Apple wasted no time releasing the first CareKit apps

Apple released four new apps that use the companies new developer software CareKit today, and they are wasting no time squeezing themselves into the world of healthcare.

This March at Apple's spring event, they announced CareKit, CareKit is similar to Apple's HealthKit and ResearchKit. These are software platforms that allow developers to use the devices sensors and internal features. What's different about CareKit is, that it's not just tracking basic health, it's allowing patients to track their progress when they are moving through a serious, specific illness. CareKit also allows the doctors to check up on your progress, all electronically.

In Apple's spring event on Apple's YouTube below, when you fast forward to 20:45, you can see that doctors can use their patient's progress to do things like changing their dosage of a medication or the amount of activity they should be having. Things like this could change day to day, but its hard to have a doctors appointment every day.

This technology is very futuristic and some doctors are not ready for this level of technology, and it will take them awhile to adjust. Also, patients need to know that their data is secure within this system and that's another challenge that Apple needs to face head on.

What do you think of Apple's CareKit? Do you think this technology is too futuristic, or are we ready for it now? Start the discussion in the comments below.

Via: | The Verge |

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Image Credit: | Recombu |

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Video Credit: | Apple's YouTube |

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