, AI knowledge and prompt design, and the MVP prototype.
Process & Execution
Explored patient communication needs during the critical transition between hospital discharge and follow-up.
Mapped user flows centered on routine support and daily post-operative check-ins.
Designed AI knowledge and prompt structures to provide clear answers to common recovery questions.
Built out the interactive MVP prototype featuring daily check-ins and reminder schedules.
Delivered the prototype for the Healthcare Innovation Sprint.
Solution & Core Features
A post-operative AI assistant MVP prototype featuring daily check-ins, answers to common recovery questions, and medication or appointment reminders. (Future phase concepts such as provider dashboards, authentication, risk scoring, follow-up workflows, and alerts were kept separate).
Results & Learnings
Earned Second Place in the Healthcare Innovation Sprint.
Delivered a focused, working MVP prototype for post-discharge patient support.
Established a clear product scope separating core prototype features from future provider integrations.
"How to design AI prompts and user flows for supportive health environments while maintaining clear boundaries around completed prototype scope."