HealthKit
Apple Working to Integrate Digital Medical Records into iPhones
Managing your health information and sharing them with your trusted doctor may soon become a lot less cumbersome, as Apple plans to turn the iPhone into a hub of all your medical information. According to a new report from CNBC, Apple envisions a future where all of your medical info — prescriptions, allergies, preexisting conditions, and more...
Apple Has a Secret Team Working on Non-Invasive Diabetes Sensors
If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, Apple has taken has taken the phrase a bit too seriously as reports suggest that the company is working on a new technology that would help diabetes patients do just that without even shedding a drop of blood. Apple is believed to have set up a small team...
Nokia Moving Into Digital Health, Announces Withings Rebrand
After buying Withings last year for $192.3 million and making it a key part of its Digital Health business, Nokia has announced it's going all the way. Starting this summer, all Withings products will be rebranded under the Nokia name, reads a new report from Forbes. Starting sometime early summer this year, Withings' range of smartwatches,...
Health Technology Executive Yoky Matsuoka Leaves Apple After Less Than a Year
According to a report from Bloomberg, an executive hired by Apple to lead the teams responsible for HealthKit, CareKit, and ResearchKit has left the company. Yoky Matsuoka was only hired in May and reported to Jeff Williams, the company's COO and its head of teams for the Apple Watch and various health initiatives. The reason for the...
Apple Researching How iPhone, Apple Watch Can Monitor Parkinson’s Disease
Apple is reportedly developing real-time monitoring systems for users with Parkinson’s disease using the Apple Watch and iPhone. Sources speaking with Fast Company have said that the Cupertino tech giant is working on an internal project to monitor the symptoms of the disease through either an Apple Watch or iPhone, using its proprietary HealthKit. The data […]
Apple Hires Duke University’s HealthKit and ResearchKit Pioneer
Dr. Ricky Bloomfield, the Director of Mobile Strategy at Duke University, is leading his position to join Apple’s health team, MobiHealth News is reporting. Bloomfield, who has been on the forefront of implementing both HealthKit and ResearchKit, made Duke one of the first hospitals to integrate with Apple’s health-focused platforms, and to use them to incorporate patient-generated health...
Apple Hires Top Diabetes Doctor from Stanford University
Citing Children's Hospital CEO Lucile Packard, Fast Company reports that Apple has made another important (and secretive) hire for its Health team: Rajiv Kumar, a pediatric endocrinologist from Stanford Children's Health has joined Apple. Kumar's former employer, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital CEO Christopher Dawes, says Kumar will keep a part-time appointment at the hospital. "We...
How Researchers are Using the iPhone to Collect Data on Parkinson’s, Asthma
Creating HealthKit was just Apple's first step into healthcare. But Apple wants more: It wants to help democratize medicine, Senior Vice President Jeff Williams said in an interview with the Associated Press. He said the company wants to help scientists by providing additional software for more specialized apps that use the iPhone's capabilities and its...
Reproductive Health Has Finally Been Added to Apple’s HealthKit
Apple has today announced a handful of updates for its HealthKit during the WWDC keynote event, such as tracking how much water you drink, how often you’re sitting, and your UV exposure, along with the much anticipated support for 'Reproductive Health'. As noted by Wired, Apple’s SVP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi specifically highlighted that HealthKit will finally start...
Los Angeles Hospital Turns On Access to HealthKit for More Than 80,000 Patients
Apple has seen its biggest integration of its HealthKit platform to date, as the Los Angeles Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has updated its online medical records system during the weekend, enabling access to HealthKit for more than 80,000 patients, reports Bloomberg. So, as of this Monday, patients are allowed to integrate personal medical information with their...
Top US Hospitals Test Apple’s HealthKit: Reuters
The majority of top US hospitals are either already using Apple's HealthKit service or are in talks to do so, a Reuters survey reveals. Fourteen out of 23 top hospitals contacted by Reuters said they have rolled their own trial of the HealthKit tool that acts as a repository for health-related information such as blood...
Sync Solver Connects Fitbit Devices with Apple’s Health App
Earlier this month, Apple stopped selling Fitbit devices at its retail and online stores, just weeks after Fibit’s public announcement that it has no plans to integrate with Apple’s HealthKit. However, a newly released app called Sync Solver seems to automatically export Fitbit data like steps, weight and sleep into the Health app in iOS 8, reports...