> HealthKit provides a way for iOS devices to integrate health-related device data for use by the iOS device owner, no more, no less.
Perhaps he didn't state this so explicitly, but the subtext in his post is that that he believes HealthKit not going to have an impact on care delivery without EHR integration.
He did mention this, albeit towards the end:
> In practice, I expect HealthKit will have little or no impact on professional healthcare delivery.
There are a lot of interesting things that can be done in the world of health-tech that don't qualify as "healthcare delivery". On the other hand, most of the parts that people talk about "disrupting" do. Care delivery tends to be the most expensive (though also the highest yield, dollar-for-dollar) component of health.
I think this is Apple's play into medical devices without having to go through the expensive process of starting through the FDA or messing with these backwards EHR companies. They start consumer and then physical trainers start using iPads and iPhones because they work well for consumers devices. Work up to doctors that pressure the FDA into relaxing regulations to allow them to use Apple devices. The exact same thing happened recently in the airline industry. Apple wins consumer confidence then customized expensive medical apps follow that run on that same hardware. And Apple takes a 30% cut of those sales without having to certify any software, throws the responsibility to the app devs.
Perhaps he didn't state this so explicitly, but the subtext in his post is that that he believes HealthKit not going to have an impact on care delivery without EHR integration.
He did mention this, albeit towards the end:
> In practice, I expect HealthKit will have little or no impact on professional healthcare delivery.
There are a lot of interesting things that can be done in the world of health-tech that don't qualify as "healthcare delivery". On the other hand, most of the parts that people talk about "disrupting" do. Care delivery tends to be the most expensive (though also the highest yield, dollar-for-dollar) component of health.