Are you a study participant?
If you are a Study Participant, contact your Administrator directly as information in the Support Center is intended for qualified researchers and healthcare professionals. Misapplying the information below may affect your data collection.
Thank you for using the E4
As of February 14th, 2025, the E4 and its software suite have officially been sunset. Click here for more information.
If you are looking for a wearable research solution, explore the Empatica Health Monitoring Platform.

How to log a medication

This article explains how patients using the PKG Monitor App with the EmbraceMini device can log a medication dose during an active monitoring session.

Log a medication dose

You can log a medication dose directly from a reminder notification or from within the app.


 

Option 1: From the notification

When it is time to take your medication, you will receive a reminder notification on your smartphone.

  1. Tap the Levodopa reminder notification.
  2. The PKG Monitor App will open automatically
image (90).webp
3. On the My tasks page, tap Mark as taken.
image (91).webp
4. Tap Yes to confirm.
image (92).webp
5. Once done, the medication entry will be marked as taken, and a confirmation message will appear indicating that the task has been completed.

 

Option 2: From the PKG Monitor App

If the reminder notification is missed, you can go to the app directly to log a medication.

When a medication is due:

  • The medication pill icon displays a blinking dot.
  • The My tasks icon changes to an alarm clock with an exclamation point.
image (93).webp

 

  1. Open the  PKG Monitor App on your smartphone.
  2. On the Home screen, tap My tasks.
image (94).webp
3. Tap Mark as taken.
image (91).webp
4. Tap Yes to confirm.
image (92).webp

Once done, the medication entry will be marked as Once done, the medication entry will be marked as taken, and a confirmation message will appear indicating that the task has been completed., and a confirmation message will appear indicating that the task has been completed.
 


 

Skip a medication

If you do not take a scheduled medication, you can mark it as skipped.

1_notification (1).png
image (93).webp
  1. Open the medication reminder from the notification, the medication pill icon, or My tasks.
image (96).webp

2. Tap Skip.

image (97).webp

3. Tap Skip again to confirm.

image (98).webp

The medication is recorded as Skipped.

If you accidentally skip a medication, you cannot undo the action. You can still record it as an as-needed dose.


 

Log an as-needed dose

You can log a medication outside of its scheduled reminder time.

To log an as-needed dose:

image (93).webp
  1. Open the  PKG Monitor App on your smartphone.
  2. On the Home screen, tap My tasks or the pill icon.
image (99).webp

3. Select As needed medication.

image (100).webp

4. Select the medication.

image - 2026-07-02T144756.156.webp

5. Click Edit to change the time of intake. Then confirm your selection.

Articles in this section

Our helpline hours
9:00am to 1:00pm EST