HealthKit was the latest offering by Apple Inc. in collaboration with Mayo Clinic. This health-monitoring app was announced with Apple's new iOS 8 operating system. This application enables the user to log statistics of heart rate, footsteps and sleep activity. It can also pull in data from other health-monitoring hardware or fitness apps. Heath-monitoring app makers can integrate with HealthKit and make care provision easier. With the help of this integration, if a patient's heart rate or blood pressure will seem concerning, the associated hospital will get notified by the health tool and a doctor will be assigned the work of attending or replying to the patient.
Apple Inc. has been making efforts to collaborate with healthcare providers and doctors for enabling them to practice better medicine. For instance, the company has established a partnership with Epic, which manages approximately 51% of the US patient records. Through this partnership, Apple has been able to absorb health data of 50% patients in the US.
'iWatch' launched by Apple will also help in quality care provision. This watch will collect health-related data such as blood glucose level, sleep activity, blood oxygen level and consumption of calories. Users will also be able to receive notifications from their phone through this gadget.
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The company's footprints can already be seen in hospitals and medical practices in the form of iPhone and iPad apps. Growing interest has been seen in doctors using EHR apps that are tethered to the Cloud and not to the desktop applications. It is gaining popularity among healthcare providers who are looking for effective ways to document patient data.
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