Virtual Training

• After you complete registration, you will be taken to BlueStar training video to learn how to set up your medication profile and enter
your diabetes data.

• Once you complete your training, it is important that you enter your medications in BlueStar so you can receive personalized guidance in managing your diabetes.

• The training video is available in BlueStar Help section for you to watch again if needed. To learn more about the Health Info Section, sending your SMART Visit report to your doctor before your visit or any other features within BlueStar, visit the Help section.

BlueStar Mobile

BlueStar® is the first prescription app for adults with Type 2 diabetes. BlueStar gives you real-time guidance that makes managing diabetes between office visits easier and more doable. BlueStar must be prescribed by a provider.

Log In

Enter your Username and Password then tap LOG IN

Home Screen (mobile)

The BlueStar® carousel displays important information to help you manage your diabetes.

a. When BlueStar sees something interesting about your BG, a message is delivered to your carousel and logbook for that day.

b. Check for renewal reminders for your BlueStar prescription on the carousel

c. Get a daily boost with a new message to motivate you every day about your general health and well-being.

d. Short, 2- to 5-minute educational videos are designed to build your knowledge about diabetes and fit into your busy schedule. Each video is
available for 48 hours before it is replaced by the next one in the carousel.

e. Menu icon top left. Select the page you want to use or view.

f. Tap + icon top right from any screen to make a new entry

Making entries

Entering your blood glucose when you test and the medications you take can help you stay on track with your diabetes treatment plan. In return,
BlueStar gives you real-time guidance. Your experience is personalized so you understand more about your diabetes every day.

You can enter BG, carbs, exercise information, medications, and notes about your activities or how you are feeling each day. Below is the type of information you can input in BlueStar:

•Blood Glucose (BG)—enter your numbers every time your test your BG
• Carbs—enter how many carbs you had in a meal.
• Date/Time—displays current Date and Time. You have the flexibility to adjust the date to view or edit entries from an earlier date
• Activity Type—(Before Breakfast, Before Lunch, etc.) Your activity type defaults to how your Daily Schedule is preset on the website. You can update your Daily Schedule activity times in Settings
• Record Medications—record all your prescribed, over-the-counter medications, vitamins, and supplements. BlueStar will personalize your guidance based on your diabetes medications
• Add a Note—add important information that relates to your BG entry

Making entries (continued)

To make a New Entry
a. Tap on NEW ENTRY + ICON top right from any screen
b. Select DATE AND TIME.
Note: Will default to current date and time
c. Select ACTIVITY (Before Breakfast, Fasting, Before Lunch, etc.)
Note: Will default to an activity based on your Daily Schedule
d. Enter your Blood Glucose reading (BG) and Carbs (if applicable)

Medications (Medication list)

This is where you can view your medication information. It is important to record all meds you are taking—prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, and vitamins. BlueStar will give you personalized feedback based on your diabetes medications.

• Your Medication List gives you a view of your medications and how many times you take them daily.

Note: Always continue to take your medications as prescribed and confirm your prescription information with your healthcare provider at your earliest convenience.

Medications (Medication List) (continued)

Edit Medication:
You can change your dose, how often you take your med, or delete it from your list
a. Tap the PENCIL icon next to the medication name
b. Change how often you take your med or the amount you take
c. Tap the DELETE button to remove the med from your list

Medications (Schedule Setup and Med Reminders)

Here is where you can change your medication schedule and set a reminder to take your med.

Medication Schedule
Your medications are scheduled by Time of the Day (Morning, Noon, Evening and Bedtime or by Meal (Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner).\

Change your med schedule:
a. Tap the “arrow symbol”
b. Select another Meal or Time of the Day to take your med and save. Your med schedule is now updated for you to record in your Daily Med Log

Medications (Daily Med Log)

Your medications are displayed for a day according to your schedule (Meal or Time of the Day)

You can change the date if you want to record medications for an earlier day

a. Tap the Date
b. Change the day to a previous day

Medications (Daily Med Log) (continued)

You have the flexibility to add a dose of a med from your list or record a one-time dose of a med that is not on your list.

