– Apple has shared a new report that offers a snapshot of the ways Apple products are empowering people to be at the centre of their health, and acting as an intelligent guardian for their health and safety.
– The report covers Apple’s two-pronged approach to advance health: Apple’s focus on personal health and fitness features on Apple Watch and iPhone, and Apple’s work with the medical community to support research and care.
Via Dominique Godefroy, Lionel Reichardt / le Pharmageek
– Apple has shared a new report that offers a snapshot of the ways Apple products are empowering people to be at the center of their health, and acting as an intelligent guardian for their health and safety. – The report covers Apple’s two-pronged approach to advancing health: Apple’s focus on personal health and fitness features on Apple Watch and iPhone, and Apple’s work with the medical community to support research and care. Since the release of the Health app in 2014 and the Apple Watch in 2015, Apple has introduced a wide array of innovative health and fitness features, with the goal to provide users with easy-to-understand, meaningful insights so they can be empowered to live a healthier life.
The 4 pillars of Apple’s Health and Fitness features include:
1. Giving users a central and secure place to store and view their health data in the Health app
2. Offering features that enable Apple Watch to act as an intelligent guardian for users’ health
3. Offering features that help users improve their everyday health and fitness for better health outcomes,
4. Fueling innovative third-party health and fitness apps with developer tools.
Users can now store over 150 different types of health data from Apple Watch, iPhone, and connected third-party apps and devices in one central view in the Health app, in addition to available health records data from connected institutions in the US, UK, and Canada. Numerous apps, including globally popular apps like Nike Run Club, Calm, and WeightWatchers, on the App Store, use the HealthKit API, which allows developers to incorporate data users choose to share from the Health app to offer innovative health and fitness experiences, with rigorous privacy and data security protocols.