MedList

As you get older you’ll often find yourself having more doctors appointments and also finding your list of medications grows along with you. I’ve had my share of medical episodes and I have found myself introducing new doctors to my medications, updating my medications, and generally keeping myself and the staff up to date. Not all of my doctors have linked networking so I’d often find myself with a sheer of paper at the ready to hand to them with my list. Not convenient, but it worked.

Well – since I am a product designer and developer – and an annual paying member of the Apple Developer community it made sense to make an application for myself to make things even easier. And you will soon be able to use it too.

It’s not fancy. It’s easy to use and keep updated. And that’s the point. Something with you at all times that isn’t tied up in Apple Health. It’s on your phone. A quick glance away for nurses and doctors.

I recently created a document importer for the app – allowing you to import a JSON file that is valid and of the correct scheme in order to edit outside the app if you want to. This is the general schema (JSON). Make sure each UUID is unique. The application ensures this when editing within it, but if you’re creating your JSON outside of the app, make sure this property is unique for each medication. You don’t need to validate the JSON prior to import – if it isn’t valid, it will not be imported.

{
  "morning": [
    {
      "id": "UUID-002",
      "name": "Aspirin",
      "dosage": "81 mcg",
      "notes": "Take with food."
    }, {
     "id": "UUID-003",
      "name": "Biotin",
      "dosage": "10 mg",
      "notes": "Good for beard, fingernails, and skin."
    }, {
    "id": "UUID-004",
      "name": "Centrum Silver",
      "dosage": "1 tablet"
    }
  ],
  "evening": [
    {
      "id": "UUID-103",
      "name": "Test Medication Two",
      "dosage": "80 mg",
      "notes": "Take at night"
    }
  ]
}

I will update this post with some graphics and general use when it’s closer to submission to the App Store. Normally this would be free but thinking 99 cents might be nice just so I can hopefully get a nice matcha after all the work.