The
new Health app gives you an easy-to-read dashboard of your health and
fitness data. HealthKit which allows all the incredible health and fitness
apps to work together might be the beginning of a health revolution.
Heart rate, calories burned, blood sugar, cholesterol; a complete health and fitness apps are great at collecting all that data.
The
new Health app puts that data in one place, accessible with a tap,
giving you a clear and current overview of your health. You can also
create an emergency card with important health information — for
example, your blood type or allergies — that’s available right from your
Lock screen.
With HealthKit, developers can make
their apps even more useful by allowing them to access your health data,
too. And you choose what you want shared. For example, you can allow
the data from your blood pressure app to be automatically shared with
your doctor. Or allow your nutrition app to tell your fitness apps how
many calories you consume each day. When your health and fitness apps
work together, they become more powerful. And you might, too.
This time, it looks like population at large will be the main beneficiary.
Health tracking built in with your new smartphone: a new revolution?
Special Implications for PTs -
Documentation
is very important when it comes to healthcare. This Health app will
save time when we are dealing with patients especially in critical care.
History is the most important part of documentation and when we ask
patients about it, there may be times when important piece of
information can get skipped. This app will fill in the gap of memory as
well as will be time saving.