“Apple’s health offering is called ‘Healthkit’ and connects with both the sensors in your phone (like a gyroscope counting steps) and third party products from the likes of Nike, Fitbit, Wahoo and Withings. HealthKit will display all their information in one phone with an easy to read dashboard and Apple has also said it is working with the Mayo Clinic in the US and the Cambridge Trust in the UK to connect your results with your GP or even to contact a hospital proactively,” Gordon Kelly reports for Forbes.
“HealthKit will work with the iPhone 4S, fifth generation iPod touch, iPad 2 and above (older models won’t get iOS 8), but the iPhone 6 will be the centrepiece and driving force for HealthKit as it will have an array of new sensors expected to deliver far greater health monitoring capabilities,” Kelly reports. “On the surface HealthKit sounds great, so what is it that is raising wider concern in the medical industry? (sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). I spoke to two medical professionals to find out.”
Much more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Apple seems to have assembled quite the array of experts. It’s likely Apple’s team have long ago addressed many, if not all, of the concerns posited by the two doctors Kelly consulted for his article.
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