2013 · US · Enterprise · Mobile · Healthcare · US Brand

DaVita RX — an ESRD medication reference app for clinicians

A mobile clinical reference for nurses and licensed medical professionals providing information on medications frequently prescribed for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) care.

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DaVita RX — an ESRD medication reference app for clinicians

In one breath

Clinical reference mobile app for ESRD medication information
Built for nurses and licensed medical professionals
Delivered for one of the largest pharmaceutical manufacturers

iOS + Android

Platforms

Nurses + licensed clinicians

User base

ESRD medication

Domain

01 · The challenge

What was broken, what was at stake

Clinical reference for ESRD medications lived in paper guides and scattered PDFs. Nurses making bedside decisions needed something at their fingertips that was fast to search, offline-capable, and unambiguous enough for a regulated clinical context.

02 · The approach

How we thought about it

We scoped the app tightly as a reference tool — not a prescribing system, not a drug-interaction engine. That kept regulatory overhead proportionate and let the interface stay fast. Offline access ensured it worked in hospital areas where connectivity is unreliable.

03 · What we built

The actual solution

A mobile app on iOS and Android delivering structured medication information with fast search, clear categorisation, and offline availability. Content managed by DaVita's clinical team so updates flowed without new app releases.

04 · The results

What shipped, what changed

Nurses and clinicians carried a curated, offline-capable ESRD medication reference on their own devices — a significant upgrade from paper guides.

Timeline

Phase by phase.

01
Discovery
2 weeks
Clinical workflow review. Content-structure modelling with pharmacists.
02
Design
2 weeks
Fast-search UX. Offline data model. Accessibility review.
03
Build
5 weeks
Parallel iOS and Android. Clinical content team onboarding.
04
Launch
1 week
Regulatory review support, store submission, handover.