Using DrBell
Three kinds of people use DrBell and they want different things, so there are three guides rather than one long one.
| If you are… | Read | Where you sign in |
|---|---|---|
| Taking medicines yourself, or looking after a parent's | For the person taking medicines | the DrBell app on the phone, where the reminders ring; set up on care.drbell.app too |
| A son, daughter or friend who wants to know she took them | For families and caregivers | care.drbell.app |
| Running a care home, hospital ward or home-care team | For care homes and hospitals | org.drbell.app |
Setting up a phone, or a reminder did not ring? Android and iPhone ring differently: Android and iPhone: how reminders ring.
Cannot read the slip? What 1-0-1, BD, TDS, HS and SOS mean on a prescription reads each piece back in plain words. Looking after a parent from another city? Start with a medicine reminder for your parents, when you live somewhere else. Choosing between apps? DrBell compared, honestly, with Medisafe and MyTherapy.
What DrBell does, in one paragraph
It reminds somebody of the medicines a doctor already prescribed, shows them a photograph of the actual strip so they can see what to take, records what was taken, and tells the people who care about them when a dose was missed. That is the whole product.
What it does not do
DrBell gives no medical advice. It never suggests a medicine, never suggests a dose, never suggests changing either, and never translates the name of a medicine — a name translated into another language may name nothing the pharmacy stocks. Everything it says came from the prescribing doctor, by way of whoever typed it in.
If a screen ever appears to advise you, that is a bug. Write to hello@drbell.app and we will fix it.
The screenshots
Every picture in these guides is taken from the running product, not drawn. If a screenshot disagrees with what you see, the guide is out of date — write to hello@drbell.app and we will fix it.