What is WellApps?
Imagine your personal physician was with you 24 hours a day for a month to witness the symptoms of your chronic illness. He/she would be able to keep you feeling well.
WellApps creates this effect virtually, using mobile and online symptom tracking applications. Patients can log their symptoms using our simple apps (WellApps) and participating physicians can see their patients’ data in real-time.
Furthermore, de-identified data can be collected anonymously and shared with researchers to make progress in the treatment of chronic illnesses.
Current WellApps Products:
GI Monitor
Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis.
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From our users:
Let us know what you think
Danielle, from We Are Crohn's - I just got it! This is AWESOME. I have been keeping my CDAI in an excel spreadsheet. No more excel for me!
Kello82 from crohnsforum.com - i love that gi monitor.
very cool, it would come in so handy when you are filling out the mandatory paperwork at the start of every dr appt...symptoms worse, better, pain scale, med changes, etc. I can never remember that stuff
Kyle, from We Are Crohn's - This app is a life saver. I have a crazy life and my can never find time to write down this stuff for my next gi appointment.
Comments
What I would like to see
Hi.
This app earn a five-star rating from me if it was possible to view your data as graphs, choose which symptoms you would like to plot and add notes (food etc) as dots in the diagram. I would also like to be able to logg fever and custom symptoms. I think it would be better with a 1-5 scale instead of the current one.
Love the Feedback
I really appreciate the feedback from all of our users. Most of what you have requested is in our development roadmap, including: Charts/graphs to view symptoms and correlations, custom symptom logging and a sliding scale to rank symptoms (this last one is slated further down the road). Please keep the feedback coming as it will continue to shape our development queue. If this application isn't working well for us as patients, it will be of no use to the IBD community. Thanks to your continued feedback, GI Monitor will improve patient care, enable patients to play a more active role in managing our their conditions and also provide very valuable data for new areas of research. - Brett
Things I would like to see in an update
Add fever as one of the things you can keep a log over
Customizing symptoms; more choices as well?
I'm glad to hear that the ability to add custom symptoms is coming to the next upgrade. I'm wondering if instead of the three choices for each symptom, as it is now, we might get a sliding scale of perhaps 1 to 5? The definitions of the three choices rarely match what I've actually got going on, so a 1 to 5 ranking would allow me to establish my own parameters for what each number means.
In general, though, this is a wonderful program, very helpful and useful. A great idea. Thanks for putting it out there.
3 level rankings
Thanks for the feedback, RoCan. We are considering sliding rankings for future releases. But for this next release, custom symptoms will include 3 levels (low, medium and high). Selecting a level will not be required when logging a custom symptom. So if low, medium and high is not applicable, you can just log that the symptom occurred.
Brett
Love the application for the
Love the application for the iphone, i think it is wonderful. I was just wondering in the next version, if there is any plan to make more efficient the meal logging. I think that would be fantasic, maybe even nutritional info later on.
The feature i would love to see though, is often a lot of people have other symptoms that really effect them and are important for the doctor to keep track of and know about. I remember seeing an app that let you enter a condition, and symptoms, and you could rate each symptom. It would be great if your app did a similar thing with symptoms, so you had a button for log symptom. And you could in the settings enter all symptoms that effect you, and have a low / medium / high rating for each symptom. So whilst it would not effect your number score. It would go into the report.
So for example with my UC, i could enter symptoms "Bloating, Nausea, Vommiting, XYZ" and if i go into log symptoms, i can click on which symptom i want to log, and the Normal / low / med / high rating would come up as well as the time / date. That way other symptoms could be kept track of as well. Id love to see that feature added, so they could get put into the reports as well :).
Also with Meals, having the time meal was logged as part of the report would be great, so maybe you could see what meal was taken when, and compare it to stool consistancy / blood etc to see what foods your body doesent really like.
Id love to see that happen as soon as possible!.
Well done on the fantastic app. Its a lifesaver, just started using it and hope to continue using it every day to log and keep track.
Custom Symptoms
Hi Travis - thanks for the feedback. The next release of the app. does include custom symptom logging...almost exactly as you have suggested. Meal logging improvements are on the dev roadmap as well, but not for the next release. Stay tuned...and keep the feedback coming!
Brett
improvements
Hi
I found GI Monitor a bit simplistic. I know simple makes it easier to monitor but the things I want to monitor that give me the heads up that I'm starting to have problems weren't covered. I use Bento to monitor a range of potential symptoms from bloating, fatigue and nausea through to blood test results. I try to keep a track of the little things so that I can see if there is a problem building up rather than wait until it is severe enough to be obvious. This also helps me to better identify if certain foods may be a problem. Having more symptom tracking options but with the ability to turn off the ones you don't want to use would make GI Monitor a more attractive option to me.
