DISCOVER PROJECT

DISCOVER PROJECT

WeKare by Awak

AI-Powered Chronic Care Management

Platform for Patient Adherence
WeCare Companion is an AI-enabled chronic care platform that helps CKD and dialysis patients manage therapies, medications, vitals, and care communication in one place.
It simplifies daily care through guided workflows, device integration, and clinician visibility, supporting adherence and timely intervention with clear, clinically safe AI insights.

key
responsibilities

UX Strategy / UX Audit / Research / UX Design / UI Design / Usability Testing / Design System / Accessibility Standards / Team Management

Project Overview

WeCare Companion is an AI-enabled chronic care platform designed to support CKD and dialysis patients managing complex daily routines. The product reimagines how therapies, medications, vitals, and care communication come together in one calm, clinically safe experience, while laying a scalable foundation for AI-driven insights, adherence support, and remote care coordination.

Vertical Focus
Vertical Focus
Vertical Focus
AI-enabled chronic care platform for CKD and dialysis patients supporting daily therapies, medications, vitals, and clinician communication.
AI-enabled chronic care platform for CKD and dialysis patients supporting daily therapies, medications, vitals, and clinician communication.
AI-enabled chronic care platform for CKD and dialysis patients supporting daily therapies, medications, vitals, and clinician communication.
Core Capability
Core Capability
Core Capability
Unified care companion that combines therapies, medications, vitals, device data, supplies, education, and care team communication into a single, guided experience with AI-driven insights.
Unified care companion that combines therapies, medications, vitals, device data, supplies, education, and care team communication into a single, guided experience with AI-driven insights.
Unified care companion that combines therapies, medications, vitals, device data, supplies, education, and care team communication into a single, guided experience with AI-driven insights.
Outcomes
Outcomes
Outcomes
Improved patient adherence and data completeness while giving clinicians clearer visibility between visits and enabling faster, more aligned cross-team delivery.
Improved patient adherence and data completeness while giving clinicians clearer visibility between visits and enabling faster, more aligned cross-team delivery.
Improved patient adherence and data completeness while giving clinicians clearer visibility between visits and enabling faster, more aligned cross-team delivery.

Challenge / Solution

Challenge
Challenge
Challenge
The core challenge for WeCare Companion was turning complex, high-stakes clinical routines and continuous health data into an experience patients could trust, understand, and use every day. Patients needed a compliant, reliable platform that explains therapies, vitals, and medications in plain language, guides daily care with confidence, and fits naturally into real treatment, communication, and self-management routines without adding stress or cognitive burden.
The core challenge for WeCare Companion was turning complex, high-stakes clinical routines and continuous health data into an experience patients could trust, understand, and use every day. Patients needed a compliant, reliable platform that explains therapies, vitals, and medications in plain language, guides daily care with confidence, and fits naturally into real treatment, communication, and self-management routines without adding stress or cognitive burden.
The core challenge for WeCare Companion was turning complex, high-stakes clinical routines and continuous health data into an experience patients could trust, understand, and use every day. Patients needed a compliant, reliable platform that explains therapies, vitals, and medications in plain language, guides daily care with confidence, and fits naturally into real treatment, communication, and self-management routines without adding stress or cognitive burden.

Solution

The solution was a user-centered design of WeCare Companion, built from the ground up around real patient routines and clinical workflows. We translated complex therapies and daily care tasks into guided, step-by-step flows, unified device data and manual logs into clear, readable views, and established consistent design patterns to support accuracy and scale. This created a stronger product foundation, a calmer and more trustworthy experience for patients, and a solid base for expanding AI-driven insights, adherence support, and clinician visibility.

UX Strategy Roadmap

This UX strategy roadmap shows how I moved WeCare Companion from clinical insight to shipped outcomes while maintaining alignment across product, engineering, and care teams. The work started with research, combining patient input, clinical reviews, and UX audits to identify friction in daily care routines, data clarity, and clinician visibility.

From there, I mapped the information architecture and core patient journeys, validating structure and flows through wireframes and usability checks before investing in visual polish. Once the foundation was solid, I guided UI design and implementation with a focus on clear handoff, accessibility, and clinical safeguards, then closed the loop post-launch by feeding real-world usage and feedback back into the next iteration cycle.

Design focused on turning complex, high-stakes care into a calm, clear, and trustworthy experience that supports patients without overwhelming them.

User Interface Design

Accessibility Standards Playbook

Accessibility Standards Playbook

Final Visual User Interface Design

Final Visual User Interface Design

Qualitative Research

Qualitative Research

The finalized WeCare Companion interface turns complex clinical routines and health data into a clear, cohesive patient experience that guides users through daily therapies, medications, vitals, and care communication.

By redesigning the platform around plain-language guidance, consistent interaction patterns, and accessibility-first standards, we reduced confusion and increased patient confidence, strengthening trust and enabling the platform to scale safely in a clinical environment.

Platform Impact Metrics

Early results from WeCare Companion, showing measurable improvements in patient adherence, care clarity, and clinician visibility across daily chronic care routines.

Therapy completion rate

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%

%

Vitals logging consistency

22
%

%

Clinician data readiness

0
%

%

Manual follow-ups

-28
%

%

Testimonials

These testimonials from patients and clinical stakeholders provide third-party validation that WeCare Companion delivers real value. They build trust in the platform and confirm the impact of the experience on daily care routines, patient understanding, and clinician confidence.

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“I finally feel like I understand what’s happening with my care. The app tells me what matters and what to do next, without overwhelming me.”

⸺ PATIENT

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“Tracking my therapies and medications used to feel stressful. Now it’s part of my routine, and I feel more confident I’m doing things right.”

⸺ PATIENT

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“I finally feel like I understand what’s happening with my care. The app tells me what matters and what to do next, without overwhelming me.”

⸺ CLINICIAN

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“Tracking my therapies and medications used to feel stressful. Now it’s part of my routine, and I feel more confident I’m doing things right.”

⸺ NURSE CARE COORDINATOR

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“Instead of raw numbers, we now see context. The summaries and trends help us quickly understand what’s changed and why.”

⸺ NEPHROLOGIST

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“The platform balances patient support with clinical safety. Accessibility and data handling were considered from the start, which makes it easier to trust and scale.”

⸺ CLINICAL OPERATIONS LEAD

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