A holter monitor is a device that records the wearer's heart activity for the period in which it is worn (usually 24 hours). Someone might be advised to wear one if they have cardiac issues and their doctor wants to get a better idea of the patients heart activity. They're about the size of a match box and have about 6 leads coming from them which are placed on various locations on the wearer's torso. While wearing one, the patient has to record (usually on a form given by the lab providing the holter) their activities and symptoms during the time they have the holter on.
Holter Buddy doesn't make wearing the holter monitor any more comfortable, but it it takes the pain out of the note-taking. The user can make a tracker by tapping the + icon in the top right of the screen. They can give the tracker a name, record it's ID# (if the lab assigned it one), and select the date and time at which the test began and will end. The app will also alert the user when the test is complete. With the tracker created, they simply have to tap the big red button and a screen will pop up allowing the user to record what they were doing, at what time they were doing it, and any symptoms they had.
Tapping on a tracker's row will bring up the history screen, where the user can see all the events they have recorded for a tracker. From the history screen they can also print off (or save to pdf via iOS's built in system) a report for the lab.
Back at the home screen, the user can fill in their profile information so it will show up on the report. I've put 3 extra data fields for anything else the user wants to share, like any medications they're on.
The app is available on the app store for free here: Holter Buddy
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