Apple Inc. has expanded the capabilities of its platform HealthKit, which allows the user to keep a detailed log of parameters of the organism. HealthKit is compatible with a large number of fitness devices and smart gadgets so that communication can be performed continuously.

Have access to the platform as doctors, researchers, and ordinary users. If desired, the user can open access to their data for physicians so that the specialist can remotely monitor the health of the patient.

In particular, users with Parkinson’s disease can perform a series of tests using the new application, and immediately transmit these data doctor. Start the tests can be very simple – just say “Ahhhh,” and you can record symptoms. Furthermore, there are additional tests – for example, the patient may perform tasks previously allocated to the touching points on the screen.

This and other applications included in the package ResearchKit, where there are also applications that allow the doctor to remotely assess the state of human health problems of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, and even patients with lung cancer.

The first five applications from ResearchKit already available in the App Store. The whole package ResearchKit will only be available next month. It is worth noting that the application package is designed according to the standard open source.

Source: Apple

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Physicians Apple HealthKit like more than Google FitApple HealthKit introduced in June last year. And since then, the company has spent a lot of effort on establishing partnerships with medical institutions and various research centers. And here’s the result – Apple HealthKit progressing significantly better than competitor in Google Fit.

According to Reuters, 14 of the 23 major medical institutions in the USA have already used the first test programs using HealthKit in the control of certain chronic diseases. Reported on the successful monitoring of diseases such as diabetes and hypertension.

As for Google Fit and S Health, similar programs for the control of health from Google and Samsung, it talks about the possibility of using these tools still did not even really begun. In addition, these services are much more focused on the individual control of diet and exercise, rather than help doctors and researchers.

So that Apple currently is a step ahead, which of course does not mean that the next turn of fitness trackers its not overtake any of its competitors. Do not forget that in this way there is a danger, especially if the data collected by doctors to the patients and will be stored in iCloud, then there is the risk of leaks, which is highly undesirable. However, Apple has stated that it will not use the cloud service for this purpose.

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