How digital health offerings can promote behavioral changes with effective UX design

In this article, we explore the active choices for UX design that contribute to the success of a digital health application and share three key pillars for success!

Many of us at some point have tried to achieve a health and wellness goal. Many of us have also had a setback or have failed said health and wellness goal after a burst of initial excitement to make meaningful changes in our lifestyles. Digital health applications have become part of the suite of resources that people tap into to achieve their health and wellness goals, with marked success recently, especially in the midst of COVD-19 where the focus on virtual care has skyrocketed.

The COVID-19 outbreak has offered a unique opportunity for experimentation and testing on a large scale with users who may have been reluctant to try in the past. An example of this change is how virtual physician visits went from more than one in 250 health care visits prior to February 2020 to more than five…