“First, there was HealthKit, Apple’s platform for tracking health and fitness data through your iPhone or Watch,” Jo Best reports for ZDNet. “Then came ResearchKit, the Apple framework for gathering health data from iOS devices for use in medical research. Now, CareKit, announced in March, could be able to set to fill in the gaps.”
“The aim of CareKit, according to Apple, is to create a software framework that developers can use to help people ‘to actively manage their own medical conditions,'” Best reports. “There are similarities between HealthKit and CareKit — both can be used by patients to gather information on a condition and potentially provide data back to healthcare providers. In the case of HealthKit, an individual could take blood pressure readings to track their hypertension; in CareKit, that could be monitoring your mood to see if a medication is working — as in the case of Iodine’s CareKit app, Start.”
Bets reports, “While both are health-focused, HealthKit is as much about good health as ill health, whereas CareKit’s focus is more on the how to manage longer-term illnesses and other events that can affect health on an ongoing basis, such as pregnancy or surgery.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Apple revolutionizes yet another industry.
HealthKit collects huge amounts of data but does nothing to do a cogent analysis of that data
Today all data is for sale to the highest bidder.
Apple user agreement is clear on that. Any data you give Apple, including what the device collects from you, is Apple’s to use. Apple does state that it attempts to anonymize the data but it never explains exactly how. And since Apple stores all its iCloud stuff on Amazon and Google cloud servers, you can be sure that those companies are datamining the hell out of it. In many cases, it doesn’t take too much to identify original data creator. Good luck arguing your case when your insurance rates double based on something your electronic gadget maker tells them.
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It’s great when healthcare keeps up with the times, the main thing is that such solutions correctly perform their tasks. In order to find defects as early as possible, you need to start testing activities in the software or system development life cycle as early as possible, you can learn more about healthcare software testing services here.