Healthcare / Service design · Mater Private

Reducing friction in patient journeys

Patients need simple pathways to care and appointments.

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Experience architecture / Interpretive diagram

Making care journeys easier to navigate

01 · Find care
02 · Choose an appointment
03 · Prepare for visit

Original explanatory visualisation created for this portfolio. It illustrates design thinking, not a reproduction of a confidential client screen.

01 / Context and design challenge

What needed to change?

Healthcare services can feel complicated before a patient even arrives. People may need to compare services, understand availability and take the next step while managing uncertainty.

02 / Approach and contribution

Making complexity legible.

The work addressed digital patient journeys, service clarity and the interactions that connect discovery with appointment booking. The design emphasis was on removing avoidable friction while retaining reassurance and trust.

Experience model · Interpretive artefact
Find care
→
Choose an appointment
→
Prepare for visit

A simplified conceptual model to explain the experience principles. It is not presented as a historical project deliverable.

03 / Design rationale

Why these decisions matter.

Designing for healthcare means respecting the emotional context of the journey. Clear language, predictable steps and accessible feedback are as important as conversion.

04 / Outcomes, limitations and reflection

Impact with context.

Professional materials report a 22% bookings uplift within the engagement; the public summary does not independently isolate the contribution of specific UX changes.

My public case studies focus on the problem, experience rationale and transferable lessons. Detailed discovery findings, artefacts and individual attribution will be added where evidence and permissions allow.

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Project contextMater Private · Patient experience
PerspectiveUX strategy · Experience design

A patient does not experience an appointment as a conversion funnel. They are trying to find the right care, understand what comes next and feel confident they have taken the right step.

I approached the booking experience as a service journey, looking at the information people need before committing, the questions that interrupt progress and the clarity of the next action.

UnderstandMake senseDecideAct

Conceptual experience sequence created for this portfolio, not a client-approved deliverable.

I learned to pay more attention to the emotional weight of seemingly ordinary forms and booking steps.

UX lens / Design reasoning

The question behind the interface.

How can people move from seeking care to booking it with less uncertainty?

01 · Human need

Understand the user

Service journeys, reassurance and accessibility. The interface should reflect how people interpret information, recognise risk and decide what to do next.

02 · Experience strategy

Structure the interaction

Information hierarchy, clearer appointment pathways and helpful guidance. This is an interpretation of the design approach rather than a claim that every technique was used in a documented research session.

03 · Design principle

Make the outcome legible

A more comprehensible route to the next step. The experience should help people understand the state of the system and retain meaningful control.

UX framework · Interpretive artefact

From complexity to clarity

ContextEvidenceDecisionFeedback

Portfolio-created framework illustrating the design rationale. Not an original or approved client deliverable.