Definitive Healthcare July 5, 2016
The recent launch of Apple’s new CareKit software development kit has brought a simplified, open source framework to the health app space, building a bridge for more healthcare providers to wander into the realm of health app development.
CareKit offers app developers four open source modules centered on helping end-users (patients) adhere to care tasks, monitor treatment results, visualize progress, and share data with caregivers.
Several healthcare startups were quick to jump into the CareKit development game. Glow’s Nurture and Baby apps offer pregnancy and child development tracking tools. Iodine Inc.’s Start app helps patients track depression medication outcomes. Informed Data Systems Inc.’s One Drop app offers patients diabetes management solutions.
In light of the diversity of these initial CareKit...
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