Appreciate the Feedback
Kristin - I appreciate the feedback and completely agree. Additional symptom logging flexibility is a big part of our development roadmap. In fact, the next release will include an option for custom symptom logging. As a patient, I understand that our symptoms are very individual. Appreciate the feedback...so please keep it coming. We will address all of it eventually...just a matter of time. I am committed to making this work as well as possible for all patients.
Brett
..looks like just what I need to help me ..
I had a RTA on a m-cycle 5 years ago
shortly after developed IBD symptoms now bowels are a mess , weird huh
I'm willing, keen and am learning all the time how to manage this condition ... My doc is generally unsupportive unfortunately as no one diagnosis can be decided upon so while I struggle on ... I do what I can , home grow food, leave out dairy, wheat, gluten just to be on the safe side, take high strength probiotics and a multi vit.
Symptoms are sporadic, I have been searching for an application on Mac OS X for some time that will enable me to log meals I have eaten and the importantly ingredients used, specific times food drink is consumed, symptoms at various times following any specific meal... daily notes and ability to link and make documents with other applications simply .
Thing is i don't use an iPhone or iPod Touch ... will this be made available on OS X 'propper' anytime soon .
I need to log this info on my food so it will enable me to treat myself with my doctors help in a much more detailed manner.Sorry if I missed it on the site, I am on a lot of meds and they do make one somewhat out of sorts
get at me !
cheers
~mick
Logging Food and Meds
Hi Mick,
You can use our application online OSX (I mostly use my iPhone - but use the online app. to print my reports, etc. in OSX). When logging meals, you can enter in all the details in the "notes" field. Also - if your meds aren't on our "medications list" - you can simply add your meds to the list. Remember to go back and select your meds and dosages after adding them to the list.
If you have any problems, please let us know and we will help you.
Best,
Brett
A great app
Finally I can keep track of my status. Thank you!
Program
I am a programmer at Drake Software. Due to the nature of my work and having two teenage kids it is hard to find time or be able to remember to do daily logs. Would you consider changing the program so we can have more options to do weekly logs. Before I started seeing Dr Shafran I was having to go as many as 30 times a day and I was living on liquid nutrition because I couldn't eat anything solid. I had been that sick for several years before I saw the Doctor. Now I am completely healed and living a normal life other than some food restrictions and having to take medicine. now that things are stable an entry once a week is probably plenty. He has taken me from worrying about dying to the point I almost forget I have the disease. I now have no more than three or four bad days each month and I would have considered them good several years ago.
thanks
Daniel
Reply to Daniel
Hi Daniel. Congrats on getting your condition under control. I wrote you a personal email with more detail, but we are certainly considering additional features within GI Monitor that will make it easier for patients to log symptoms over extended periods of time. In addition, we will have reminder notifications available. That said, it is best to keep current with symptom data entry (as often as possible) for the best possible results. Keep in mind that you can backdate symptoms for days that you may have forgotten.
Best,
Brett
Wow it is really awesome.
Wow it is really awesome. Huge thanks to the distributors of this mobile application for Iphone. My husband has found it few days ago, and we decided to download it an install. The first impression about GI Monitor was like "Oh my, and it is free"? It is hard to believe that there are such people nowadays who can do so much work for free. Now I am able to log my meal, to log missed medications and all my conditions too. I hope this app will help me to cure my diseases. Thanks one more time for your huge work.
Sincerely,
Amanda Peterson from mobile application development
Thanks!
Just downloaded the apps yeasterday, but my first impression is really good. I´ve been trying for year to organize some way to track my Crohns disease, but it always ends up in diffrent notes laying around everywhere. Thank you so much for designing a helpfull, easy and convinent way to get a better grip on my disease.
Julia
Gi Monitor 2.0 "CRASHES" on OS3.0
Hello
when are you going to repair or update Gi monitor, on my Iphone with OS3.0.1 the app keeps crashing when I
try to add information so at them moment the sotware is not usable
Crashing Issue
If you are experiencing crashing, please remove the app. and download it again. This has fixed the crashing issue in all cases (Apple has been made aware of the issue). We will be releasing a fix for this soon. If this does not fix the issue, please contact us immediately and we will help you resolve it.
Thanks,
Brett
Crohns
Great ap well done! I was diagnosed with crohns dec 06. Have been on a cocktail of medication since and numerous flare up's! This ap is very similar to the cdai form, gov form in aust for crohns disease activity tracking, that I have to complete for my specialist.
In addition to what u have I would like to see mucus added to the stool section, instead of just blood, and also another category for "general well being" these are 2 sections on the cdai form. Would be perfect!
