Apple's HealthKit remains under wraps for most, with little known about the scope and scale of the health, activity, and lifestyle tracking capabilities.
According to a new Reuters report published Monday, two hospitals are developing ways to monitor patients' health using medical devices and Apple's new iOS 8 platform.
Stanford University Hospital and Duke University are developing pilots to track their patients through the new software, in efforts to understand better their illnesses.
While Stanford is working with Apple to let physicians track blood sugar levels for pediatric patients with diabetes, Duke is working to track blood pressure and weight, along with other metrics, with chronic and severe illnesses, like heart disease and cancer.
Most reporting is done by phone or fax, but Apple's HealthKit can take in data from medical monitoring devices and feed information back into the platform, allowing users to share the data with doctors.
In an effort to appease federal regulators and end-users (and patients) of the new software, Apple said it does not see the data.
Hospitals are also working to get certified by Apple in order to use the platform, maximizing patient confidentiality and privacy. The data must be stored securely on devices, and cannot be sold to advertisers, Apple's health rules state.
Some snippets from the report:
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