How to customize BlueStar^®

When you add a medication for the first time, you will be directed to the How to Add Your Medications video.

You can also visit More>Health Information>Import Health Data and sync directly to your pharmacy or patient portal to have your medications automatically imported into BlueStar.

If you are on short-acting insulin:

Select when you take insulin: “with meals” or “as needed.”
You will then be prompted to answer: “How do you take insulin?”

Possible answers:

• Fixed amount, sliding scale (SS), correction factor (CF), Insulin to Carb Ratio (ICR), Fixed and SS, fixed and CF, ICR and SS, ICR and CF

You can select different dosing types for different meals:

• If selecting “As Needed” with Short Acting, you can only select “Correction Factor,” “Insulin to Carb Ratio,” or “Sliding Scale.”

If on long-acting insulin or non-insulin medication you will be asked:

“How many times is it taken?”
Based on your answer, you will be prompted to select frequency.

Next you will be asked:
“When do you take this medication?”

• You can select the appropriate times based on the frequency selected: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Bedtime
• Next Enter the quantity of the medication taken or injected.

Upon saving your medication, you will be asked to turn on Medication Reminders.

Creating medications list, scheduling meds, setting med reminders, logging meds

Selecting the Medications tab from the More menu allows you to make a list of your meds and schedule reminders.

If you have any issues when entering medications, contact BlueStar customer care at 1-888-611-4794.

Medication List

Enter current medications and update or edit lists as medications change over time. You can also sync your medications from your pharmacy (such as CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens or Duane Reade) or the patient portal.

Medication Reminders

Schedule your medications using the following categories:

• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
• Bedtime

You can also set reminders to take your medications.

Default Schedule Times

• Breakfast: (8 AM)
• Lunch: (12 PM)
• Dinner: (6PM)
• Bedtime: (10 PM)

You can make changes to these times by clicking the associated times listed in BlueStar.

Record Meds

Recording your meds is an important part of monitoring your progress. Log the medications taken by the meal, the time of day, or the entire day.

To begin, from the Home Screen, select the Fast Action Button (blue circle with white + (plus) symbol located at the bottom right corner of the screen)

Select Medication

Select the Medication you would like to mark as taken or administered and press Save.

Adding As Needed Medications

Adding As Needed meds to the medication list, allows you to log As Needed meds into your Daily Med Log by clicking the + (plus) at the end of the meds for a particular time of day, then searching for the As Needed med, checking it and adding the dosage.

To edit the Medication List:

1. Click the edit icon (pencil) next to the medication name.
2. Change or click the arrow to change the strength of the med, the dose or how often it is taken.
3. Click th e delete button to remove the medication from the medication list.

It is possible to print the medication list from the web portal. This could be helpful so that you have it available for reference or for sharing with other healthcare providers. However, it is useful to remember that if you use the BlueStar app on your phone, you will have a complete list of your medications on your mobile device.

Record medications day by day

You have several options here:

• Record medication for the Entire Day.
• You can enter it by Time of Day, such as Morning, Noon, Evening or Bedtime.
• Log one medication at a time by checking the individual med.

Log As Needed meds in Record Meds by clicking the + at the end of the meds list for a particular time of day or meal then searching for the med from the meds list, checking it and adding the dose.