To add a dose of a new med:
a. Tap + to add med
b. Search for the med
c. Enter the amount you have taken
d. Tap DONE
e. Tap ADD TO PRESCRIPTION to add the med to your list

Real-Time Guidance

BlueStar supports you with instant guidance about any of your BGs that are entered in real time. BlueStar considers any BG that is entered within 2 hours of actually checking it to be a “real time” BG.

These messages can help you with:
• Immediate guidance on your BG value and how to correct it
• Information on nutrition
• Education about diabetes related health issues like blood pressure and cholesterol
• Messages to motivate and inspire you, including personal stories from other people with diabetes

Messages

BlueStar will send you personal messages through the message center. These messages can cover a range of topics, from introducing new features in BlueStar to reminding you to share your health info with your doctor before your next office visit. It is an easy way to communicate to you without cluttering your personal email.

a. The number displayed over the MESSAGES ICON shows you how many unread messages are in your Inbox. To view your messages, tap the MESSAGES NUMBER ICON
b. Tap the message you wish to view. Tap BACK ARROW to return to list of messages or DELETE to remove the message from your Inbox

Note: Your BlueStar® messaging system is a read-only system. You cannot send or forward messages from it.

Logbook

Logbook is a record of all your BG readings and related information such as carbs, meds, and notes you have entered into BlueStar®.
Be sure to check your BG targets set by your healthcare provider. You will see your targets listed right below dates and Activity Type.

To make a new Logbook entry:

a. Tap the + icon top right
b. Enter BLOOD GLUCOSE and CARBS for that meal
c. Select current DATE/TIME or an earlier date
d. Select ACTIVITY TYPE
e. Select ADD A NOTE to add important information about your BG entry

Health Info

You need to be connected to the Internet to access Health Info and to add new entries to it.
Health Info is where you can review your Medical History, Clinical Results, Preventive Health, Lifestyle, Provider, and Prescription information.

a. Tap on HEALTH INFO
b. Enter your PIN. If you have not created a PIN, BlueStar® will prompt you to create one
c. Tap your selection from the HEALTH INFO menu

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION:
For medical questions, please contact your healthcare provider. If you are experiencing an emergency, please dial 911.

Health Info (Medical History)

To complete your Medical History:a. Select year diagnosed with Diabetes
b. Tap Yes or No to answer each of the medical history questions
Note: If you’re not sure of the answer to some of the questions, be sure to discuss it with your healthcare provider.
Be sure to update your Medical History if there are changes to any diseases or conditions you may have.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION:
For medical questions, please contact your healthcare provider. If you are experiencing an emergency, please dial 911.

Health Info (Clinical Results)

BlueStar lets you know if your numbers are in range, out of range, or you are overdue for a lab test.

To enter Clinical Results:a. Enter the numbers and dates for your current lab results and blood pressure check. 

Remember to update your information each time you have new results.
If you’re not sure of the answers to some questions, be sure to discuss these with your healthcare provider.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION:
For medical questions, please contact your healthcare provider. If you are experiencing an emergency, please dial 911.

Health Info (Preventive Health)

Preventive Health is a great tool for staying on track with exams and vaccinations that can help you manage your health. It lets you know if you are overdue or missing an item on the list.

a. Choose the date for each exam or vaccination you have had on the list

Remember to update your list whenever you have had a new exam or vaccination.

Health Info (Lifestyle)

Lifestyle displays your weight, height, calculates your BMI, and your smoking history.

a. Enter your current weight and choose date

b. Enter height in feet and inches and choose date

c. Your BMI is calculated automatically from your weight and height

d. Tap to enter your smoking history

Health Info (Provider)

You can review your healthcare provider information here and send a SMART Visit to your provider. To make changes to your healthcare provider information, you must call BlueStar® Customer Care at (888) 611-4794. Available: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. (ET).

What is a SMART Visit?
SMART Visit is a summary of the information you entered into BlueStar you can send to your healthcare provider. It includes your BGs, lab results, screening tests dates, vaccinations, and medications. 

Send SMART Visit 2-3 days prior to an appointment so your provider will have the information to review with you during the visit.

a. Tap the Smart Visit button to send your information to your provider.

Health Info (Prescription Information)

Prescription Information lets you know when your BlueStar prescription will expire along with helpful information about refills.

