Device for supporting a patient with a chronic or non-chronic disease, particularly diabetes, comprising: - a display device; - a user interface; - a processor that is coupled with the display device and the user interface for data processing purposes; and - a software-implemented application module with program instructions which are configured to effect the following when executed by the processor, - providing medical protocols for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes, - selecting one of the medical protocols which specifies a group of related protocol events that occur at separate points in time during a protocol period corresponding to a protocol regimen, wherein the protocol period extends from a start of the medical protocol to an end of the medical protocol, and - recording a date relating to a future event, wherein the future event is the initiator of the selected medical protocol, - monitoring a chronological interval between a current date and the date of the future event, and - issuing a user start notice, wherein the user start notice is an acoustic, visual and/or tactile signal, characterised in that - a minimum time interval is specified in the selected medical protocol which at least corresponds to the protocol period, and - the future event determines a point in time at which the selected medical protocol is to be terminated, wherein the application module further comprises program instructions that are configured to effect the following when executed by the processor: - determine the minimum time interval starting from the protocol period specified in the selected medical protocol and taking into account user-specific information which was requested from the patient previously or is already available in electronic form, wherein additional time is added to the protocol period in this eventuality, and - issue the user start notice relating to the start of the medical protocol at least as long as the minimum time period before the date of the future event. - a display device; - a user interface; - a processor that is coupled with the display device and the user interface for data processing purposes; and - a software-implemented application module with program instructions which are configured to effect the following when executed by the processor, - providing medical protocols for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes, - selecting one of the medical protocols which specifies a group of related protocol events that occur at separate points in time during a protocol period corresponding to a protocol regimen, wherein the protocol period extends from a start of the medical protocol to an end of the medical protocol, and - recording a date relating to a future event, wherein the future event is the initiator of the selected medical protocol, - monitoring a chronological interval between a current date and the date of the future event, and - issuing a user start notice, wherein the user start notice is an acoustic, visual and/or tactile signal, characterised in that - a minimum time interval is specified in the selected medical protocol which at least corresponds to the protocol period, and - the future event determines a point in time at which the selected medical protocol is to be terminated, wherein the application module further comprises program instructions that are configured to effect the following when executed by the processor: - determine the minimum time interval starting from the protocol period specified in the selected medical protocol and taking into account user-specific information which was requested from the patient previously or is already available in electronic form, wherein additional time is added to the protocol period in this eventuality, and - issue the user start notice relating to the start of the medical protocol at least as long as the minimum time period before the date of the future event. - determine the minimum time interval starting from the protocol period specified in the selected medical protocol and taking into account user-specific information which was requested from the patient previously or is already available in electronic form, wherein additional time is added to the protocol period in this eventuality, and - issue the user start notice relating to the start of the medical protocol at least as long as the minimum time period before the date of the future event.