On hand: count the pills in the house and add an extra bottle

Count a medication once with I counted, add an extra bottle with + Add, and every dose logged as given takes its amount off by itself; the card says how many days are left and flags Running low before it runs out.

4 min readUpdated For: family, professional, clinician

The bottle says what the pharmacy dispensed; On hand keeps how many are actually in the house. Each medication on Prescriptions has an On hand section (it starts closed, with a one-line summary). Once a count is saved, the medication's closed line reads, for example, 58 on hand · about 29 days · runs out around Nov 10.

Count once. Open On hand and type the number under I counted. The unit comes from the Quantity dispensed, such as tablets, and can be changed. Tap Save count. A dose given before the count is already inside it.

Add an extra bottle. When more comes in outside a refill, type the number under Add, a short note such as extra refill or found a second bottle, and tap + Add. The history under the count lists every change with the day, the amount and who made it, for example Oct 12 · +30 extra refill · Sam.

Counted down by itself. From then on every dose logged as given takes the amount given at that time off the count: 1 tablet, half a tablet, or for a liquid counted in mL the amount for that time (15 mL at 6 AM and 10 mL at 6 PM). Skipped, refused and out-of-medication doses never count, removing a dose puts its amount back, and the count never goes below 0; at 0 the card says 0 on hand — log a refill. When an amount is not a number in the count's unit (15 mL against a count of tablets, or 1-2 tablets), nothing is taken off and the section says once Count not updated automatically for this amount; count again with I counted.

Days left and Running low. The days left come from the schedule and each time's amount (every so many hours, set days and a taper included); for an as-needed medication they come from the doses given in the last 14 days. When the days left reach the medication's warning, 7 days unless you choose another number under Warn me at, it is flagged Running low by the count, listed under Needs a refill with its days left, and the family managers and the care team are told once. Adding enough to be above the warning again takes back a flag the count set. The count never marks a medication out: a person logs that.

Refills. Log a refill offers Add 60 to on hand, ticked, with the Quantity dispensed filled in, and Refill picked up under Needs a refill asks Add 60 to on hand? the same way.

Professionals and clinicians on the care team see the same line on the dashboard's Medications tab and can use I counted and + Add there; the warning is set on Prescriptions. The printed sheet and the Home Care Team Plan show the count as On hand: 58 (about 29 days). The phone notification on the lock screen never names the medicine or the number.

Step by step

  1. 1Open ID Care Plan, then Prescriptions, tap the medication and open On hand.
  2. 2Type how many are in the house under I counted, check the unit, and tap Save count.
  3. 3When an extra bottle comes in, type the number under Add, a note like extra refill, and tap + Add.
  4. 4To be warned earlier or later, change Warn me at (7 days to start).
  5. 5Log doses as usual; the card counts down and shows the days left and when it runs out.
  6. 6When the refill comes in, tap Log a refill (or Refill picked up under Needs a refill) and keep Add to on hand ticked.
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