RareMe Mobiele Applicatie by Cong Fang, Shijian Luo and Jingzhao Pan

RareMe Mobiele Applicatie by Cong Fang, Shijian Luo and Jingzhao Pan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award in Brons in Mobiele Technologieën, Applicaties en Software Ontwerp Competition Category.

BronsMobiel· 2021

RareMe Mobiele Applicatie

by Cong Fang, Shijian Luo and Jingzhao Pan

Client: Zhejiang University

A' Design Award in Brons Winner in Mobiel Category

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The Design

About RareMe Mobiele Applicatie

RareMe is een mobiele applicatie voor mensen die getroffen zijn door zeldzame ziekten. RareMe verbindt patiënten en hun families met ziekenhuizen, medische instellingen, apotheken, artsen en geneesmiddelenontwikkelaars. Gebruikers kiezen tijdens de registratie een rol als patiënt, familielid of zorgverlener. Patiënten kunnen dagboeken bijhouden over hun behandeling, wereldwijd zoeken naar medicijnen en behandelingen, en via een aanbevelingsalgoritme andere gebruikers met vergelijkbare aandoeningen vinden. De applicatie is beschikbaar voor iOS en Android. Het doel is om patiënten met zeldzame ziekten gelijke aandacht en zorg te bieden.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Brons

RareMe Mobiele Applicatie is winnaar van de A' Design Award in Brons, een hoogst prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan uitstekende ontwerpen die zich onderscheiden door creativiteit, vindingrijkheid en scherpzinnigheid. Winnaars in Brons zijn ruimschoots vaardige en opvallend creatieve artefacten die de grote ervaring, verbeelding en het vernuft van hun ontwerpers bevestigen. RareMe Mobiele Applicatie wordt verwacht een hooggewaardeerd, bewonderd en gekoesterd object te zijn dat opmerkelijk professioneel en innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in Brons heeft gewonnen, verwerkt de beste praktijken in kunst, wetenschap, ontwerp en technologie en is uitstekend door zijn aandacht voor detail. RareMe Mobiele Applicatie bevredigt schitterend behoeften, raakt verlangens, charmeert gevoelens en spreekt de nieuwsgierigheid aan.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Rare diseases are currently affecting about 300 million patients worldwide. Due to their rare conditions, they cannot get the same degree of treatment and assistance as normal patients, especially in some developing countries. RareMe helps rare diseases patients with their recovery and therapy. By connecting with global medical research, institutions, hospitals, doctors, and drug developers, they can receive equal attention and care.
Dimensions & Packaging: Launched on IOS and Android
Tags: Rare Disease, app, patients, crowd-funding, mutual aid
Production Technology: RareMe is an APP,which connects patients and their families with health-care providers, such as hospitals, medical institutions, pharmacies, doctors, drug developers, pharmaceuticals companies, etc. It also links rare disease patients with similar conditions with medical workers through intelligent recommendation algorithm, so as to make them feel not alone.
Design Challenge: RareMe connects patients and their families with health-care providers, such as hospitals, medical institutions, pharmacies, doctors, drug developers, pharmaceuticals companies, etc.

The biggest problem is to contact all stakeholders, promote app through hospitals, medical institutions, and major media platforms, so that patients scattered around the world can know and join RareMe. With the help of a large number of patients gathering to solve the problem of drug research and distribution by low-cost crowdfunding.
Research: Rare diseases are currently affecting 3.5% - 5.9% of the worldwide population. There are more than 7,000 rare diseases known in the world, however, only less than 10% of the diseases have approved treatment drugs or programs.

Based on this huge social problem, we have conducted extensive interviews with medical professors of Harvard University and Medical Laboratory of Zhejiang University, and are eager to connect rare disease patients around the world in a simple and portable way. We have connected many medical workers and patients via the development of RareMe. In order to improve this current condition, we will add in more and more health-care providers in the future.
Inspiration: Rare diseases are lately affecting 3.5% - 5.9% of the worldwide population. More than 7,000 rare diseases are known, however, only less than 10% have approved treatment cures or programs. Due to the patients’ rare conditions, they’re not able to get the same degree of care and assistance as normal patients. Moreover, proper medicines and treatments are not available in some developing countries. They have few wardmates to communicate with, either.
Project Duration: This project started in September 2019 in Hangzhou, China, and it is still under developing.
Operation Flow: At the beginning of registration, user will choose their own role as patients/family members or health-care providers, then enter the home page. Patients can write disease fighting diaries, seek for other users who have similar syndromes and fight together. They can also seek drugs and treatments around the world. As for health-care providers, they can contact patients quickly via RareMe and offer help.
Team Members: Cong Fang
Shijian Luo
Jingzhao Pan
Tianhe Zhang
Huan Lin
Image Credits: The four images used in the app design are from the SHETU website(https://699pic.com/), and have been authorized. The authorization agreement is shown in the link
Link: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1-s5VTAN_XWqHc2ZyToIegQ
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