Modern devices can be of great help in maintaining our health. For example, a wearable such as an activity tracker or smart watch has functions such as heart rate measurement or anti-stress exercises that can be very useful.
But we must not forget that the mobile phone was the pioneer of digital health, with numerous applications that allow us to monitor our daily lives to improve our habits or our treatments. And now one of those apps, Samsung Health, has been updated with a feature that can save our lives: the medication monitoring.
Many people need to take medications periodically to treat conditions and illnesses; either occasionally or indefinitely. However, this is more difficult than it seems, and it is common for forget to take the dose it happens at the time indicated by our doctor. It is also possible that we are wrong about the dose size or frequency.
Samsung Health will now help us create a medication plan and follow it strictly. The new function allows us to establish taking medications at certain times and at a specific frequency, whether with or without a prescription. This is possible because the application itself will have a drug researcher, in which we can enter the name; The application will show us a general description and the possible side effects it produces, as well as possible interactions with other medications and the effects they may have if taken with certain foods, coffee or alcohol.
Users will be able to schedule alerts that will allow their cell phone and smart watch to notify them when they are taking the appropriate medication; and they are even able to notify you when you are going to spend it to buy it again. The application is capable of prioritizing certain medications over others depending on its importance, adapt the reminders according to the urgency of the intake; For more urgent medications, the alert will occupy the entire mobile screen and a long tone will sound.
Another detail that can be of great help is that it is possible to record the shape and color of medications; This way, when the alert appears, we will be able to see exactly which pill we should take at each time, as well as the quantity and other details that may be important like which foods we should not take. The system also works with supplements, like vitamins, although in this case the alert will be a simple reminder that will not bother you. At the moment this function is first available in the Samsung Health app in the United States, and in the future it should arrive in Europe.
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