Tips

Tips can help you build your knowledge and get useful tips about your health, nutrition, exercise, and BG.

Help

HELP is here to help you make the most of BlueStar to stay on track with your diabetes care plan.
If you are new to BlueStar, Tour or Overview are great places to start.

• Virtual training—learn to setup your medication profile and enter diabetes data
• Welcome video—from the founder of BlueStar
• Overview—explains each main section of BlueStar
• Tour—takes you on a tour of how BlueStar works
• New Entry—explains what each entry category is for
• About BlueStar—tells you what version you are using of the mobile app
• Privacy Policy
• Tap the Customer Care number to speak with a BlueStar customer care representative. Available: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. (ET).

Settings

Use PIN Settings to create or change your PIN number or lock BlueStar®.
You will need to use a PIN to access your Health Info.

To create or change your PIN:

a. Tap on the COG icon
b. Tap on CREATE PIN or CHANGE PIN
c. Enter your current PIN on dotted line
d. Enter new PIN on dotted line then re-enter

Log In

BlueStar® is the first prescription app for adults with Type 2 diabetes. BlueStar gives you real-time guidance that makes managing diabetes between office visits easier and more doable. BlueStar must be prescribed by a provider.

Log In
Enter your Username and Password then click LOG IN

Trouble logging in?
Click FORGOT PASSWORD? to retrieve your BlueStar password or FORGOT USERNAME? to retrieve your username

Home Screen

The BlueStar® home screen carousel displays important information to help you manage your diabetes and build your knowledge.

The carousel on the BlueStar home screen displays your last 4 BG entries. When BlueStar sees something interesting about your BG, a message is delivered to your carousel and logbook for that day.

Home Screen (continued)

Check for renewal reminders for your BlueStar prescription on the carousel.

Making Entries

Entering your blood glucose and medications can help you stay on track with your diabetes treatment plan. That way BlueStar can personalize real-time guidance for you every day.

You can enter information for any of the following categories:
• Blood Glucose (BG): enter your numbers after you test yourself
• Carbs: enter how many carbs you had in a meal
• Date/Time: displays current Date and Time. You have the flexibility to adjust the date/time to enter entries from an earlier date
• Activity Type: (Before Breakfast, Fasting, Before Lunch, etc.) This defaults to how your Daily Schedule is preset. You can update your Daily Schedule activity times in Settings
• Record Medications: record all your prescribed, over-the-counter medications, vitamins, and supplements. BlueStar will personalize your guidance based on your diabetes medications
• Add a Note: add important information that relates to your BG entry

Medications (Medication List)

This is where you can view your medication information. It is important to record all meds you are taking—prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, and vitamins. BlueStar will personalize your guidance, based on your diabetes medications.

• Your Medication List gives you a view of your medications and how many times you take them daily. You can add a new med to your list, make changes to a med, or delete a med from your list 

Note: Always continue to take your medications as prescribed and confirm your prescription information with your healthcare provider at your earliest convenience.

Medications (Schedule Setup)

Your medications are scheduled by Time of the Day (Morning, Noon, Evening and Bedtime or by Meal (Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner)

Change your med schedule:
a. Change your schedule by dragging your med to another time of day or meal type. Your med schedule is now updated for you to record in your Daily Med Log

Medications (Daily Med Log)

Your medications are displayed for a day according to your schedule (Meal or Time of Day)

You can change the date if you want to record medications for an earlier day
a. Select the arrow by the date
b Use to calendar to change the day to a previous day

Medications (Daily Med Log) (continued)

Add a dose of med from your list:
a. Click + in the meal or time of day
b. Select a med from your list
c. Click to check that you have taken your med

Medications (Daily Med Log) (continued)

To add a one-time dose of a new med:
a. Search for the med
b. Select to add med
c. Enter the amount you have taken
d. Click OK
e. Click add to prescription to add the med to your list

Real-Time Guidance

BlueStar supports you with instant guidance about any of your BGs that are entered in real time. BlueStar considers any BG that is entered
within 2 hours of actually checking it to be a “real time” BG.

