UI Design · Health Tech · Pediatric Care · 2025
Stitches
THE IDEA
One place for every part of your child's health
Pediatric health records are scattered. Vaccine cards live in a drawer. Growth charts are on a clinic portal. Prescriptions are in a pharmacy app. Parents are left stitching it all together, alone, at the worst moments. Stitches is a pediatric health management app that helps parents and guardians securely store, track, and share a child's medical records through calm, intuitive digital experiences. Believing that simplicity builds trust, Stitches uses gentle system design and structured health timelines to reimagine pediatric record keeping.
I have scattered paperwork everywhere and can never find what the doctor needs.
Dosing calculations take time I don't have during a busy clinic.
Keeping up with public health data while managing fragmented records is exhausting.
THE PROBLEM
Generic EHRs were built for adults, not children
Current electronic health record systems are adult-centric. They miss critical pediatric needs like growth tracking, weight-based medication dosing, and vaccine workflows. Pediatric experts have had to formally call these out as special child-specific requirements and yet the systems haven't caught up. The result: parents who see multiple providers end up with scattered care information across disconnected systems. And children fall through the gaps.
70% of parents in the US say they would use an EHR app to track their child's health records after seeing a demonstration
60% of hospitals report challenges exchanging patient information, costing the US healthcare system over $30 billion annually
3 gaps Weight-based dosing, growth chart integration, and immunization management, core pediatric needs missing from EHRs
HOW I GOT THERE
Three people, one broken system
The design was grounded in three distinct users, each experiencing the same fragmentation from a different angle. Understanding their overlapping frustrations shaped every decision.
Dr. Sarah Chen
General Physician (15 yrs Exp)
Needs :
Automated dosing, intuitive EHR interface
MOTIVATION :
Maximise clinical time, deliver accurate care
pain point :
Excess admin, dosing calculations, growth chart access
Sarah Watson
Parent · Mom of two
Needs :
Easy access to records, trusted resources, structured document storage
MOTIVATION :
Support kids' wellbeing, save time
pain point :
Scattered paperwork, overwhelming information
Dr. Lara Jacobson
Public Health Pediatrician
Needs :
Expert networking, sharing pediatric knowledge
MOTIVATION :
Improve child health globally, stay informed
pain point :
Fragmented info, keeping up with public health trends
BRAND SYSTEM
A brand built on trust, continuity, and care
The Stitches word mark uses a bold serif to convey warmth and authority, the feeling of a trusted caregiver, not a cold clinical system. Paired with a looping knot symbol, it represents connection, continuity, and the interwoven nature of pediatric care across families and providers. The construction grid defines clear spacing and proportions between the icon and logotype, allowing the logo to work in both horizontal and stacked layouts across all touch points.
TYPOGRAPHY
Inter
Inter was chosen because it keeps text crisp and easy to read across different screen sizes, which matters when displaying sensitive health information. Its neutral, modern sans-serif look feels professional but not intimidating, fitting perfectly for a pediatric healthcare product. Open source, widely supported, and consistent across the full design system.
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THE PRODUCT
Every screen designed around one parent's worst day
The Stitches mobile app covers the four moments that matter most to parents, the dashboard that greets them every morning, the health card they can show any doctor, booking a visit without making a phone call, and accessing the full record history in one place. Each flow was mapped to a real pediatric workflow, sick visits, well-child checks, vaccinations, and growth monitoring, then stripped of everything that didn't need to be there.
DASHBOARD AND
HEALTH CARD
BOOK AN
APPOINTMENT
RECORDS AND VACCINATION
HISTORY
LOOKING BACK
What designing for vulnerability taught me
Stitches pushed me to think about design as an act of care. The users weren't browsing for fun, they were stressed parents in waiting rooms, doctors trying to help children in limited time, and public health professionals fighting fragmentation at scale. The hardest design challenge wasn't the screens. It was knowing when to simplify. when a parent is scared and tired, every extra tap is a failure of design. Every label that needs decoding is a broken promise. What I took from this project: calm is a design choice. Clarity is a form of kindness. And the best health app is one that gets out of the way and lets parents focus on their child.
OTHER PROJECTS
Check out the other projects
A few other projects I've poured myself into. Different briefs, same obsession with getting it right.
