UX Designer

Deloitte Digital | Kaiser Permanente

Healthcare: Every Body Walk!

Deloitte Digital | Kaiser Permanente: Every Body Walk! App

Overview

While consulting at Deloitte Digital, I designed Kaiser Permanente's Every Body Walk! mobile app, a wellness initiative that earned App Store 'New and Noteworthy' placement and a Silver Web Health Mobile Award.

Project

Every Body Walk! App

Role

UX Designer

Period

2012–2013

Objectives

  • Design a mobile experience that motivates daily physical activity
  • Create an accessible interface for a broad patient demographic
  • Support social sharing and community engagement features
  • Align the app experience with Kaiser Permanente's wellness brand and clinical standards

Approach & Activities

  • Designed onboarding and profile creation flows optimized for quick setup and first-use engagement
  • Created wireframes for activity tracking, goal setting, and social sharing features
  • Developed visual design language reflecting Kaiser's wellness brand and accessibility standards
  • Iterated through usability testing with a diverse patient demographic
  • Delivered final design assets and interaction specs for engineering handoff

Challenges & Lessons

  • Motivating sustained physical activity required careful gamification without trivializing health outcomes
  • Broad patient demographic demanded an interface accessible to all ages and ability levels
  • Balancing Kaiser's clinical brand identity with an approachable, consumer-grade wellness experience

Impact

Featured as 'New and Noteworthy' on the Apple App Store

Won Silver at the Web Health Mobile Awards

Named Yahoo! News App of the Week and Today's Best Apps by AppAdvice

Design Work

Activity tracker | time, calories, and distance display modes with progress dials
Activity tracking | daily steps, distance, and calorie monitoring
Social sharing: community challenges and friend activity
Goal setting: personalized wellness targets and milestone tracking

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