| Lupus medication regimens are often complex. Entering several medications into an app can be time-intensive and frustrating. | Provide a drop-down list of common lupus medications and dosages. Allow ‘custom’ or ‘other’ option for all fields when manually entering a medication. Sync medication list to healthcare or pharmacy records. Use image-to-text to prepopulate information from a pill bottle. Add an option for a picture alongside each medication.
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| Lupus medications are often changed, removed or added back. It can be difficult to remember why these changes were made. | Create a medication archive where prior medications can be saved and easily reactivated in the future. Provide an option to save notes whenever a medication is archived (eg, adverse reaction, ineffective, too expensive). Generate an easily printable or exportable list to share with healthcare providers and caregivers.
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| Many people with lupus take medications multiple times per day. Receiving individual notifications for each medication is overwhelming. | |
| Lupus is often managed by a patient and parent/caregiver, but apps are typically created with one user in mind. | Create linked accounts for the app, with one account for the patient and another account for the parent/caregiver. Who can view and edit the app should be flexible. Sometimes the patient will enter information, but sometimes the parent/caregiver will need to enter additional or override information. It would be helpful for the parent/caregiver to view data so they know when to intervene. Provide an area for private notes for each account.
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