{"id":40123,"date":"2023-07-21T16:13:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T20:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=40123"},"modified":"2023-07-25T16:11:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T20:11:03","slug":"better-medication-tracking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/21\/better-medication-tracking\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Medication Tracking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Drang<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Slight differences in color, which could be very helpful in distinguishing pills that are otherwise similar in size and shape, just aren’t available in the app. I don’t get why Apple doesn’t let you just take a photo of a pill and use that as the ID.<\/p>\n

Another deficiency is that size isn’t included as part of the visual ID. While I understand Apple’s reluctance to ask its users to measure their pills (something I’d do readily, but I’m weird that way), there’s no question that people use their pills’ sizes to help distinguish them.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

There are several advantages to using the organizer, but the main one for me is that it’s self-documenting. Because I leave the lid open, the organizer itself provides a record of whether I’ve taken today’s pills or not. This is true automation, something I doubt the Health app will ever equal.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Previously:<\/p>\n