I also agree re adding remicade/infliximab infusions yo the medication list. Also
I have just changed from remicade to humira injections which I give to myself once a fortnight. If humira could be added as well would be great!
This is awesome ap and thanks heaps!!!
More flexibility in new release
The new release, due out any day, offers the ability to create custom notes for anything logged. We understand that symptoms vary from patient to patient and wanted to offer flexibility in your data entry. The new release has many new features requested by patients (list to be posted soon). It won't be perfect, but it also won't be the last release. WellApps is dedicated to making GI Monitor the best possible service (online and mobile applications suite - with data sync) for patients to track their symptoms and share data with their doctors - as well as anonymously with researchers to make progress in treating IBD. We appreciate your feedback and rely on it for improving our service- so please keep it coming. We are all building GI Monitor together.
Brett
Additions
Hi, the food addition would be very useful, when is the update available?
Also there could be a password function so that if people borrow your phone they do not have access to all the information?
Cheers
New release available soon
The new release will be available any day (it is being reviewed by Apple). It does include the meal tracker as well as a password protection option to lock others out of the app. Best of all, it syncs with our online app (found here) behind a unified registration so you can access your data anywhere. More detail to come...
Brett
Most comments sound like
Most comments sound like great ideas so far. I don't know if anyone has mentioned it but under the medication tab, would it be possible to add infusions or another choice other than daily or weekly med cycles. I ask because I get Remicade infusion every six weeks, I believe this would be very useful. Thanks you for the awesome app, keep up the good work. Thanks
Email log
This app has been very helpful. Thanks so much for developing it. I find the daily logs especially helpful. I just wish I could include the complete logs in the emailed report instead of a summary. That would provide a more detailed picture of my status rather than just an average. Of course I also like the 1-10 scale - good idea!
Thanks.
Thanks
I have had this App since the beginning almost, and it does everything it says it does. Well done and thanks. I am in agreement with a lot of the suggestions for improvement. I like the idea of more choices for stools stress and pain. (Would really like to see a 1-10 with pain) I know I couldn't write this App, so good job. Every little bit more helps.
On a side note, ever since I updated to 3.0 on the iphone, the App will not open. Has any one else had any issues?
Keep up the good work. I know I appreciate it.
Peace
Glen
re: Thanks
Appreciate the feedback. We have many new great features in our next release, due out at the end of this month. These features will give you the increased flexibility you're looking for. re: 3.0 - you are the first and only report of this error, but our developers are checking the logs and will include any bug fixes in the upcoming release.
Different Symptoms
My Crohn's is higher up the intestine which means that the bleeding can be black. Could we have a way of capturing it. Also since it causes strictures rather than diarrhea a way of not assuming that solid is good would be helpful.
I agree with many other
I agree with many other suggestions, and after using the app for a week, I also want to thank you for it and how useful it is. In addition to adding notes to both the stool and pain sections, it would help me if there were more than the three options under Stool, perhaps one to indicate firmer than Normal, as well as someplace to log other symptoms, such as hemorrhoids, tongue ulcers, and so on. I'm putting all the other stuff in the Stress notes now, but having more specific places to put them would be great. Wonderful program, thank you.
Porting to Android
Great idea and interesting app. Any chance that you'll have an Android version? I don't plan on ever owning an iPhone (probably many other "open-sourcers" out there with IBD). :-)
re: diet tracker - I think this is a nice feature, but using your application along with something like SparkPeople.com is probably more useful. Bottomline: find a way to make it simple otherwise you'll be reinventing the wheel (many other web apps available for tracking diet).
Again, great app and I hope you see much success. It's too bad mobile phones don't have a gas monitor. I've always thought that the chemistry that inevitably becomes the smell of our BM's could have useful information. (gosh, can't talk about these topics just anywhere can we...) ;-)
Doug
Pooparazzi
I found it great to take pictures of my daughters stools to show the docs exactly what it looks like when they ask. Was it a little bloody or a lot?, how soft was it?, etc. In discussions with doctots and other parents in IBD groups it was accepted as a good idea to have pictures, anything that will help the doctors help our loved ones.
when my daughter is hospitalized I write everything on the white board in our Hospital room so when the doctors visited there was an exact recolletion of everthing that happened since their last visit, medical doses, food intake, BMs, with times. I always have my camera phone and my laptop with me, so when the Drs came in in the morning, I had all the information ready. This was also helpfull when the Doctors went off shift for a few days and we got a new ones. Being in a teaching hospital you get asked the same questions over and over. Lastly, can this be made into a stand alone app for PC or Mac. I would gladly would buy it. Thanks for your work.
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