Apple today announced three unprecedented medical studies, in partnership with leading academic and research institutions, that will reach more participants than has ever been possible…
Tag: CareKit
Apple developing SensorKit framework for research studies
Apple currently offers two frameworks – ResearchKit and CareKit – that allow developers to create apps for medical research….
Apple Watch adds tech to track Parkinson’s Disease
The Apple Watch will soon be able to track tremors experienced by Parkinson’s Disease patients to help them manage their condition…
Apple’s new ResearchKit API monitors Parkinson’s disease symptoms on Apple Watch
Apple is adding a new ‘Movement Disorder API’ to its open-source ResearchKit framework…
A tale of two hospitals that adopted Apple’s Health Record app
Apple’s Health Record app allows patients to pull in their healthcare info from multiple providers…
Apple’s cure for soaring healthcare costs? Tech-savvy clinics
Apple plans to open healthcare clinics for its Cupertino employees and their families…
Tim Cook: Apple can make a ‘significant contribution’ in health care
Apple CEO Tim Cook talked up the company’s ambitions in the health-care sector on Tuesday…
Apple aims to revolutionize healthcare – for free
Last week, Apple announced another step forward in its health efforts….
Apple will finally replace the fax machine in health care
We’ve seen some spectacular advances in fields ranging from surgery to gene editing…
Why Apple is positioned to win the electronic medical record game with Health Records in iOS 11.3
Apple’s next update of operating system for iPhones and iPads will include a feature…
Apple announces effortless solution bringing health records to iPhone
Apple today introduced a significant update to the Health app with the iOS 11.3 beta…
Apple health director exits to keep a promise to sister who died of cancer
Apple’s health boss, Anil Sethi, has left the company to start venture focusing on helping very sick patients…
Apple working with a start-up ‘Health Gorilla’ in secretive personal health record initiative
Apple is working on a secret plan to turn the iPhone into a personal hub for all your medical information…
Apple may be poised to disrupt the retail healthcare market
Wall Street kept its cool Tuesday, Oct. 17, after reports surfaced that Apple Inc. was in talks…
Apple explored buying a health care clinic as part of a bigger push into health care
Apple has considered an expansion into health care clinics, and had talks to buy a start-up called Crossover Health…
Apple’s healthcare plans under the microscope: From iPhone apps to Apple Watch and what comes next
It’s unsurprising that Apple has its sights set on the healthcare market…
Why the Apple Watch won’t replace your doctor anytime soon
Apple is moving ahead with a plan to screen for disease with its Apple Watch…
Apple Heart Study could turn Apple Watch into a ‘must have’ for millions of patients
Apple is working with partners to test whether its smartwatch can be used to detect common heart conditions…
Apple granted U.S. patent for iPhone that measures and analyzes health data
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 50 newly granted patents for Apple…
Apple’s health and fitness push picks up steam as it turns 3
In what was one of the most packed WWDC keynotes in recent memory…
Back to the iPhone future: Lessons from a decade of Apple influence in medicine
In early 2008 — on the brink of the second generation iPhone’s release — emergency medicine doctor Michael Omori…
Key Stanford researcher joins Apple’s digital healthcare talent pool
Apple Inc. is hiring Stanford’s digital health leader, Dr. Sumbul Desai…
Apple working with start-up on iPhone Electronic Health Records plan
The doctor was frustrated with the process of transferring patients’ diagnostic test results in their practice…
Apple’s profound iPhone plans for healthcare
A report today once again confirms Apple is interested in making your iPhone the center..
Apple hires Dr. Sumbul Desai, star of Stanford’s digital health efforts
Apple has quietly scooped up Dr. Sumbul Desai, the executive director of Stanford Medicine’s…
Apple’s next killer app is health: Apple Watch will someday track your sleep, glucose levels, and more
Over the past few decades, Apple has revolutionized the personal computer…
Can me-too Google’s me-too ‘Google Fit’ catch up with Apple’s revolutionary HealthKit?
Not long after Apple launched its health platform HealthKit on iOS in mid-2014…
How wearables knew this researcher was sick long before he did
Stanford geneticist Michael Snyder’s research into wearable biosensors has turned into a case study demonstrating…
iPhone apps hold the potential to revolutionize health
More than a year and a half ago, Apple unveiled a new breed of iPhone apps that would let people…
Apple’s iPad is the ‘new stethoscope’ and every doctor needs one
The move to put iOS inside healthcare is gathering so much momentum…
Key Apple health technology executive has left the company
Yoky Matsuoka, who joined Apple Inc. in May as an executive to help run health technology initiatives…
Emails between Apple and FDA hint at future plans
Since its well-publicized meeting with the FDA in 2013, Apple has continued to meet with the agency…
Apple reportedly working on sleep tracker for the Apple Watch
During the unveiling of the new Apple Watch, the iPhone-maker presented the wearable as primarily a fitness device…
Apple to expand HealthKit from tracker to diagnosis tool; new Apple Watch apps for sleep tracking, fitness levels in pipeline
So far Apple Inc.’s HealthKit has mostly collected fitness data from its devices…
Apple acquires Gliimpse
The company was started in 2013, and funded by serial entrepreneur Anil Sethi, who has spent the past decade…
Apple CareKit: Building the future of healthcare, one iOS app at a time
First, there was HealthKit, Apple’s platform for tracking health and fitness data through your iPhone or Watch…
The real reason why Apple made the Apple Watch
I recently spent time with Apple executives involved with the Apple Watch…
Apple hires Nest’s former head of technology
Apple has hired famed robotics expert Yoky Matsuoka, one of the co-founders of Google’s X lab and former head of technology at Nest…
First Apple CareKit apps arrive
Apple sees a huge opportunity to connect patients, doctors, and caregivers using mobile technology…
Holding out for a Jobs: Tim Cook still auditioning for position of Apple god
How people use things was Jobs’ lifelong obsession…
How iPhone CareKit apps will revolutionize health care
Apple’s most revelatory launch of the spring isn’t new hardware…
Apple advances health apps with CareKit
Apple today announced CareKit, a new software framework designed to help developers enable people…
