Apple Launches CareKit Platform With Support for Four Health Apps

Apple's new CareKit iOS framework goes live today, allowing app developers to create integrated software that helps patients and doctors to better track and manage medical conditions.

The open source platform was announced last month and aims to make it easer for developers to build health apps by offering a number of integrations, such as monitoring of medical symptoms, sending images of an injury, and keeping tabs on medication schedules. CareKit also offers two-way benefits, since it not only helps doctors monitor patients but also allows patients to observe their progress over time.

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CareKit is made up of series of interactive modules. The Care Card can be configured to manage wellness tasks such as medication scheduling and exercise, while the Progress Card includes a Symptom and Measurement tracker for logging physical metrics like weight and heart-rate (with the potential for Apple Watch integration). The Connect module meanwhile lets users share their health data with medical professionals and family members, and can be viewed in tandem with Progress Card data in the Insight Dashboard module.

TechCrunch reports that the launch is limited to support for four iPhone apps at present: Glow Nurture fertility tracker, Glow Baby maternity app, diabetes monitor One Drop, and depression medication tracker Start. CareKit is compatible with existing healthcare record systems such as Epic and should be available on GitHub later today.

Apple's other open source framework ResearchKit was made available to developers in April 2015, enabling them to create their own iPhone apps for medical research purposes. The framework has led to some significant gains in epilepsy and asthma research since its adoption among medical professionals and contributing patients.

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MH01 Avatar
117 months ago
I hope some really good apps come out of this. Looks promising.
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Saucesome2000 Avatar
117 months ago
My son has seizures that the neurology department at Vanderbilt cannot figure out. I will absolutely buy him an Apple Watch if they release an app that can monitor his metrics and produce reports of changes in his body before and during his seizures. I am very happy and hopeful about this news.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
skinned66 Avatar
117 months ago
Apple definitely should keep up their attack on this space; here they have the potential to really shine and get quite a leg up.
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CostaMoses Avatar
117 months ago
Thanks for the post. We live in Tennessee and it just became legal for medical purposes. We are actually going to talk with his doctor about it at the next appointment. I've read about it and I'm not opposed to it in the slightest. Right now he takes what I consider is way too much medication twice a day and he still has seizures every now and then. If he misses a dose, instant seizure. We mentioned it to his neurologist last time, but the bill had not yet passed. He said he was not opposed to it, but had not had a chance to study it too deeply.

Thanks, buddy!
I hope that works out for your boy!
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appledefenceforce Avatar
117 months ago
Excellent news.
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diipii Avatar
117 months ago
('https://www.macrumors.com/2016/04/28/apple-launches-carekit-platform/')


Apple's new CareKit iOS framework goes live today, allowing app developers to create integrated software that helps patients and doctors to better track and manage medical conditions.

The open source platform was announced last month ('https://www.macrumors.com/2016/03/21/apple-announces-carekit/') and aims to make it easer for developers to build health apps by offering a number of integrations, such as monitoring of medical symptoms, sending images of an injury, and keeping tabs on medication schedules. CareKit also offers two-way benefits, since it not only helps doctors monitor patients but also allows patients to observe their progress over time.



CareKit is made up of series of interactive modules. The Care Card can be configured to manage wellness tasks such as medication scheduling and exercise, while the Progress Card includes a Symptom and Measurement tracker for logging physical metrics like weight and heart-rate (with the potential for Apple Watch integration). The Connect module meanwhile lets users share their health data with medical professionals and family members, and can be viewed in tandem with Progress Card data in the Insight Dashboard module.

TechCrunch ('http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/28/apple-carekit/') reports that the launch is limited to support for four iPhone apps at present: Glow Nurture ('https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/glow-nurture-pregnancy-tracker/id882398397?mt=8') fertility tracker, Glow Baby ('https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/glow-baby-feeding-sleep-diaper/id1077177456?mt=8') maternity app, diabetes monitor One Drop ('https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/one-drop-for-diabetes-management/id972238816?mt=8'), and depression medication tracker Start ('https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/start-depression-test-pill/id1012099928?mt=8'). CareKit is compatible with existing healthcare record systems such as Epic and should be available on GitHub later today.

Apple's other open source framework ResearchKit was made available to developers ('https://www.macrumors.com/2015/04/14/researchkit-available-today-apple/') in April 2015, enabling them to create their own iPhone apps for medical research purposes. The framework has led to some significant gains in epilepsy and asthma research since its adoption among medical professionals and contributing patients.

Article Link: Apple Launches CareKit Platform With Support for Four Health Apps ('https://www.macrumors.com/2016/04/28/apple-launches-carekit-platform/')
"some significant gains in epilepsy and asthma research since its adoption among medical professionals and contributing patients."
Since these "gains" are "significant" you will have no problem being specific and telling us all about them.
Or is this just more rotten Apple BS ?
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