- Apple’s focus on health wasn’t planned early in the development of the Apple Watch, but it has been something that has taken shape over time.
- The latest addition to this arsenal of health features is AFib history.
- Information that the Apple Watch is already capable of collecting, but that it makes available to the patient and the doctor in a really simple and, above all, safe and private way.
With watch OS 9 already submitted and the first beta among us It is time to review the novelties presented. This has been done from Apple, where Jeff Williams, COO, Sumbul Desai, Vice President of Health and Jay Blahnik, Vice President of Fitness Technologies, have sat down with TechCrunch for an interview.
Health Information for Us and Physicians
The interview begins with Williams saying that the Apple’s focus on health was not planned early in development of the Apple Watch, but it has been something that has been taking shape over time.
“It started when we were working on the clock,” he said. “And because the watch was such a personal device, and you wear it, we thought there’s a great opportunity to give people information about their health, and the more we started pulling strings, we decided there’s not just an opportunity, there is a responsibility to do more in the area of health.
Apple Watch: The latest addition to this arsenal of health features is AFib history
The latest addition to this arsenal of health features is AFib history “user medical history” a way for people with this condition monitor their status and access information that can be decisive for his life. Information that, in addition, they can share with a doctor in a really simple way.
Given this novelty, Desai highlights that “the average difference in weekly measurements between the two devices [Apple Watch y uno de referencia] it is actually less than 1%”, which makes clear the precision that the Apple Watch is capable of achieving.
“We are clear that the future of health care remains centered on the doctor-patient relationship,” Williams said. “We just want to make it better. We don’t believe that technology somehow replaces this relationship, but enhances it, and in the future, the patient will be much more empowered and the doctor will be able to work to the best of his ability because he will have a better set of information to work with. .
Right here is where the AFib story is that will arrive with watchOS 9 at all points of Apple Watch. Information that Apple Watch is already capable of collecting, but makes available to the patient and the doctor in a really simple and, above all, safe and private way.