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October 17, 2014
Apple, one among the top electronic and IOS
manufactures, thriving with jaw dropping
technology, has initiated its plan and set its play
with health care domain in its recent release of new
iOS 8 operating system.
Apple’s Health App
Apple’s new Health App retrieves health data from
other health and wellness apps and provides the
consolidated health information in its astonishing
Health App’s Dashboard.
The third party health and wellness apps collects
data like calories burned, blood sugar, cholesterol,
vitamin intake and even vitals like heart rate and
blood pressure. Apple’s HealthKit Platform
incorporates these health and wellness data into
Health App. As of now, more than 20 health and
wellness apps are integrated with Health App.
The user’s health and fitness information is made to
be accessible from one common easy to access spot.
This is further likely to be integrated with Apple’s
next innovative gadget, iWatch.
On top of it, Health App also creates an Emergency
Card which displays important health information
like blood type and allergies. It is directly accessible
from the lock screen in case of any emergency.
Apple’s HealthKit
Apple’s Developer’s Toolkit (HealthKit) also helps
in integrating the Health App with other mobile apps
like EHR Apps, Telehealth apps, etc. This is really a
new dimension of sharing the patient’s data with the
doctors for better examination and improved
healthcare.
Security and Privacy
Syncing the health information in iCloud with all
providers accessible from the cloud, lead to a
question if the health information could be accessed
by all.
The real answer is ‘No’ bringing a relief to
customers with such a question. The data synced in
iCloud is encrypted soon as the user locks the device
using touch ID or a passcode.
Apple’s Healthkit gives you the entire control on
apps that could access your health information
making you responsible to whom you wish to share
your data with. Hence it is user’s responsibility to
choose whom the health data needs to be shared.
Revolution in Healthcare using Apple’s Health App
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Apple’s Health App- A disruptive innovation
with Electronic Healthcare domain
EHR Patient Portal Apps enable the patients to access
their health information and communicate with their
healthcare providers.
Telehealth, one of the top Health trend for 2014,
provides healthcare services in a click of a button
anyplace anytime.
Apple’s HealthKit will create a new dimension in the
EHR and in the Telehealth Space. It acts as a middle
man and transfers the required health and wellness
data acquired (from wellness apps) to the other
healthcare mobile applications like EHR Patient
Portal Apps and Telehealth Patient Apps.
Recently, Epic’s Patient Portal App, MyChart is
integrated with Apple’s Health App. The Health App
updates the patient’s health information to MyChart
and this is synced with Epic.
Carl Dvorak, President of Epic in an email says that
“Apple’s HealthKit has tremendous potential to help
close the gap between consumer collected data and
data collected in traditional healthcare settings”.
American Well has also integrated Apple’s Health
App with its Telehealth App, Amwell.
Retrieving the required health metrics for a patient,
depending upon the health condition would be a real
challenge. Only the necessary wellness apps data
could be made to sync with Health App.
Thanks... to Apple’s Major disruptive innovations in Health care.
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