These messages can help you with:
• Immediate guidance on your BG value and how to correct it
• Information on nutrition
• Education about diabetes related health issues like blood pressure and cholesterol
• Messages to motivate and inspire you, including personal stories from other people with diabetes

Messages

BlueStar will send you personal messages through the message center. These messages can cover a range of topics, from introducing new features in BlueStar to reminding you to share your health info with your doctor before your next office visit. It is an easy way to communicate to you without cluttering your personal email.

To view your messages:
a. Click on MESSAGES at the top of the screen
b. Review your list of messages and click on the message you would like to read
c. Click X icon to delete a message
Note: Your BlueStar™ messaging system is a read-only system. You cannot send or forward messages from it

Logbook

Logbook is a record of all your BG readings and related information such as carbs, meds, and notes you have entered into BlueStar. You can view and edit your entries here.

Be sure to check your BG targets set by your healthcare provider. You will see your targets listed right below dates and Activity Type.

To view your entries:

a. Click on date ranges to set the date range you want to view
b. Click on Activity Type to change the view to view by time

To make a new entry:
c. Click on any empty square on your Logbook to add an entry for that date and activity type or click on the + icon top right screen

To edit Logbook entries:
d. Click on any entry to make changes, including entries for earlier dates

To view Trending Graph:
e. Click Graph top right screen to see how your BG numbers are trending

Health Info (Medical History)

Use Health Info to record your important health information for BlueStar®, including:
• Medical History (other medical problems that can affect your diabetes management)
• Clinical Results (A1C, cholesterol, kidney function tests, etc.).
• Preventive Health (vaccinations, foot exam, eye exam, etc.).
• Lifestyle (height, weight, smoking history).
• Provider
• Prescription

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION:
For medical questions, please contact your healthcare provider. If you are experiencing an emergency, please dial 911.

Health Info (Clinical Results)

BlueStar lets you know if your numbers are in range, out of range, or you are overdue for a lab test

To enter Clinical Results:
a. Enter the numbers and dates for your current lab results and blood pressure check
Remember to update your information each time you have new results If you’re not sure of the answers to some questions, be sure to discuss these with your healthcare provider

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION:
For medical questions, please contact your healthcare provider. If you are experiencing an emergency, please dial 911.

Health Info (Preventive Health)

Preventive Health is a great tool for staying on track with exams and vaccinations that can help you manage your health. It lets you know if you are overdue for an exam or vaccination or missing an item on the list.

a. Choose the date for each exam or vaccination you have had on the list
Remember to update your list whenever you have had a new exam or vaccination

Health Info (Lifestyle)

Lifestyle displays your weight, height, calculates your BMI, and your smoking history.

a. Enter your current weight and choose date
b. Enter height in feet and inches and choose date
c. Your BMI is calculated automatically from your weight and height
d. Click Tobacco Usage to enter your smoking history

Health Info (Provider)

This is where you can review your healthcare provider information nd send a SMART Visit to your healthcare provider. To make changes to your healthcare provider information, you must call BlueStar® Customer Care at (888) 611-4794. Available: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. (ET).

What is a SMART Visit?
SMART Visit is a summary of the information you entered into BlueStar you can send to your healthcare provider. It includes your BGs, lab results, screening tests dates, vaccinations, and medications.

Send SMART Visit 2-3 days prior to an appointment so your provider will have the information to review with you during the visit.

a. Click the Smart Visit button to send your information to your provider.

Health Info (Prescription Information)

Prescription Information lets you know when your BlueStar prescription will expire along with helpful information about refills.

Settings

Click on SETTINGS top right on any screen to make updates to any of your settings. Then select the tab for the screen you would like to update.

• My Profile: your email address
Note: No changes can be made after registration to basic profile information. If you have changed your name due to marriage, divorce or other legal means, please call Customer Care at (888) 611-4794. Available: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. (ET).

• Security and Password: Password, Security Questions, Username

• Daily Schedule: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Bedtime Schedules

• Notifications: Lets BlueStar know which notifications you would like to receive

Help

HELP is where you can:
• Watch Virtual Training and BlueStar Welcome Video
• Download a PDF version of BlueStar User Guide
• Send a link to your phone to download BlueStar Diabetes Mobile app
• Get contact information to speak to a Customer Care representative