Apple develops health applications with the programmatic framework Care Kit

Apple announced on Monday for issuing "Kerr Kate" Care Kit, which is part of a new programmatic work is designed to help developers to enable people to keep track of medical conditions more effectively.

The company said the iPhone applications that use CareKit make it easier for individuals follow the care plans and monitor symptoms and medicines so they do understand their health better.

Apple added that CareKit applications help people take a more active role in tracking their health through the ability to share information with doctors, nurses and relatives.

Said Jeff Williams, director of operations at Apple: "We are delighted with the strong contributions ResearchKit in medical research size and speed make, and we realized that it could be a lot of the same principles apply to individual care. We believe in the tremendous strength to help people understand their health better through tools that we offer, and provide applications designed using CareKit this possibility by enabling people to take a more active role in maintaining their health. "

The company said that it will be issued CareKit next month as a framework for open source work allows the developer community to pursue the development of the first four units of the software designed by Apple, which include unit CareCard that allow people to follow their own care plans and any action items to implement them, such as taking medication or the completion of physiotherapy exercises . It can keep track of activities and automatically recorded by sensors in an hour or Apple iPhone phones

Software units also include units Symptom and Measurement Tracker, which allows people to register their symptoms and feel easily, such as temperature control to search for a particular infection or to measure the pain or fatigue.

And progress can be tracked through a simple survey data, or pictures showing the evolution of the wounds, or activities are measured using the accelerometer and gyroscope in the iPhone, as a measure range of motion, for example.

It also includes units and unit Insight Dashboard which symptoms match with action items in the unit Care Card to show how successful therapy easily, in addition to the unit Connect that make it easier for people to share information about their health and any changes in their condition with doctors and teams of care and relatives.

According to Apple, developers feel the health and wellness applications intense enthusiasm towards integrating units CareKit in applications for patients with Parkinson's, and follow-up of patients after surgery, and follow-up health at home, and diabetes management, tracking mental health and maternal health