Hyka Theraputics
How do we improve communication between mental health therapists and their patients?
Hyka helps patients and clinicians work together to build a data-driven treatment plan. Our work with Hyka included initial product development, information architecture, scoping out an MVP, and developing, designing, and managing its implementation.
PROJECT
iOS App
Clinical Dashboard
OUR CONTRIBUTIONS
Product Design
Product Management
Content Strategy
Brand Direction
Illustration
iOS Development
Web Development
Backend Development
Problem
The health crisis in 2020 is mental as well as physical. Increasingly overwhelmed clinicians have less time to see more patients, and spend too much of that time on repetitive tasks that could be better completed between appointments.
State of the Art Treatment
Hyka specializes in partnering with clinics working on cutting-edge mental health treatments like transcranial magnetic stimulation and ketamine. By collecting in-the-moment psychological assessments and continuing treatment at home, Hyka saves clinicians time, improves patient adherence, and helps people start feeling better faster.
Patient Support
Hyka uses regular check-ins to meet patients where they are, offer useful feedback, and power AI-curated therapeutic content that gives them tools to take charge of their own mental health.
Clinical Insight
Hyka turns patient data into comprehensive charts and actionable insights, making it easy for clinicians to identify trends in behavior and establish focus points for 1:1 sessions.
HIPAA Compliance
Patient data around mental health is extremely sensitive. That’s why Hyka was built with HIPAA compliance in mind from the start.
Modular Design System
Like all of our work, Hyka was built with a modular design system that evolved and scaled with the product. All components fit alongside one another as part of a system that allows for flexibility — every edit in the design system automatically updates across every instance in the app.
Digitizing the PHQ-9
Completing patient health questionnaires is one of the most time-consuming tasks, but it has to be done. We worked with clinicians to develop a flexible framework for getting the answers they needed from their patients.
Illustration and Brand Logo
A clinical app doesn’t need to feel cold. Our designers and illustrators established an approachable, attractive brand aesthetic inspired by Hyka’s Egyptian namesake and implemented that aesthetic in a revamped brand logo and a full set of illustrations.
Adapting Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Healing shouldn’t feel like homework, but many clinical practices still use paper worksheets for remote cognitive behavioral therapy. In partnership with academics and practitioners from Harvard University’s School of Psychology, we adapted these worksheets into accessible clinical modules.
