British doctors are concerned about the upcoming launch of the mobile platform HealthKit, by which Apple plans to take care of the health of users. What are the dangers of the "apple" design, the doctor told the London Hospital South Kensington GP Dusan Gunasekera.
Platform HealthKit, integrated into the operating system iOS 8, provides for the collection of data from various sources on the user's vital signs, including pulse, blood pressure, cholesterol and sugar, the amount of steps you've walked and calories burned, and then provide recommendations for treatment and maintenance of health.
According to the British physician, HealthKit not capable with guaranteed accuracy to diagnose the user, or to correctly interpret the indicators of its health. None authoritative doctor will not dare to diagnose the disease, using the technology Apple, claims Gunasekera.In addition, the emergence of such developments may lead to the fact that people will begin to self-medicate, and even develop the user hypochondria (constant anxiety about the possibility of ill).
In South Kensington GP believe that Apple should undertake awareness-raising about the fact that no application is not able to replace a qualified physician. Therefore, it is desirable to use HealthKit only for health monitoring and not for diagnosis.
Last week, we recall, it was reported that Apple is in talks on cooperation in promoting HealthKit with the largest American insurance companies like UnitedHealth and Humana.According to the new law, the Affordable Care in the United States (Affordable Care Act), the employer may use up to 30% of annual premiums to encourage adherents of a healthy lifestyle among staff.
Example of cooperation between insurance companies, corporations and manufacturers of fitness equipment is the agreement between the Fitbit and the oil company BP. The latter offers employees to use fitness tracker Fitbit, overcharging as a reward points to be taken into account in the allocation of more affordable health insurance.