CVS | Design Leadership | 2023
By unifying its disjointed ecosystem, CVS is uniquely positioned to disrupt the landscape of Health
CVS has an incredibly disjointed ecosystem of 100+ websites with 40+ apps and wanted the right partner to help create an industry-defining, unified digital experience: a Super App. Key executives asked David and the team to showcase their best design innovation with a focus on the inspirational, disruptive, unique, and delightful. David’s team pitched, sold, and delivered a strategic approach for an innovative vertically integrated daily-use app. By 2026 CVS aims to engage with 60 million digital customers (50% using the app over 20 times a month) through industry-leading omni-channel features for utility, engagement, and monetization.
Why It Was A Success
UPPED THE DESIGN GAME
With over 500 designers the work elevated CVS’ understanding of what is possible through design.
REPEATABLE MODELS
Replicating design processes that showed CVS design leaders how to push boundaries successfully.
LIVING LIBRARIES
Regularly updated and formalized as a learning program for design education.
A Living Library
The team built a living library to address design problems for CVS customers using elegant solutions that delight customers, drive engagement, and increase customer lifetime value. These experiences aligned to four larger conceptual territories representing unique but interconnected ways CVS relates to customers and how to respond at the right moment, in the right way.
Basic & Premium Functionality
To drive business outcomes across the broader enterprise strategy, the team focused on Brilliant Basics and Premium Experiences with integration across business lines.
BRILLIANT BASICS: Best-in-class transactional experiences
KPIs: Customer Satisfaction (ETMMs, Crash-Free Rating, Task Accomplishment Rate)
PREMIUM EXPERIENCES: Reimagined and differentiated experiences.
KPIs: Adoption, Engagement Frequency, Customer Satisfaction (App Rating)
Premium Experience: Caregiving
Premium Experience: Health Triage
Premium Experience: Conditions & Medications
Premium Experience: Health Records
Premium Experience: Health Rewards
Premium Experience: Health Spending
Near-Term Roadmap
To achieve this the team focused on: 1. Personalized to-do lists; 2. Loyalty placement while driving an upsell; 3. Drive enrollment to key services and programs; 4. Service dashboard navigation for scheduling virtual and in-person care; and 5. Personalized retail placements. The team developed a roadmap for the CVS Super App MLP’s 6 premium experiences to be delivered over 5 quarters starting with:
Launch
CVS Health continues to drive a step-change in consumer health, launching a Super
App that simplifies caring for yourself and loved ones that connects health records and prescription management.
PERSONALIZED HOME: CVS app users now see a redesigned app home screen with an integrated “to do” list that elevates access to the highly utilized features like, refilling prescriptions, checking order status, and enrolling in ExtraCare+. Users can save time and money by easily linking their prescription information and signing up for ExtraCare from the app home screen.
Scale
CVS Health improves access to consumer health data and services through their Super App solution.
HEALTH SPENDING: Elevated pharmacy experience that surfaces refill status, store hours and location, and Rx co-pay cost on the home screen of the app. HEALTH REWARDS: New and improved ExtraCare+ experience with exciting program benefits that are easy to take advantage of. HEALTH TRIAGE: Integrated app search experience that helps users easily find content related to prescriptions information, health services, and products
Transition
CVS Health announces a revolutionary healthcare app experience that offers end-to- end health journey support.
PERSONALIZED HOME: Vertically integrated, personalized, home screen that delivers a consumer-first experience of the most relevant information and tasks to support users managing their health. CONDITION ONBOARDING & MGMT: Suite of condition related content and medication reminders to support users on their health journey. HEALTH RECORDS: Health dashboard that summarizes users' health information, include summaries from previous visits and past test results. CAREGIVING: Caregivees will have the ability for multiple Caregivers to access and manage their account.
Add On
CVS Health expands their digital offering with an AI powered app experience across their lines of business.
HEALTH TRIAGE: Simplified Minute Clinic scheduling experience via bot that can display scheduling calendar, set patient appointments, change and cancel appointments for vaccinations, health screening etc. HEALTH RECORDS: Streamlined health record experience that empowers users to share their health records directly from the app via SMS or email. HEALTH REWARDS: Enhanced loyalty experience that incentives
Add On
CVS Health offers a dynamic and omnichannel health experience.
ENHANCED STORE: Omnichannel app experience that surfaces key utilities to streamline the store experience. HEALTH SPENDING: A centralized payment wallet that will allow users to pay bills, purchase prescriptions, and front store products across lines of business. HEALTH SPENDING: Integrated health plan shopping experience that displays member balance with easy access to start shopping a contextual catalogue
"I love it. Well done. This must be our reality."